05 Apr, 2024 US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting vessel owner The United States on Thursday imposed new Iran-related counterterrorism sanctions against Oceanlink Maritime DMCC and its vessels, citing its role in shipping commodities on behalf of the ...
04 Apr, 2024 Protests in Amman are linked to Iranian goal to ‘swallow’ Jordan Increasing protests in the Kingdom of Jordan are causing concern in the Gulf about the direction the protests may take. In addition there is concern that Iran ...
03 Apr, 2024 Iran promises ‘harsh’ response to strike on consulate in Syria Iran has blamed Israel for a deadly air strike on its consulate in Syria, in which two of its senior military commanders were killed. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, ...
28 Mar, 2024 Iran sentences police officer to death for killing protester An Iranian court has sentenced a police chief in northern Iran to death after he was charged with killing a man during mass protests in 2022, local ...
27 Mar, 2024 Iran’s Censoring Tech Firm To Be Removed From EU Sanctions The European Union is set to remove ArvanCloud from its list of human rights sanctions, according to a source close to European diplomats. The firm was sanctioned ...
26 Mar, 2024 Iran bites its tongue on Bahrain? On March 12, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned four individuals for supporting the Iran-linked al-Ashtar Brigades in Bahrain. The four Bahrainis apparently live in ...
25 Mar, 2024 Iran’s vision of security and stability isn’t grounded in reality The Iranian regime has always been critical of foreign military presence in the Gulf region and speaks of the importance of regional cooperation as the only fundamental ...
21 Mar, 2024 Iran’s Global Posture Hides Domestic Insecurities If it wasn’t such a serious matter, one could call Iran the comeback kid. In the fall of 2022, when protests quickly spread across the country after ...
13 Mar, 2024 How sanctions sank Iran’s Persian Gulf tourism dream A recent trip to Iran's scenic Kish Island in the Persian Gulf was a stark reminder of the opposing currents pulling Iranian society in dramatically different directions. ...
12 Mar, 2024 Iran Wants $2.5 Billion For Dual National Hostage Iran has demanded that the US and a detained dual national Jamshid Sharmahd, who is on death row, must pay $2.5 billion, signaling Tehran's latest attempt at ...
08 Mar, 2024 Chinese Envoy Criticizes Media Coverage Of Economic Agreement With Iran An Iranian MP revealed that the Chinese ambassador has voiced discontent over media portrayal of the confidential 25-year agreement between Beijing and Tehran. Ahmad Amir-Abadi Farahani said ...