Persian Gulf

The latest news and views about the Persian Gulf

Foreign Policy

Iran slams PGCC final statement as non-constructive 

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has described the provisions related to Iran in the final statement of the 45th summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in Kuwait as non-constructive and unacceptable.
Transportation

Iran increases weekly flights to Persian Gulf island disputed with UAE to assert ownership

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Iran has announced a significant increase in the number of weekly flights to the southern island of Abu Musa in the Persian Gulf amidst ongoing tensions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over territorial claims.
Persian Gulf

Iran considering national day for Persian Gulf trio islands

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The Iranian government is contemplating a proposal to designate as a national day the anniversary of the British withdrawal from Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb islands in the Persian Gulf
Tourism

Iran’s tourism minister announces development projects in Abu Musa island, other regions

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Iran's Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri has announced extensive reconstruction and development projects in various regions of the country, including Abu Musa Island, which has made headlines in recent days over its ownership dispute with the UAE. 
Persian Gulf

Iranian athletes visit Abu Musa Island in the Persian Gulf

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In a symbolic move to emphasize Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, a group of Iranian athletes visited Abu Musa Island in the Persian Gulf.
Security

Iran parliament national security, foreign policy commission members visit Persian Gulf island

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Members of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission arrived in Abu Musa Island, in the Persian Gulf, this Thursday afternoon, welcomed by provincial officials.
Foreign Policy

Iran begins construction of 110 residential units on Abu Musa Island, Persian Gulf

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Iran has started construction for 110 residential units on the Iranian island of Abu Musa, which along with two other islands is a source of territorial dispute with the neighboring United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iranian deputy minister of roads and urban development announced on Monday.
Foreign Policy

Iran deplores US-UAE statement on 3 Persian Gulf islands

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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.
Foreign Policy

Iran says willing to broaden ties with Persian Gulf countries in all arenas

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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.
Foreign Policy

Iran rejects PGCC’s stances on trio Persian Gulf islands, nuclear activities

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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.
Security

IRGC says seized foreign tanker smuggling fuel in Persian Gulf

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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.
Sport

Inter reposts Taremi’s introduction video after ‘Persian Gulf’ outcry

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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.
Int'l Relations

Iran’s UN envoy refutes Arab League claim on Persian Gulf trio islands

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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.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s ambassador to Riyadh: Tehran wants cooperation with all Persian Gulf states 

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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. 
Foreign Policy

Iran raps Arab League stance on three Persian Gulf islands

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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.
Culture

Cultural event held to mark Persian Gulf Day

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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.
Local

Iran celebrates National Persian Gulf Day

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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.
Middle East

Heavy flooding hits Persian Gulf states, casualties reported

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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.
Foreign Policy

Iran deplores Arab-Russian statement on Persian Gulf islands

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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.
Environment

Iranian experts contain oil pollution off Ganaveh Port along Persian Gulf

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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.
Int'l Relations

UAE claims on Persian Gulf trio islands flagrant violation of UN Charter: Iran mission

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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.”
Foreign Policy

Iran summons Swiss chargé d’affaires to protest ‘unfounded [P]GCC-US claims”

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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.
Foreign Policy

Iran rejects (P)GCC-US statement on Tehran’s nuclear program, three Persian Gulf islands

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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.
Security

Iran seizes large shipment of US-made weapons in vessel off Persian Gulf

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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.
Persian Gulf

Iran seizes foreign tankers smuggling 1.5mn liters of fuel in Persian Gulf

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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. 
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