Strait of Hormuz
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Government
Iran Links Strait of Hormuz Security to End of US Naval Blockade
DID Press: Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has said that negotiations between Tehran and Washington are continuing through mediators, with messages being exchanged between the two sides. Baghaei stressed that the composition of Iran’s negotiating team had not changed,…
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Government
US Accused of Pressuring Ships and Maritime Agencies to Conceal Hormuz Incidents
DID Press: Brett Erickson, a senior executive at a risk consultancy firm, says the United States has pressured even the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) to withhold reports of many incidents in the Strait of Hormuz that have been…
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Development
Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls for Immediate Response to Threats, Without Geographical Limits
DID Press: Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, has called for full combat readiness to counter potential threats, ordering that any threat be met with an immediate and effective response, without geographical limitations. During a meeting with senior Iranian…
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Government
IRGC Says It Has Destroyed 14th MQ-1 Drone East of Strait of Hormuz
DID Press: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that an MQ-1 drone was intercepted and destroyed in the skies east of the Strait of Hormuz, opposite the coastal town of Sirik. According to the IRGC’s public relations office, the…
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Economy
Shapiro: Trump Entered War with Iran Without Clear Justification
DID Press: Josh Shapiro, the governor of the US state of Pennsylvania, has criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to enter a war with Iran, saying Trump launched the conflict without providing clear reasons and failed to explain to the American…
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Government
Mohaqiq: Strait of Hormuz Is Iran’s Trench Against US, Israel
DID Press: Mohammad Mohaqiq, leader of Afghanistan’s Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami Mardum, has compared Iran’s military confrontation with the United States and Israel and the ongoing developments around the Strait of Hormuz to the Battle of the Trench in early Islamic…
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Government
Iran Rules Out Talks and Hormuz Reopening Until Conditions Are Met
DID Press: Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has warned that Iran will neither reopen the Strait of Hormuz nor return to negotiations until its seven new conditions, conveyed through mediators, are accepted and implemented. Rezaei stressed…
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Economy
IRGC: Super Tanker Carrying 2 Million Barrels of Oil Explodes South of Strait of Hormuz
DID Press: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy has announced that a super tanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil exploded and caught fire after striking a sea mine south of the Strait of Hormuz. According…
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Analysis
From Strait of Hormuz to EU Streets: The Global Fallout of Iran–US Confrontation
DID Press: The spread of protests across European countries, including France, Italy, Belgium and Portugal, should be examined beyond the framework of domestic issues, according to this analysis. It argues that the unrest, particularly in France, is part of the…
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Economy
Lavrov to Visit Tehran for Talks on Regional Developments
DID Press: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that the Middle East is on the brink of a wider war, but said the Islamabad memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran could help steer the situation back…
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