Persian Gulf

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned a joint statement issued by the United States and the United Arab Emirates leaders regarding the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Majid Takht-Ravanchi has outlined Tehran's plans to enhance relations with the Persian Gulf states in all fields.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has refuted a recent statement by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) Ministerial meeting regarding the three Iranian islands, and the Arash gas field in the Persian Gulf as well as Tehran’s nuclear program.

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy announced it has confiscated a tanker with the flag of Togo carrying a huge amount of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf waters.

Italian football club Inter Milan removed newly-hired Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi's introduction video from its page which contained the phrase “the Persian Gulf” following protests from Arab fans.

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has strongly rejected the recent “false and baseless” declaration issued by the Arab League regarding the Iranian Islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb in the Persian Gulf as an obvious interference in the internal affairs of the country.

Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia Alireza Enayati says some measures have been taken to pave the way for all eight littoral states of the Persian Gulf to engage in collective cooperation. 

The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kanaani, has condemned as unacceptable the clause related to the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf in the statement of the 33rd meeting of the Arab League leaders in Bahrain.

The cultural and artistic conference of Persian Gulf National Day was held at the Azadi Tower cultural complex in Tehran on Monday morning (April 29, 2024) with Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammed Mahdi Esmaeili and a group of artists in attendance.

Iranians held ceremonies on Sunday to mark the National Persian Gulf Day to assert Iran's sovereignty over the body of water in south of the country and once again remind that any misnomer by any county including the Arab neighbors on the waterway or ownership claim is condemned.

The death toll from severe flooding that hit the United Arab Emirates, Oman and other Persian Gulf countries rose to almost 20, with homes and businesses across the Persian Gulf damaged by the heavy rains, and flights delayed or cancelled.

Tehran has refuted the contents of a joint statement from several Arab countries and Moscow over the Iranian islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb and the Lesser Tunb in the Persian Gulf, describing the trio as inseparable and eternal parts of Iran’s territory.

The CEO of Iran Oil Terminals Company says thanks to efforts by domestic experts, the repairing of the oil pipeline from Ganaveh coast, along the Persian Gulf, that faced some problems due to an oil leak has been successfully completed.

Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has dismissed as “baseless” claims by the United Arab Emirates over the three Persian Gulf islands, stressing such unfounded statements are a “flagrant violation of international law and the UN Charter.”

Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the chargé d'affaires of Switzerland, which represents Washington’s interests in Tehran, to protest "baseless claims" leveled by the United States and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council over the three Persian Gulf islands.

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a joint statement issued by the US secretary of state and foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in New York regarding Tehran’s nuclear program as well as the three “Iranian islands” in the Persian Gulf.

Iranian intelligence forces have confiscated a large cache of US-made weapons and other tools to be used in riots on a vessel on the southern maritime borders, a top judiciary official announced.

Iran has seized two foreign oil tankers smuggling over 1.5 million liters of fuel in the Persian Gulf and detained the crew on board, a top commander with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced. 

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has rejected the joint statement of the Arab-Japanese political dialogue meeting over the three Iranian Islands of Abu Musa, the Greater and Lesser Tunb.

Work is under way to clean up two large stretches of oil patches off the southern Iranian port city of Genaveh in  the Persuan Gulf, head of Iran’s Environment Protection Organization said.

Former Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has said on X that during his presidency, Iran overtook Qatar in gas production at a joint field with the Persian Gulf country.

Kariz on Kish Island is a famous underground city that is world famous today and boasts a combination of Iranian art and the beautiful nature of the island. These features have become the reason for many domestic and foreign tourists to travel to the island in the south of Iran along the Persian Gulf. It is a city with a depth of 16 meters that dates back to 2500 years ago. The aqueduct is built with the marl mud layer at a height of 45 meters, which makes it unique on Kish Island.

Iran believes a dispute with neighboring Kuwait surrounding a gas field in the Persian Gulf is not a big problem as Ali Asghar Khaji, a senior aide to the Iranian foreign minister says, adding the issue can be resolved given the good relations between the two countries.

An oil pipeline blew up in a village near Bandar Khamir in southern Iranian Hormozgan Province along the Persian Gulf, in the early hours of Monday, according to local sources.

Baghdad has offered a financial reward for information on the location of burial sites for the Iraqi and Kuwaiti victims of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War.