Somalia`s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addresses an emergency joint parliamentary session in Mogadishu, Somalia...

embed1 Checkout this incredible footage of rainwater mixed with mineral-rich soil pour off cliffs and turns the sea red on Iran`s Hormuz Island...

Iran`s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos Iran`s foreign minister has reiterated the Islamic Republic`s firm rejection of any interventionist stances towards its territorial integrity during a telephone conversation with his Cypriot counterpart, following Tehran`s recent protest to Nicosia over remarks concerning its Persian Gulf islands...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has dismissed the hackneyed claims about three Iranian islands in the final statement of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), warning the neighboring states not to test the Islamic Republic`s resolve to safeguard its sovereignty...

Iran`s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has condemned the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)`s insistence on repeating the UAE`s "baseless and incorrect" territorial claims over the Iranian islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb...

Ali Shamkhani, a representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to the Defense Council A representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei at the Defense Council has warned the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) against "unconstructive" claims regarding the three Iranian islands and the Arash gas field...

The report reveals how an Israeli desalination firm quietly broke into the Arab states of the Persian Gulf region...

The satellite image, released by the website of International Panel on Fissile Material on February 18, 2021, shows an aerial view of Israel’s Dimona nuclear facility...

Palestinian artist Dalal Abu-Amneh (Photo via Twitter) A Palestinian artist and a Kuwaiti inventor have boycotted the Dubai’s extravagant Expo 2020 over the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) signing of a normalization agreement and opening of diplomatic relations with Israel...

An American F-35 warplane The United Arab Emirates has reportedly threatened to quit a $23-billion military deal with the US over Washington’s tough requirements meant to shield the weapons against what the Americans call Chinese espionage...

The Persian Gulf Pro League Iranian football giants Esteghlal and Persepolis have played out a blank draw at an empty Azadi stadium...

Linking the Persian Gulf in the south to the Caspian Sea in the north is the key plank of connectivity programs being sought by Iran...

This file photo shows Major General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, an inspector general at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry and a member of Interpol’s executive committee...

Major General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, inspector general at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry and a member of Interpol’s executive committee (file photo) A number of German lawmakers have slammed the candidacy of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry official, who faces accusations of human rights violations, for president of the International Criminal Police Organization, commonly known as Interpol...

Iran’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Zahra Ershadi An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has warned about recent suspicious attempts to create artificial maritime incidents in the Persian Gulf and the broader region, after the US and its allies accused Iran of an attack an Israeli-managed ship, urging a swift end to such irresponsible acts that harm the region’s peace...

This file picture shows female Bahraini sports journalist Eman Salehi’s body after she was shot once in the head in front of her six-year-old son in the city of Riffa, Bahrain, on December 23, 2016...

Iranians mark the 33rd anniversary of the downing of Iranian commercial airliner by a United States Navy guided-missile cruiser, throwing stalks of flowers in the Persian Gulf on July 3, 2021...

An Iranian company has begun production from an offshore oilfield in the Persian Gulf...

Detained Emirati human rights advocate Ahmed Mansoor (file photo) An independent London-based human rights group has lodged a complaint in France against a top Emirati official, accusing him of being responsible for the torture of prominent pro-democracy campaigner and rights activist Ahmed Mansoor...

The Goureh-Jask oil pipeline is about to carry 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude from Iran’s West Karun oil fields to the southeastern coast on the Sea of Oman...

An Iranian Navy’s helicopter landing on the deck of Makran helicopter carrier during Eqtedar-e Daryayi (Naval Strength) 99 naval drills off the southern coast of Iran on January 13, 2021...

Former Qatari prime minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (File photo) Former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani has called on Iran and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states to engage in talks amid the resolution of the Qatar crisis and the upcoming inauguration of a new US administration...

In this file handout photo taken on September 18, 2020 and released by the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz transits the Strait of Hormuz...

This file picture shows a military vessel belonging to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF)...

The file photo shows US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber...

Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifah (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifah have held talks on the phone for the first time since the two regimes inked a US-brokered normalization deal...

This file picture shows Bahraini regime forces at the notorious Jau Prison, south of Manama, Bahrain...

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash (File photo) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly urged Saudi Arabia to stop supporting a US proposal aimed at resolving a three-year political tension among Persian Gulf countries...

Angry Palestinian protesters set portraits of the Bahraini King, the ruler of Dubai (c), as well as Israeli prime minister during a protest against the so-called US peace plan in the center of the Palestinian city of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank on January 30, 2020...

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker (File photo) A top US diplomat has called on Washington’s Arab allies in the Persian Gulf to perform due diligence in their relationship with the United States, while dealing with its rival, China...

Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna has lambasted the US for trying to present Washington as still a participant to Iran’s nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), saying such attempts have no future...

Iranian vessels are seen next to the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton in the Persian Gulf April 15, 2020, in this photo released by the US navy...

Iran Armed Forces have warned against any US provocations in the Persian Gulf...

Iranian military satellite Nour-1 (Light-1) is launched onboard the Qased (Messenger) carrier from an undisclosed location in Dasht-e Kavir, central Iran, on April 22, 2020...

The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Major General Hossein Salami The chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has downplayed a recent US’ anti-Iran rhetoric, warning that the Islamic Republic will target American vessels if they were to threaten the safety of the country’s vessels or warships...

Two Iranian vessels maneuver near US military ships in the Persian Gulf April 15, 2020...

Iranian military satellite Nour-1 is seen before launch from the Qassed launcher in Dasht-e Kavir, central Iran, on April 22, 2020...

Image released by the US Navy on April 15, 2020, allegedly shows Iranian vessels encircling a US military ship in the Persian Gulf...

Naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) cross the path of US warships in the Persian Gulf...

Image released by the US Navy on April 15, 2020, allegedly shows Iranian vessels encircling a US military ship in the Persian Gulf...

This AFP photo obtained from the US Navy on April 15, 2020, allegedly shows Iranian vessels near a US Military ship in the Persian Gulf...

The file photo shows a Type-212 Todaro-class submarine built by the Fincantieri shipbuilding company and operated by the Italian Navy...

A senior Iranian commander has downplayed Washington’s stepped-up belligerent rhetoric against the Islamic Republic, saying US warships deployed to the Persian Gulf get permission for movements there from Iranian forces, who are in full control of the strategic waters...