Aug 12 Shippers warned to avoid Iranian waters amid elevated U.S.-Iran tensions By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized. Continue reading
Apr 08 Amid tensions with Iran, U.S. deploys guided-missile submarine to Middle East By Associated Press The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East, a spokesman said Saturday, in what appeared to be a show of force toward Iran following recent tensions. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 10:00 Gen. McKenzie on U.S. policy, commitments and action in the Middle East and Asia By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin The United States has left Afghanistan, but it is just part of the region that Marine Corps Gen. Frank McKenzie counts as his responsibility. He oversees the Middle East and Southwest Asia as the top general at U.S. Central Command. Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch 5:43 Officials pessimistic about agreement between U.S. and Iran amid tense talks By Nick Schifrin For the first time Wednesday, the recently elected Iranian government is negotiating its nuclear program with the world powers who signed the nuclear deal back in 2015. Iran wants relief from economic sanctions. The U.S. and Europe want Iran to… Continue watching
Sep 08 U.S. Navy launches Mideast drone task force amid Iran tensions By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet says it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years of maritime attacks linked to ongoing tensions with Iran. Continue reading
Jul 13 Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap U.S. journalist, 4 others By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press An Iranian intelligence officer and three members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to lure a U.S. journalist and human rights activist from New York City to Iran. Continue reading
Apr 28 U.S. Navy fires warning shots in new tense encounter with Iran By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press An American warship fired warning shots when vessels of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came too close to a patrol in the Persian Gulf. Continue reading
Apr 06 U.S., Iran expected to begin indirect nuclear talks in Vienna By Geir Moulson, Alex Schuller, Associated Press Efforts to bring the United States back into the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear program stepped up a gear Tuesday as Iran and the five world powers still in the accord were meeting in Vienna while the U.S. is due… Continue reading
Jan 01 Iran's military ready to respond to U.S. pressure, general warns By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press The Iranian general spoke on Friday at a ceremony in Tehran ahead of the first anniversary of a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian general. Continue reading
Dec 10 U.S. B-52H bombers fly to Middle East in mission to deter Iran By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press In a new show of military might, two American bomber aircraft took off from the United States and flew over a swath of the Middle East on Thursday, sending what U.S. officials said was a direct message of deterrence to… Continue reading