Jon Gambrell
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Heavy security in Iran on anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death – as UK and US issue fresh sanctions
The protests over Ms Amini’s death in police custody last year represented one of the largest challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution → Read More
Greek shipper pleads guilty to smuggling Iranian crude oil and will pay $2.4 million fine
A Greek shipper has pleaded guilty to a charge over it smuggling sanctioned Iranian crude oil and agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine → Read More
UN Nuclear Chief Says Large Ukraine Atomic Power Plant Held by Russia Faces 'Dangerous Situation'
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been repeatedly in the crossfire since Russia launched its war on Ukraine in February 2022 and seized the facility shortly after. → Read More
Iran Unveils What It Calls a Hypersonic Missile Able to Beat Air Defenses Amid Tensions with US
Iran is claiming that it's created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound → Read More
US, UK Navies Say They Responded to Distress Call as Iran's Revolutionary Guard 'Harassed' Ship
Black-and-white images show three small ships close to the commercial ship. → Read More
Iran Exchanges Heavy Gunfire With Taliban on Afghan Border, Escalating Tensions Over Water Rights
Videos posted online, purportedly from the area, included the crackle of machine gun fire in the distance. → Read More
US Bomb Designed to Hit Targets Like Iran Underground Nuclear Sites Briefly Reappears Amid Tensions
The U.S. developed the Massive Ordnance Penetrator in the 2000s as concerns grew over Iran hardening its nuclear sites by building them underground. → Read More
An Iranian nuclear facility is so deep underground that US airstrikes likely couldn’t reach it
Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch U.S. weapon designed specifically for such sites → Read More
US bomb designed to hit targets like Iran underground nuclear sites briefly reappears amid tensions
As tensions with Iran have escalated over its nuclear program, the U.S. military this month posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium → Read More
US and Allied Naval Commanders in Mideast Transit Strait of Hormuz, In Show of Force Against Iran
The Mideast-based chiefs of the U.S., British and French navies have transited the Strait of Hormuz aboard an American warship. → Read More
Returning to the Arab fold, Syria's president invited to UAE-hosted COP28 climate
Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad has received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on → Read More
Returning to the Arab fold, Syria's president invited to UAE-hosted COP28 climate
Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad has received an invitation to attend the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, even as the yearslong war in his country over his rule grinds on → Read More
Long-haul carrier Emirates sees highest-ever profit in 2022 of $2.9B after pandemic grounded flights
Long-haul carrier Emirates says it saw its most-profitable year ever in 2022, earning $2.9 billion after bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic shutting down global aviation → Read More
Saudi Aramco's 1st quarter profit down about a fifth to $31B
Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported a first-quarter profit of $31.88 billion, down nearly 20% from the same period last year as energy prices have sunk over global recession concerns → Read More
Iran executes Swedish-Iranian over alleged terrorism
Sweden’s foreign minister, Tobias Billstrom, called the execution ‘inhumane’ → Read More
Iran Hangs Iranian-Swedish Man Over 2018 Attack Killing 25
A lengthy statement alleged without providing evidence that he had ties to Swedish, Israelis and U.S. intelligence. → Read More
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Seizes Tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Iran seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days. → Read More
US Navy: Iran seizes oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Iran seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days → Read More
Iran Navy Seizes Tanker near Oman That Was on Way to Houston
The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet. → Read More
Iran navy seizes tanker near Oman that was on way to Houston
Iran’s navy has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program → Read More