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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
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to CNN, September 21, 2018 (CNN screenshot)
September 22, 2018, 1:07 am
Pompeo warns Iran against using proxies to target US: ‘We’ll go to the source’
Secretary of state says Tehran ‘will be held accountable’ for any assaults by its allies on American interests in the Middle East, does not rule out military response
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo: US-made F-4 Phantom fighter jets from the Iranian air force. (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)
September 21, 2018, 3:01 pm
In show of force, Iran launches air maneuvers near strategic Strait of Hormuz
Official news outlet calls exercise a warning to enemies that they face ‘stern response’ to threats against Tehran
By AP
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks at the Iranian Parliament in the capital Tehran on August 28, 2018. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)
September 5, 2018, 8:11 am
Iran’s president vows oil exports to continue despite US pressure
Rouhani also says main export terminal to move from Gulf to Oman Sea, allowing shipments to go on if key waterway blocked
By Agencies
Iranian army troops march during a parade marking National Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
August 30, 2018, 9:12 am
Top Iran general claims regime could inflict ‘heavy damage’ on US in war
Rasoul Sanayee Raad says Washington recognizes it cannot achieve an ‘ultimate victory’ against Tehran, would be trapped in war of attrition
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Fateh-110 ballistic missile, displayed at an Iranian armed forces parade in 2012. (military.ir/Wikimedia Commons)
August 11, 2018, 4:03 am
Iran said to test ballistic missile for first time in more than a year
US officials say Fateh-110 was fired during a military exercise last weekend, held as Trump reintroduced economic sanctions on Tehran
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Iranian Navy exercise in 2011. (CC BY, Mohammad Sadegh Heydari, Wikimedia Commons)
August 9, 2018, 3:46 am
Iran naval drills designed to send message to Washington, US general says
Central Command chief Joseph Votel says Quds Force’s Qassem Soleimani likely behind ‘destabilizing activity’
By AFP
An Iranian street money exchanger holds US banknote in downtown Tehran, Iran, July 30, 2018 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 6, 2018, 3:08 pm
Bracing for US sanctions, Iran lifts ban on exchange offices
Central Bank relaxes currency laws in effort to buoy the rial hours before Trump administration to re-impose economic embargo
By Nasser Karimi
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, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. (AP/Fars News Agency, Mahdi Marizad)
August 5, 2018, 3:29 pm
Iran says it concluded successful naval drill in Persian Gulf
Several dozen boats took part in exercise amid increased tensions over renewal of US sanctions and threats to close strategic Strait of Hormuz
By TOI staff and AFP
In this Monday, July 2, 2012 file photo, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard speedboat escorts a passenger ship, unseen, near the spot where an Iranian airliner was shot down by a U.S. warship 24 years ago killing 290 passengers. (AP/Vahid Salemi, File)
August 3, 2018, 1:59 am
Iran launches military drill in Persian Gulf — US
Several dozen boats take part in exercise amid increased tensions over renewal of US sanctions and threats to close Hormuz shipping lane
By AFP
Iranian navy personnel celebrate after successfully launching a Ghader missile from the Jask port area on the shores of the Gulf of Oman during a drill near the Strait of Hormuz, Tuesday, January 1, 2013. (AP/Jamejam Online, Azin Haghighi)
August 2, 2018, 1:50 am
Iranian forces said gearing up for massive drill in strategic waterway
IRGC exercise in Strait of Hormuz expected to be larger than in the past, with timing suggesting it is tied to recent threats to shut key oil shipping lane
By TOI staff
A member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards chants slogans after attacking a naval vessel during a military drill in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran, February 25, 2015. (Hamed Jafarnejad/AFP/Fars News)
July 28, 2018, 11:14 am
US said weighing military action amid Iranian threats to Middle East waterways
Report says US looking into options to keep key oil routes open in wake of attack by Iran-backed rebels on Saudi tankers in Red Sea
By TOI staff
In this Tuesday, March 21, 2017 photograph, an Omani naval vessel sails alongside the USS George H.W. Bush as it travels through the Strait of Hormuz. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
July 5, 2018, 10:59 am
US vows to keep oil lanes open after Iran threatens to block key waterway
IRGC commander says Iran could halt crude going through Strait of Hormuz, after Rouhani warns of ‘consequences’ to US sanctions
By TOI staff and Agencies
Illustrative: This handout image provided Tuesday, July 25, 2017, from the US Navy purports to show an Iranian vessel making a close approach to a US coastal patrol ship USS Thunderbolt, right. (US Navy via AP)
March 15, 2018, 11:51 am
US military official: Iran naval forces have deliberately halted ‘provocations’
Navy spokesman says no ‘unprofessional’ encounters with Iranian vessels recorded since August, after 14 such incidents occurred earlier in 2017
By Robert Burns
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