Tehran has once again denied any involvement in last week's deadly attack on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman. On Friday, foreign ministers of the G7 said that the attack against the Mercer Street tanker was perpetrated by Iran and that all available evidence proved it.

Iran FM spokesperson calls timing of Mercer Street attack 'noteworthy'

Britain believes Iran deliberately carried out a deadly attack on an Israeli tanker off Oman last week, said UK's foreign ministry official, urging Tehran to cease such attacks.

'Deliberate, targeted': UK, US believe Iran is responsible for Oman oil tanker attack

The Iranian Foreign Ministry rejects what it called "baseless accusations" after Israel blamed Iran for a deadly incident off the coast of Oman. In an incident that Israel's foreign minister claims was the result of an attack launched by Iran, one Briton and a Romanian died when an Israeli-managed oil tanker came under fire off the coast of Oman on Thursday.

Iran slams Israel's accusations over ship attack, calls them 'baseless'

A Briton and a Romanian were killed when an Israeli-managed petroleum product tanker came under attack on Thursday off the coast of Oman, the company said on Friday, in an incident that Israel's foreign minister blamed on Iran and said deserved a harsh response.

Mercer Street tanker attack blamed on Iran; Israel demands 'tough response'

Japan is set to send a warship and planes to the Middle East to protect its vessels, the government said on Friday. "Peace and stability in the Middle East is extremely important for the peace and prosperity of the international community including Japan," the country's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said "Also, it is very important to make sure Japan-related ships can sail safely in the Middle East, the world's major source of energy," Suga added.

Japan to send warship, planes to Middle East to protect vessels

An Iranian tanker at the centre of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran changed course again on Friday and was heading back to Turkey, shipping data showed.

Iran tanker switches course again, heads to Turkey: Ship tracking data

President Trump on Thursday hit out at French President Macron for giving "mixed signals" to Iran as the US president asserted that "no one is authorised in any way, shape or form to represent to the US.

Iran given mixed signals from of those purporting to represent us, including Macron: Trump

In a cryptic message to Iran amid rising tensions in the Gulf, US president Donald Trump said that Iranians have "never won a war". "Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!

Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation: Trump

South Korea plans to join a US-led maritime force in the Middle East by sending a naval unit, which includes a destroyer, to help guard oil tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday.

South Korea navy may join US-led coalition in Strait of Hormuz: Report

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo dismissed Iran’s announcement it had captured 17 spies working for the US Central Intelligence Agency(CIA) and sentenced some to death.

The regime has a long history of lying: Pompeo on Iran capturing CIA spies

The seizure of a British flagged tanker by Iran is in "clear violation of international law" because it was in Omani waters, the head of the UK Chamber of Shipping said on Sunday.

Seizure of British-flagged tanker 'clear violation of international law': UK Chamber of Shipping

The US aims to form a coalition to guarantee freedom of navigation in strategic Gulf waters amid fraught relations between Washington and Tehran, a top general told media on Tuesday.

We can put together coalition to ensure freedom of navigation in Straits of Hormuz: US General Joseph Dunford

Iran today slammed US secretary of state Mike Pompeo's joint statement in New Delhi in which he accused Iran of being the "world's largest state sponsor of terror".

US openly sowing seeds of hostility, reject Pompeo's baseless allegation: Iran

US President Donald Trump ordered "hard-hitting" financial sanctions Monday on Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, holding him "ultimately responsible" for the Islamic republic's destabilising activities.

Khamenei ultimately responsible, says Trump after fresh US sanctions on Iran

After reports said US planes were in the air ready to retaliate against Iran after it shot down a US drone, President Trump confirmed it in a tweet asserting that he stopped the strike ten minutes before even as the planes were "cocked and loaded to retaliate last night on three different sights.

We were cocked and loaded to retaliate, I stopped it 10 minutes before striking Iran: Trump

Iran refrained from shooting down a US plane with 35 people on board that was accompanying the downed drone in the Gulf, a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Friday.

With US drone, P-8 plane with 35 on board also entered airspace, we could have shot it down, but didn't: Iran Revolutionary Guard

Iran said Thursday it would go to the UN to prove that a US spy drone it shot down had entered Iranian airspace, contrary to Washington's claims. "We'll take this new aggression to #UN & show that the US is lying about international waters," foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted, after a US general said the drone was taken down some 34 kilometres (21 miles) off the Iranian coast.

US lying about drone strike in international waters, will take it to UN: Iran

In a major development, the Indian Navy has launched "Operation Sankalp" in the Gulf of Oman as a measure to reassure Indian flagged vessels transiting through the region.

Gulf crisis: Navy launches 'Operation Sankalp' to reassure Indian vessels amid US-Iran row

US military releases new pictures of Oman Gulf terror attack; says it incriminate Iran

Iran on Saturday summoned the British ambassador to Tehran after London blamed it for attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, the semi-official Students News Agency ISNA reported, a claim denied by the British government.

Iran summons UK envoy over 'unfounded' tanker accusations

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accused rival Iran of attacks on two oil tankers in a vital Gulf shipping channel, adding he "won't hesitate" to tackle any threats to the kingdom, according to excerpts of an interview published on Sunday.

Saudi prince blames Iran for tanker attacks, says won’t hesitate on ‘threats’

A Japanese tanker, attacked in the Gulf in an incident that sparked a new standoff between Washington and Tehran, "arrived safely" Sunday at an anchorage off the UAE, its management said.

Damaged Japanese tanker arrives at UAE anchorage

US President Donald Trump declared Friday that a mysterious attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman had Iran "written all over it," rejecting Tehran's denial that it had any involvement.

Gulf of Oman tanker attacks: Trump dismisses Iran denials, United Nations chief pushes for an independent probe

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he was ready to launch talks with Iran whenever it was ready, even as he blamed Tehran for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

Trump says ready to hold talks with Iran despite tanker attacks

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