Five Iranian tankers likely carrying at least $45.5 million worth of gasoline and similar products are now sailing to Venezuela, part of a wider deal between the two U.S.-sanctioned nations amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. The tankers’ voyage came after Venezuela’s socialist leader Nicolás Maduro already turned to Iran for help in flying […]
U.S. Military Secretly Hacked Iran’s Paramilitary Force in June Cyberstrike…
Hours after Iran shot down a US surveillance drone, American military hackers launched a cyberattack against a database used by the Islamic Republic to target oil tankers and shipping traffic in the Persian Gulf, according to the Washington Post, citing US officials. The strike was President Trump’s alternative to a recommended military airstrike, the Iranian […]
Trump Offered to Suspend Sanctions While Negotiating with Iran, Khamenei Rejected the Offer; More Attacks Expected…
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo conveyed a message from US President Donald Trump to the Iranian leadership, asking the release of 5 US prisoners and inviting Iran to sit around a negotiation table, adding “he [Donald Trump] would be ready to suspend all sanctions only during the negotiations”. No guarantee was offered to freeze or […]
How Trump’s “Maximum Pressure” Campaign Against Iran May Be Back Firing…
Video of Iranian Vessel Removing What Appears to Be An Unexploded Mine from Stricken Oil Tanker Released by U.S….
Operator of Tanker Says Sailors Saw ‘Flying Objects’ Just Before Attack…
GULF OF OMAN ATTACKS: JAPANESE COMPANY AND U.S. OFFER DIFFERING NARRATIVES…
Differing narratives over an attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman emerged on Friday, as the Japanese company that owned one of the ships said it was hit by two “flying objects”, while the US released a video suggesting the vessel had been mined. The United States has laid the blame for the […]