Iran and Russia are slated to hold a joint naval drill in the Sea of Oman and the Northern Indian Ocean on February 19, 2026, to enhance maritime security...

Secretary of Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani Secretary of Iran`s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani is to travel to Muscat amid preparations for further indirect nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington after the first round was held in the Omani capital, Muscat...

US President Donald Trump said Friday that the high-stakes talks between Iran and the United States in Oman had gone well and that the two sides would meet again next week, though he did not provide any details about the meeting "They had a very good meeting with a very high representative Iran, of Iran, and we`ll see how it all turns out," Trump said in a gathering of reporters aboard Air Force One, noting that the country could not be permitted to have nuclear weapons under any deal...

US President Donald Trump said Friday that the high-stakes talks between Iran and the United States in Oman had gone well and that the two sides would meet again next week, though he did not provide any details about the meeting "They had a very good meeting with a very high representative Iran, of Iran, and we`ll see how it all turns out," Trump said in a gathering of reporters aboard Air Force One, noting that the country could not be permitted to have nuclear weapons under any deal...

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order threatening additional tariffs on countries that continue to trade with Iran, shortly after Iranian and American representatives held indirect talks in Muscat on Tehran`s nuclear energy program and sanctions relief...

US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order threatening additional tariffs on countries that continue to trade with Iran, shortly after Iranian and American representatives held indirect talks in Muscat on Tehran`s nuclear energy program and sanctions relief...

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi boards a plane to leave Muscat for Doha on February 6, 2026...

Iran`s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to Iranian media following the conclusion of Iran-US talks in Muscat, Oman, on February 6, 2026...

Images of Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi and Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi reviewing necessary documents ahead of the Iran-US nuclear talks in Muscat...

This combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2025, and Steve Witkoff, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, March 19, 2025...

This combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2025, and Steve Witkoff, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, March 19, 2025...

Iran`s President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi meet in Tehran on January 10, 2026...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) and his Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi attend a joint press conference in Tehran on January 10, 2026...

Iran has seized a foreign-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on December 12, 2025...

Saeed Khatibzadeh, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has warned against any possible act of adventurism against the country’s interests, pledging immediate, powerful, and serious response to any such move...

The file photo shows Liberian-flagged oil tanker Mercer Street off Cape Town, South Africa, in 2016...

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...

Iran Navy test-fires new-generation cruises missiles during drills in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean...

Joint maritime maneuvers, involving the Russian, Chinese and Iranian Navies, have entered their second day in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman...

A new video posted by the website of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) shows crewmembers of a tanker hit earlier on Thursday by a suspicious blast in the Sea of Oman, after they are rescued by Iranian relief teams...

Hours after two tankers were reportedly attacked in the Sea of Oman, a flurry of international reactions poured in from various countries, companies, and political figures as well as financial markets, the gist of which follows...

Media reports say two large oil tankers have been hit by explosions in the Sea of Oman...

Crude oil futures have jumped on Thursday following reports of explosions targeting two oil tankers in the Sea of Oman...