News about Iran: its confrontation with the United States and Israel, security and shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and the effect on oil prices, diplomacy and developments inside the country.
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Photo: NASA, public domain (file image: satellite view of Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW World · 06:37
The United States carried out limited "defensive" strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island, in the Strait of Hormuz, late on Monday 2 November, several US officials told American media. Iranian state media reported a series of explosions on the island. Washington has not issued a public statement, and the officials stressed that the operation does not mark a return to major combat.
Source: AP; The Wall Street Journal; ABC News; BBC News; Al Jazeera; IRNA
Photo: U.S. Navy / Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Angel Roman-Otero, public domain (file image: a merchant ship in the Strait of Hormuz, 2004) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW World · 06:38
Iran's Revolutionary Guards Navy said on Friday that four oil tankers exploded and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after using what Tehran calls unauthorised routes, including a tanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude. The claims could not be independently verified, but the UK maritime agency UKMTO reported separate incidents in which tankers were hit by unknown projectiles and explosive devices.
Source: Reuters; AP; UKMTO; CNA; Al Jazeera
Photo: NASA / Tim Kopra, public domain (file image: the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman at night, seen from the ISS) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW World · 06:49
Washington's warnings grew sharper on Friday, Tehran threatened Gulf oil sites and undersea cables, and Brent crude hit its highest level since April.
Source: The Guardian
Photo: Choinowski, CC BY-SA 4.0 (file image: International Criminal Court, The Hague) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW World · 06:43
The European Parliament gave its top human rights award to the Hague-based court, which is under US sanctions, ahead of jailed Tanzanian and Iranian activists.
Source: DW
Photo: NASA GSFC, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, public domain (file image: satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz, December 2020) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW World · 18:59
Iranian state TV says four tankers caught fire and three hit mines. The claims have not been independently confirmed.
Source: AP (via CBC News), with Reuters and Anadolu
Photo: NASA, public domain (file image: the Strait of Hormuz seen from the Space Shuttle, 1982) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW World · 17:00
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran's September plan still stands: lift the US naval blockade and oil sanctions and agree a ceasefire on all fronts, and the strait reopens on day six. Britain's maritime monitor says at least 10 ships were attacked in or near Hormuz in a week, the most since the war began.
Source: CBS News (with AFP, Tasnim, UKMTO)