How serious are Iran's breaches of the 2015 deal and what does higher enrichment mean?

U.S. Top Pentagon General has said that they are working to put together an international military coalition to protect all tankers that travel on the coast of Iran and Yemen.

U.S. moots coalition to patrol Iran coast

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

US President Donald Trump warned Iran again on Tuesday over its breach of a uranium enrichment cap. "Iran is doing a lot of bad things ... and they'd better be very careful," the president told reporters at the White House.

Trump repeats warning that Iran should be 'very careful'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Tuesday that Israel's fighter jets "can reach anywhere in the Middle East, including Iran," in his latest comments directed at his country's arch-foe.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu warns Israel's jets 'can reach' Iran

Iran's uranium enrichment level passed 4.5 per cent on Monday, exceeding the 2015 nuclear deal cap, Iranian atomic energy organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said.

Iran says uranium enrichment passes 4.5%, exceeding deal cap

Iran's defence minister vowed Monday to respond to Britain detaining an oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar, local media reported. The tanker's seizure "will not be tolerated by us and will not go without a response," said Amir Hatami, as quoted by semi-official news agency ISNA and Tasnim news agency.

Britain's oil tanker seizure will not go without a response: Iran defence minister

Iran will face further sanctions in response to its expected breach Sunday of a uranium enrichment cap, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. "Iran's latest expansion of its nuclear program will lead to further isolation and sanctions," the top US diplomat said on Twitter.

Iran's latest expansion of nuclear program will lead to further sanctions: Pompeo

Does Uranium Enrichment Mean That Iran Can Build Nuclear Bombs?

Gravitas: How to interpret Iran's moves?

The US has deployed F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar for the first time, its military said Friday, adding to a buildup of US forces in the Gulf amid tensions with Iran.

US deploys F-22 stealth fighters to Qatar amid Iran tensions

The United Arab Emirates, a key member of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, is scaling back its military presence there as worsening US-Iran tensions threaten security closer to home, four western diplomatic sources said.

UAE scales down military presence in Yemen as Gulf tensions flare

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran "never seeks war" with the US, state media reported Wednesday amid a spike in tensions between the two countries. "Iran has no interest to increase tension in the region and it never seeks war with any country, including (the) US," the president said, quoted by state news agency IRNA.

Iran 'never seeks war' with US, says Hassan Rouhani

The United States would not dare violate Iranian soil, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace division said on Wednesday, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.

US would not dare violate Iranian soil: Revolutionary Guards commander

A Pointed Analysis Of U.S.' Foreign Policy Under Trump First it was North Korea in 2017, then it is Iran; extreme views followed by drastic U-turns and self-declared ability to make deals, has the U.S. President Donald Trump failed to achieve anything with his 'fire & fury' foreign policy? Palki with an analysis

Gravitas: Has Trump's 'Fire & Fury' foreign policy been a failure?

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran "never seeks war" with the US amid a spike in tensions between the two countries.

Rouhani to Macron: Iran 'Never Seeks War' with US

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed new US sanctions on Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and described the White House as "mentally retarded", an insult Iran has used in the past about President Donald Trump.

Iran dismisses new US sanctions, calls White House 'retarded'

Iran will speed up enrichment of uranium after a deadline given to European countries to prevent this ends on Thursday, the spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation said on Wednesday, according to the IRIB news agency.

Iran will speed up enriching of uranium after deadline to Europe ends on Thursday: Report

By David Cortright Many are worried about the risk of war between the US and Iran. But the truth is, the US has been fighting with Iran for decades in an economic war waged via sanctions – which is about to get a lot worse.

Risk of shooting war with Iran grows after decades of economic warfare by the US

Bitcoin surged to a near 16-month high above $11,000 Monday, overshadowing showings across stock, foreign exchange and commodity markets, with investors looking ahead to the week's G20 summit.

After Facebook's cryptocurrency Libra, Bitcoin surges above $11,000

Last week was tense as the US and Iran almost went at loggerheads with each other. The relationship between the two countries has deteriorated since the 1970s when Irani revolutionaries kicked out US-backed shah and took the US embassy hostage.

US-Iran tensions and why India needs to step up its game

The US will impose "major" additional sanctions on Iran in a bid to prevent the country obtaining nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump says.

Trump announces 'major' sanctions amid tensions on Iran

Any conflict in the Gulf region may spread uncontrollably and threaten the lives of US troops, a senior Iranian military commander said on Sunday after US President Donald Trump said he would impose further sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

Iran warns war would spread across Gulf, threaten US troops

Iran will ask Japan to mediate between Tehran and Washington to ease oil sanctions imposed by the United States, Iranian officials said on Wednesday, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in the country for a two-day visit.

Iran to ask Japan's Abe to mediate over US oil sanctions: Officials

In this video, Political Analyst, Syed Mohammad Marandi speaks to WION over US-Iran conflicts.

Syed Mohammad Marandi speaks to WION over US-Iran conflicts

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