search
Strait of Hormuz
The flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, on May 19, 2019. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Garrett LaBarge/US Navy via AP)
May 20, 2019, 8:39 pm
US aircraft carrier seen as barometer of tensions with Iran
Dispatched to the Persian Gulf, the USS Abraham Lincoln has yet to enter it, possibly in a bid to calm nerves in the region
By Jon Gambrell
In this photo provided by the US Navy, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group transits the Suez Canal, May 9, 2019. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Darion Chanelle Triplett/US Navy via AP)
May 17, 2019, 11:28 am
US warships enter Persian Gulf without incident amid soaring Iran tensions
American defense officials tell WSJ the guided-missile destroyers’ transit through the Strait of Hormuz was ‘the quietest in a long time’
By Agencies and TOI staff
In this Sept. 21, 2016 photo, an oil tanker approaches to the new Jetty during the launch of the new $650 million oil facility in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
May 13, 2019, 8:16 am
US issues warning as Saudi Arabia says 2 oil tankers damaged by sabotage attacks
US Maritime Administration urges shippers to exercise caution after earlier warning that Iran could target commercial sea traffic
By Jon Gambrell
File: The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower transits the Suez Canal, July 2012. (CC-BY Official US Navy Imagery/Flickr)
April 29, 2019, 1:29 pm
Iranian drone video of American aircraft carrier appears ‘years old’: US Navy
Military spokesperson dismisses footage published by Revolutionary Guards days after Washington branded it a terror organization
By AFP
An Iranian military speedboat patrols the waters as a tanker prepares to dock at the oil facility on Khark Island, Iran, on March 12, 2017. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 28, 2019, 8:26 pm
Iran threatens to shut strategic Hormuz Strait
Armed Forces commander says Tehran will close vital shipping lane to all countries if its oil exports are blocked
By AFP
Illustrative photo of the USS Enterprise, a US Navy aircraft carrier that was deployed to the Persian Gulf in 2012, before being decommissioned at the end of the year. (Official US Navy Imagery/flickr)
April 27, 2019, 7:09 pm
Iran says it made surveillance flight over US aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf
Development comes after US government designates Revolutionary Guards a foreign terrorist group
By AP and TOI staff
In this picture released by the semi-official Iranian Fars news agency on February 25, 2015, Revolutionary Guard speedboats assault a replica of a US aircraft carrier during large-scale naval drills near the entrance of the Persian Gulf, Iran. (AP/Fars News Agency, Hamed Jafarnejad)
April 22, 2019, 7:47 pm
Iran threatens to close Strait of Hormuz after US ends sanction waivers
US says blocking access to key oil route would be unacceptable; Turkey blasts Washington decision as one that’ll harm Iranian people
By TOI staff
Left, Bezalel Smotrich, after winning the election for chairman of the National Union, at the Crown Plaza hotel in Jerusalem, January 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90). Right, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a drill of the Armored Corps in Shizafon Base, in southern Israel on January 23, 2019. (Flash90)
April 22, 2019, 2:11 pm
URWP demands full West Bank annexation, in exchange for law granting PM immunity
Long list of demands by right-wing party, including limiting authority of High Court and attorney general, to be presented in coalition negotiations starting next week
By Michael Bachner
A missile launch during the Velayat 97 drill by the Iranian military on February 23, 2019, in footage released by Iranian media. (Screenshot: YouTube)
February 24, 2019, 10:07 am
In first, Iran says cruise missile launched from submarine during drill
Tehran conducts test with new Fateh submarine during 3-day exercise in Persian Gulf, in addition to destroyers, surveillance planes and helicopters; range of projectile is unknown
By Agencies and TOI staff
Iran debuts its new Fateh submarine in the Persian Gulf, February 2019 (Fars)
February 22, 2019, 7:06 pm
Iran shows off new destroyer, cruise missile-capable submarine during navy drill
Navy chief says exercise in Persian Gulf ‘will cover confronting a range of threats, testing weapons, and evaluating the readiness of equipment and personnel’
By TOI staff and Agencies
Illustrative: The Iranian warship Alborz, foreground, prepares to leave Iran's waters at the Strait of Hormuz, in this photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency, April 7, 2015. (AP/Fars News Agency, Mahdi Marizad/ File)
February 21, 2019, 12:41 pm
Iran announces another navy drill in key Strait of Hormuz
Three days of exercises will stretch from Sea of Oman to the Indian Ocean and include missile launches from ships, says Iranian admiral
By AP and TOI staff
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the 1980-1988 war with Iraq, in the capital Tehran on September 22, 2018. (AFP/STR)
December 22, 2018, 10:30 am
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches drill near Strait of Hormuz
Paramilitary force answerable to Supreme Leader Khamenei begins annual combat helicopter and drone exercise day after US Navy carrier enters Persian Gulf
By Agencies
File: The USS Stennis on its way to the Persian Gulf in 2012. (Department of Defense/Randi R. Brown, US Navy)
December 21, 2018, 9:52 pm
Iranian ships fire rockets as US aircraft carrier enters Persian Gulf
USS John C. Stennis transits Strait of Hormuz after longest post-9/11 absence; Revolutionary Guard vessels launch rockets away from carrier, fly a drone nearby
By Jon Gambrell
A ballistic missile is seen in what Iran says is an underground base, in an undisclosed location in the country. The base is said to be buried 500 meters below ground. (Screen capture PressTV)
October 16, 2018, 1:26 pm
Iran says its land-to-sea ballistic missile range now 700 kilometers
Announcement comes amid tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-third of the world’s oil supply passes
By TOI staff and Agencies
A still from a video published by Iranian state media showing a boat approaching a US carrier in March, 2018. (screen capture: Twitter)
September 30, 2018, 2:30 am
Iran shows off footage of boats harassing US carrier
Video, purportedly taken in March, seemingly marks sea change after Navy had reported confrontations stopped following election of Trump
By AP and TOI staff
Load More