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

US national security advisor(NSA) John Bolton on Tuesday described as "deafening" Iran's apparent silence on an offer to negotiate with Washington. "The president has held the door open to real negotiations," Bolton said in a statement.

US remains open to negotiations, Iran needs to walk through  that open door: Bolton

After Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed White House actions as "mentally retarded", US President Trump hit back today saying "any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force" as the war of words between the two nations continued nearly a week after Iran downed a US surveillance drone.

Attack by Iran on anything American will be met with overwhelming force: Trump

India may discuss with US secretary of state Mike Pompeo a host of issues crucial for its energy security, including oil price volatility due to rising tensions between Tehran and Washington, disadvantages in purchasing American crude and technical issues arising due to sanctions that threaten India’s strategic projects, said officials aware of the developments.

India-US to hold talks on Iran oil

After the Indian Navy launched "Operation Sankalp" in the Gulf of Oman to "reassure" Indian flagged vessels transiting through the region in the wake of US-Iran tensions, Indian Navy MARCOS commandos boarded the oil tankers intent on travelling onboard in order to provide protection to the ships.

Navy's MARCOS commandos board Indian vessels in Persian Gulf to ensure safety

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 24, imposing additional economic sanctions on Iran. Apparently, it’s in retaliation to shooting down of the US Drone by Iran over its airspace last week, which has left the US red-faced, wargaming all options on the table from military retaliation to additional curbs, sanctions, talks and possibly another deal.

Iran has shown no signs of buckling under US pressure

Russia has military intelligence that shows that a US drone was in Iranian air space when it was shot down by Iran last week, Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia's Security Council, said on Tuesday.

Have military intelligence to show US drone was in Iranian airspace: Russia

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

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

Amid the US-Iran crisis, President Trump in a tweet said America protests "the shipping lanes for other countries (many years) for zero compensation" while asserting that it does so for "zero compensation" "China gets 91% of its Oil from the Strait, Japan 62%, & many other countries likewise.

US protests sea lanes for other countries for zero compensation, we don’t even need to be there: Trump

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

Mike Pompeo has met Saudi Arabia’s king and crown prince for talks as the US secretary of state seeks to promote an anti-Iran alliance at a time of mounting tensions in the region.

Mike Pompeo arrives in Saudi Arabia

US National Security Advisor John Bolton warned Tehran on Sunday of misinterpreting as "weakness" President Donald Trump's last-minute cancellation of a retaliatory strike on Iran.

US army is ready to go, don't mistake our discretion for weakness: US National Security Advisor John Bolton tells Iran

Last-minute Iran strike reversal showcases Trump's confusion on war

Iran warned the United States on Saturday that any aggression against the Islamic republic would have serious consequences for US interests across the Middle East.

Firing one bullet towards Iran will set fire to America's interests: Iran

US President Donald Trump spoke on Friday to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about Middle East stability and the oil market, the White House said, after tensions with Iran prompted a rise in oil prices.

Trump spoke to Crown Prince Salman on Middle East stability, oil market: White House

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 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

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran reportedly shot down a US Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk spy drone, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

Iran claims shooting down American drone, US military declines to comment

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

President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday Iran would not wage war against any nation, sounding a note of restraint after the United States announced more troop deployments to the Middle East.

'Won't wage war,' says Iran President Hassan Rouhani as US deploys more troops to Middle East

Iran said on Sunday Europe was in no position to criticise Tehran for its military capabilities and it called on European leaders to normalise trade ties with the Islamic Republic despite US sanctions, or face consequences.

Europe in no position to criticise Iran for issues outside JCPOA: Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

The United States on Friday hit Iran's petrochemical group PGPIC with economic sanctions due to its ties with the country's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), the Treasury Department announced.

US hits Iran petrochemical group PGPIC with sanctions

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Saturday a US decision to deploy 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East is a "threat to international peace," state media reported.

US troop boost 'threat to international peace': Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

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