Category: 2. Middle East

About 10 vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz have come under attack since Iran blocked the strategic waterway in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes, data analysis groups report.

The attacks throughout the week following the outbreak of war on…

Iran fired missiles at Israel and Gulf nations early Monday after the Islamic republic named Mojtaba Khamenei its new leader to succeed his late father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next.

Nine days after US-Israeli…

Iran fired missiles at Israel early Monday in the name of the Islamic republic’s new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was selected to succeed his slain father despite threats by the United States and Israel to target him next.

Nine days after…

By Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi

DUBAI, March 9 (Reuters) – Iran’s clerical leadership chose confrontation over compromise in appointing Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father, Ali Khamenei, a move regional officials say is a direct rebuke to…

DUBAI, March 8 (Reuters) – Iran’s Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, state media reported on Sunday.

Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric with close ties to…

Iran’s army said Sunday that 104 crew members of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena were killed and 32 others injured in a US attack last week, Anadolu reports.

According to the state news agency IRNA, the army said the…

A US service member has succumbed to injuries sustained during an Iranian attack on US troops in Saudi Arabia on March 1, bringing the death toll of US service members to seven, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced…

Iran’s military threatened Sunday to attack oil facilities in the region in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes on its energy infrastructure, Anadolu reports.

The threat was made by the Khatam al-Anbiya Central…

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The Middle East war that began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran has provoked waves of retaliatory Iranian fire as well as…