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‘Iran Seizure of UK Tanker Right Move to Show Off Regional Leverage’

Kayhan Barzegar -
Senior Political Analyst Kayhan Barzegar has weighed in on the standoff between Iran and the UK over the seizure of an oil tanker by either side.
Media Wire

Panama Confirms UAE Ship Seized by Iran Was Smuggling Fuel

IFP Media Wire -
Panama's maritime authority has confirmed that a tanker operating under the country's flag and seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf last week for smuggling fuel, was indeed in violation of international laws.
Media Wire

Tehran Warns London against Further Provocation

IFP Media Wire -
Iran’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has warned London against further provocation, as reports emerge that the British government is considering freezing Iranian assets and may take other measures as well in a standoff between the two countries over the mutual seizure of tankers.
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Saudi Arabia Lets Iranian Oil Tanker Go

IFP Editorial Staff -
Saudi Arabia has finally released an Iranian oil tanker that had been stuck at the port city of Jeddah for more than 11 weeks.
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Iran Releases Video of The Moment IRGC Captured UK Tanker

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iran’s IRGC has released the video of the moment its forces have seized the British oil tanker Stena Impero in the Persian Gulf.
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IRGC Captures UK Oil Tanker despite Royal Navy’s Interference

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps has unveiled more details of capturing a British oil tanker at the Strait of Hormuz, saying even a Royal Navy’s frigate escorting the tanker failed to prevent the Iranian commandos from carrying the mission.
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Zarif, Hunt Hold Phone Talks over Seized British Oil Tanker

IFP Editorial Staff -
British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has discussed the issue of the seized oil tanker belonging to the UK with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif who is in Venezuelan capital Caracas.
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‘Iran Launches Three Counterattacks against US Drones’

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iranian armed forces have recently conducted three operations against aggressive US drones, says Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Mehdi Rabbani.
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Iran Says US Source of Instability in Persian Gulf

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has described the US as a source of instability, saying the US presence across the world, particularly in the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and the Latin America, is currently causing insecurity.
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UK Tanker Seized by IRGC Had Collided with Fishing Vessel: Iran

IFP Editorial Staff -
Iran says the British-flagged Stena Impero oil tanker seized by IRGC forces in the Strait of Hormuz had collided with an Iranian fishing vessel but did not respond to the calls and warnings and had switched off its GPS locators.
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Iran Releases Drone Footage of USS Boxer to Refute Trump’s Claim

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has released the footage of the USS Boxer, captured by the same Iranian drone which President Donald Trump claimed was shot down by the US warship.
Media Wire

Iran May Turn Defensive Strategy into Offensive, IRGC Warns

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The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned enemies against the possibility of a turn in the country’s military strategy from the current defensive strategy toward an offensive one.
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Iran Helps Foreign Oil Tanker in Distress after Receiving SOS Call

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Iran has helped a foreign oil tanker in the Persian Gulf after picking up an SOS signal from the vessel.
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‘US Seeks to Gain Control over Maritime Traffic in Persian Gulf’

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A former Iranian diplomat says the claim that Iran was trying to seize a British tanker is aimed at advancing the US plan of controlling ships and their traffic in the Persian Gulf.
Media Wire

UAE Hatching Evil Plots against Neighbouring Countries, Arab World

IFP Media Wire -
United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the name of a country that didn’t exist before 1971 when the area was called Emirates of Motesalehe or the Emirates of the Coast of Oman.
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Iran Denies Attempting to Stop British Oil Tanker in Persian Gulf

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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, the IRGC, has denied the UK's claim that Iranian speedboats tried to seize a British oil Tanker in the Persian Gulf in reaction to the recent seizure of an Iranian supertanker in Gibraltar.
Media Wire

Iran Weighing Plan to Collect Toll from Ships at Hormuz Strait

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A senior member of the Iranian parliament has shared more details of a plan to collect tolls from foreign ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
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‘US Asks Iran to Let It Conduct Limited, Face-Saving Operation’

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A senior Iranian general has revealed that Washington, through diplomatic channels, recently asked Tehran to allow it to conduct a small-scale operation in the Iranian airspace in order to save its face following the IRGC’s shoot-down of a US spy drone.
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Enemy Gradually Understanding Iran’s Real Power: IRGC

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Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami says the enemies are gradually understanding the real power of the Islamic Republic.
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Sources in Iran Deny Reports of Seizing UK Oil Tanker

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Informed sources in Iran have dismissed the fabricated news of the seizure of a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, IRIB News Agency reported.
Media Wire

Airlines No Longer Avoid Iran’s Airspace despite US Warning

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Iran’s top aviation official says that major international airlines have been returning to skies south of the country after a brief hiatus caused by an Iran-US military escalation in the region.
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Joy of Staying at Pipe Hotel near World’s Largest Gas Field

IFP Editorial Staff -
It’s been four years that attractive tourist sites including a pipe hotel have been set up in a village close to Asalouyeh, the Iranian city where the world’s largest gas field South Pars is located.
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UN Security Council Calls on Iran, US to Sit for Talks

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The UN Security Council has called on Iran and the United States to sit for talks to ease the escalating tension following the recent developments in the Persian Gulf.
Media Wire

Iran Can Repeat Crushing Response to US Drone Incursion: Commander

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Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi hailed a recent move by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to shoot down an intruding US spy drone as a “crushing response” and said it can be repeated anytime.
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‘World’s Parliaments Can Play Key Role in Easing Tensions’

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Gabriela Cuevas Barron, the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), have discussed the key role the world’s parliaments can play in easing regional tensions.
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