Middle East
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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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IRGC Says Strait of Hormuz Will Stay Closed as US Strikes on Iran Continue
TEHRAN, April 18 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz…
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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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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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The IRGC Navy: Fast Boats, Hidden Bunkers and a Commander Killed in 2026
TEHRAN, July 11 — For communities across the Persian Gulf region, the presence of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
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Trump Weighs Military Options in Strait of Hormuz as Iran Talks Stall
ABOARD USS MONTEREY, Persian Gulf, July 11 — The low thrum of a warship’s engines is the only…
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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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Iran Told Trump Advisers Strait Attacks Were a Mistake
DUBAI, July 11 — The figure that matters: 20%. That is the share of the world’s petroleum that…
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Retired General McKenzie Says Iran Campaign Is Ahead of War-Game Forecasts
WASHINGTON, July 10 — When you think about the world’s most critical maritime chokepoint, picture a narrow hallway…
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Israel Warned US of Iranian Plot to Kill Trump, Wall Street Journal Reports
WASHINGTON, July 9 — Israel recently shared intelligence with the United States indicating that Iran was plotting to…
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Israeli Intel on Iranian Hardliners Targeting Trump Falls Short of Specific Plot, US Sources Say
WASHINGTON — The quiet, methodical work of intelligence-sharing between nations rarely makes headlines. But when it does, it…
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German Court Jails Two Men Over Iranian-Directed Plot to Kill Jewish Leaders
WASHINGTON, July 9 — When the United States designated Iran’s Quds Force a terrorist organization in April 2019,…
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US-Iran Nuclear Talks in May 2025: Oman Mediates as Enrichment Blocks a Deal
TEHRAN, July 9 — Indirect talks between the United States and Iran, hosted by Oman and Qatar, remain…
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How the US-Iran ceasefire and June memorandum broke down over Hormuz
WASHINGTON, July 9 — The fragile architecture of the 2024 U.S.-Iran ceasefire, painstakingly assembled through Omani and Qatari…
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Iran Nuclear Talks in Vienna Pause After Six Rounds as Sanctions Dispute Persists
VIENNA, July 9 — The mechanics here are deceptively simple on paper, yet the machinery has been grinding…
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U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Collapses as Both Sides Resume Missile and Drone Attacks
MANILA, July 9 — A ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, negotiated in late 2024, has…
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