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Middle East

UAE announces withdrawal from US-led maritime bloc

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The United Arab Emirates pulled out from a US-led Middle East maritime security coalition two months ago after evaluating its security relationships, the Persian Gulf state announced on Wednesday.
Security

IRGC Navy chief: Iran has so far seized 35 ships in southern waters

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The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy says Iranian naval forces have so far seized 35 ships for violations of maritime law in the waters of the country’s southern coasts.
Security

Iran to US: Vessel seizures in Persian Gulf meant to confront maritime law violations

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Iran dismisses “baseless” claims by the US that its vessel seizures endanger maritime security in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, saying the recent confiscations were aimed at confronting violations of maritime law.
Security

IRGC Navy in full command of Persian Gulf: Commander

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Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy, says the force is in full command of the Persian Gulf area.
Security

Iran’s top general calls for regional cooperation in Persian Gulf

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A top Iranian general has called for closer military ties among regional countries aimed at establishing security in the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman and the northwest of the Indian Ocean.
Incidents

Iran’s Navy seizes foreign ship after it collided with Iranian vessel in Persian Gulf

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Iran’s Navy has seized a foreign ship in the Persian Gulf following a collision that left two Iranians missing.
Security

Iran says its Navy detected, warned off advanced US submarine in Persian Gulf

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Admiral Shahram Irani, the commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, says Iranian naval forces detected and warned off the USS Florida submarine as it was attempting to cross the Hurmuz Strait in the Persian Gulf in stealth mode.
Incidents

Iranian cargo ship rescues 11 tourists aboard vessel lacking safety standards in Persian Gulf

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An Iranian cargo ship goes to the rescue of 11 tourists aboard a vessel lacking safety that was sailing the waters off the country’s southern coast in the Persian Gulf region.
Local

Disabled war veteran hoists Iranian flag underwater on Islamic Republic Day

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A disabled veteran of Iran’s defense campaign against the Iraqi army under ex-dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980s war has hoisted a national flag at the bottom of the sea to commemorate the Islamic Republic Day.
Foreign Policy

Iran says Iraq’s using fake name for Persian Gulf not to change realities

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Iran once again protested Iraqi authorities' use of a fake name for the Persian Gulf. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson has said misnaming the body of water contradicts the principle of good neighborliness and the friendly nature of bilateral ties. 
Local

UN official document orders staff to say “Persian Gulf”

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Former Iranian diplomat Seyyed Hossein Mousavian has posted on its Twitter account an image of an official UN document which tells all staff to use the name “Persian Gulf” instead of other fake words including “Gulf”.
Foreign Policy

Iran says Iraq using false name for Persian Gulf does not change historical facts

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The Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says the ministry has sent a letter of protest to Iraq over the use of a fabricated name for the Persian Gulf.
Foreign Policy

Beijing’s envoy: China firmly backs Iran’s efforts to protect territorial integrity

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China’s Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua praises friendly ties and growing cooperation between the two states, reaffirming Beijing’s support for the Islamic Republic’s efforts to safeguard its territorial integrity.
Foreign Policy

Iran envoy says has delivered protest note to China over territorial integrity

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Tehran’s ambassador to Beijing Mohammad Keshavarz-zadeh said he has handed a note of protest to high-ranking Chinese officials to reiterate the need for the Asian country to observe Iran’s “regional sensitivities”.
Security

IRGC Navy chief: Enemies will seize Iran’s Persian Gulf islands ‘over our dead bodies’

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The chief commander of the Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says extra-regional countries will seize Iran’s three Persian Gulf islands, to which Arab regimes lay claim, only over the dead body of the country’s Armed Forces.
Foreign Policy

Iran foreign minister stresses sovereignty over 3 Persian Gulf islands

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian reiterated that the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa as well as the Greater and Lesser Tunbs in the Persian Gulf are inseparable and eternal parts of Iran.
Foreign Policy

Iran condemns [P]GCC-China communique as interference in its internal affairs

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The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned as baseless allegations in the final communiqué issued at the 43rd session of the Supreme Council of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Security

Iran’s top general warns against any aggression on its territory in Persisn Gulf

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The chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has warned the US forces in the Persian Gulf against taking any hostile action against the Islamic Republic.
Security

Top Iran military commander: Persian Gulf enjoys full security

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Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the Persian Gulf region enjoys complete safety. He added the presence of foreign naval forces in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz has diminished remarkably with the Iranian military units projecting power across the region.
Foreign Policy

Iran reaffirms sovereignty over Persian Gulf islands

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Iran's mission to the UN deplored the recent claims raised by the UAE about the three islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb and the Lesser Tunb in the Persian Gulf, and reiterated that the trio are inseparable parts of the Iranian territory.
Security

IRGC slams ‘ridiculous’ US claim of Iran attempt to seize naval drone

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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corp (IRGC) hits out at US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Michael Erik Kurilla over his “ridiculous” claim of an attempt by Iran’s naval forces to “illegally seize” an American unmanned vessel in the Persian Gulf.
Security

Nournews: Here’s why IRGC briefly seized US naval drone in Persian Gulf

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A news website close to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) releases details of the brief seizure and release of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) belonging to the US military by the naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) in the Persian Gulf waters.
Environment

“Oil rig in Persian Gulf to blame for pollution off Iran coasts”

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The director general of the Environmental Protection Department of Iran’s Bushehr Province says leakage from an oil rig in the Persian Gulf is probably to blame for oil spills off the Kangan and Asalooyeh coasts in southern Iran.
Security

IRGC Navy chief: Iran fully, constantly monitoring Persian Gulf region

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The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy says Iran has “fully and constantly” been monitoring the strategic Persian Gulf region, and that trans-regional enemies have no presence at all in the country’s southern territorial waters.
Security

IRGC Navy commander says entire region under monitor of Iranian forces

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The commander of the Islamic revolution Guards Corps Navy says Iranian forces are closely monitoring the entire region.
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