Iran
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Strait of Hormuz: Geography, Depth, and Traffic Patterns Explained
TEHRAN, July 12 — A narrow waterway that most people in Asia never see is quietly responsible for…
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Strait of Hormuz and the Law of the Sea: Transit Passage, Iran and the U.S.
LONDON, July 12 — The legal architecture governing the Strait of Hormuz is facing its most serious test…
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Iran Says Tankers Caught Fire in Hormuz as Qatari Mediators Return to Tehran
WASHINGTON, July 12 — The Strait of Hormuz has been a persistent flashpoint in U.S.-Iran tensions for decades,…
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IRGC Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri Dies After Attack, Iran’s Press TV Reports
TEHRAN, July 12 — The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, has…
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IRGC Navy Uses Fast Boats, Mines, Missiles in Strait
DUBAI, July 12 — Against this backdrop of heightened tension in the Persian Gulf, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
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Iranian State Media Says IRGC Speedboat Fleet Survived 40-Day War Intact
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, a force established in 1979 as a separate…
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IRGC Navy Commander Tangsiri, Who Ordered Hormuz Closure, Dies After Attack, Iran Says
TEHRAN, July 12 — The man who ordered the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in April 2025…
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Can Pipelines Replace the Strait of Hormuz? What Gulf Bypass Routes Can Carry
ISLAMABAD, July 12 — A new analysis of global oil transit routes offers a sobering look at the…
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Israeli Strike Kills IRGC Navy Commander Tangsiri During Strait of Hormuz Blockade
TEHRAN, July 12 — The man who commanded Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy for seven years and repeatedly threatened…
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Strait of Hormuz Closed Indefinitely After Iran Fires Warning Shots at Vessel
TEHRAN, July 12 — Iran’s state media has declared a closure of the Strait of Hormuz “until further…
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Key Players: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy and Its Role
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, a branch of Iran’s military established in 1979,…
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Hormuz Stays Closed as U.S. Strikes Iranian Vessels and Allies Hold Back
MANAMA, July 12 — When Iran announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the ripple effects moved…
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Israel Says It Killed IRGC Navy Chief Tangsiri, Who Led Strait of Hormuz Closure
TEHRAN, July 12 — Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy,…
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Strait of Hormuz: UNCLOS transit passage rights under threat
TEHRAN, July 12 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has announced a closure of the Strait of…
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Mojtaba Khamenei’s Reported Health Decline Raises Questions Over Iran’s Succession
TEHRAN, July 12 — As Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approaches his birthday on July 17, the Iranian Supreme Leader’s…
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Iran Orders Strait of Hormuz Fully Closed Again After Days of US Strikes
TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has shut the Strait of Hormuz, a move that halts…
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What Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Are and How They Operate Around Hormuz
TEHRAN, July 11 — For the families of sailors aboard commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the…
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Iran’s IRGC Navy: Island Bases, Fast Boats and a Commander Reported Killed in March
TEHRAN, July 11 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, a branch of Iran’s military established in 1979…
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IRGC Navy declares Strait of Hormuz closed until the US ends regional intervention
MANAMA, July 11 — Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet based in Bahrain, now…
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IRGC Navy’s Swarm Tactics Shape Iran’s Coastal Defense Strategy
WASHINGTON, July 11 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, a force of an estimated 20,000 personnel operating…
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CENTCOM Briefs Trump on Iran Strike Options as US Ships Weapons to Israel
WASHINGTON — The clock is ticking toward a Saturday afternoon deadline that could reshape the strategic balance in…
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Iran Privately Tells Trump Advisers Hormuz Ship Attacks Were a Mistake, US Officials Say
TEHRAN, July 11 — In a development that could reshape one of the world’s most volatile maritime flashpoints,…
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Pentagon Intelligence Report in 2019 Called Iran’s Missile Force the Largest in the Middle East
TEHRAN, July 11 — Iran’s ballistic missile program remains the largest and most diverse such arsenal in the…
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Iran Told Trump Advisers Firing on Ships in the Strait Was a Mistake, Officials Say
WASHINGTON, July 11 — In a rare moment of backchannel candor, Iran privately admitted to advisers of former…
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