Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they had detained a "foreign tanker" and its crew for allegedly smuggling fuel in the Gulf. The tanker was seized on Sunday "south of the (Iranian) island of Larak" in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the force's Sepahnews website said.

Seized 'foreign tanker' in Strait of Hormuz: Iran

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday said that the tight U.S. sanctions amounted to "economic terrorism" in a meeting at the United Nations.

Iran Foreign Minister slams US for economic terrorism

The United States has tightly restricted the travel of more than a dozen Iranian diplomats and their families living in New York, according to a US diplomatic note sent to the Iran Mission to the United Nations and seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Iranian diplomats, families living in New York face US travel curbs

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Tuesday Iran would respond to Britain’s “piracy” over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar.

Iran says UK's seizure of oil tanker will not go unanswered

Hijab Debate Intensifies In Iran. Amidst the worsening of conflict between U.S. & Iran, Tehran has a new problem to deal with. Right now, the country is polarised on the debate over whether women should wear a hijab. So why Iranian women are pushing back against the dress code? And why now? Take a look at this report

Gravitas: Iran's dilemma: Should women wear a Hijab or not?

Evil Britain commits piracy and steals our ship, there will be a response at an appropriate time, warns Khamenei Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Tuesday Iran would respond to Britain's "piracy" over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar.

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Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as a resumption of output in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Barry and a boom in US supply due to shale oil countered tensions in the Middle East.

Oil steadies as US supply concerns ease, Iran tension unresolved

Iran confirmed on Tuesday it had detained French-Iranian scholar Fariba Adelkhah but declined to give any more details, a day after Paris demanded information on her case.

Iran confirms arrest of French-Iranian scholar, gives no details

The remaining parties to the Iran nuclear deal do not see Tehran's breaches as significant and do not intend for now to trigger the pact's dispute mechanism, preferring more diplomacy to ease the crisis, the EU foreign policy chief said on Monday.

Nuclear deal parties not ready to launch dispute mechanism against Iran, prefer more diplomacy: European Union

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday demanded an explanation from Iran after the arrest last month of Franco-Iranian dual national Fariba Adelkhah, an incident that complicates Paris' efforts to defuse tensions in the region.

France's Emmanuel Macron demands answers after dual national detained in Iran

Iran is ready to hold talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it quit last year, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration says it is open to negotiations with Iran on a more far-reaching agreement on nuclear and security issues. But Iran has made any talks conditional on first being able to export as much oil as it did before the United States withdrew from the nuclear pact with world powers in May 2018.

Rouhani: Iran ready to talk to US if sanctions lifted

A Franco-Iranian academic based at a prestigious Paris university has been arrested in Iran and denied contact with consular staff, the French foreign ministry said Monday.

France says Franco-Iranian academic arrested in Iran

Iran on Monday urged the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal "to take practical, effective and responsible decisions" to save the landmark agreement. "We stress that the continued voluntary and goodwill based actions by the Islamic Republic of Iran are rooted in the principle of reciprocity of rights and duties" in the nuclear deal, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Take practical, effective and responsible decisions: Iran to EU on nuclear deal

At a time when Iran is reeling under the consequences of US sanctions, the country is facing a debate over whether women should wear hijab or not. More and more women are coming out expressing their desires against the dress code.

In sanctions-hit Iran, women debate wearing hijab in public

The United States has granted a visa to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to attend a UN meeting in New York this week, two sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday, saying Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had approved the decision.

US grants visa to Iran's Javad Zarif  for United Nation meeting this week: Report

Oil prices slipped on Monday after China posted its slowest quarterly economic growth in at least 27 years, reinforcing concerns about demand in the world's largest crude oil importer.

Slower China Gross Domestic Product growth nudges oil prices lower

British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt told his Iranian counterpart on Saturday (July 13) that Britain would facilitate the release of the detained Grace 1 oil tanker if Tehran gave guarantees it would not go to Syria.

UK to facilitate release of Iranian tanker if it gets Syria guarantees: Hunt

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday said that Iran was ready for talks with the United States if Washington lifts sanctions and returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it exited last year, reported news agency Reuters.

Iranian President Rouhani says ready to talk to US if sanctions lifted: Report

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The head of Lebanon's Tehran-backed Hezbollah said Friday that US ally Israel would not be "neutral" if a war broke out between the United States and Iran. And "Iran is able to bombard Israel with ferocity and force," Hassan Nasrallah said in an interview broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar television.

Hezbollah warns Iran able to bombard Israel if war started

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif travelled to New York on Saturday to a United Nations conference, news agency Reuters reported quoting Iran's state news agency IRNA, amid rising tension between Washington and Tehran.

Iranian foreign minister heads to New York for UN conference amid soaring tension with US: Report

Trump warns Iran again. Trump said, ''Iran treading on dangerous territory.'' Iran has exceeded Uranium enrichment limit by 4.5%. Watch this video to know more.

Donald Trump: ''Iran if you're listening, better be careful''

By Shahram Akbarzadeh Iran’s announcement last Sunday that it would break the limit on uranium enrichment agreed to in the nuclear deal with world powers was not a surprise.

Iran’s leader is losing his grasp on power

Iranian boats attempted to seize British tanker. Royal Navy fends off Iranian seizure of oil tanker. UK claimed 3 Iranian boats tried to stop their tanker. Watch this video to know more.

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