Economy & Energy
Oil slick from a tanker hit in the Gulf war reaches UAE shores: beaches closed in Umm Al Quwain and Sharjah
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates closed beaches in Umm Al Quwain and Sharjah as black waves and a strong…
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IRGC
Economy & Energy
Strait of Hormuz: IRGC says traffic of “non-compliant” ships has stopped; Iran’s blacklist reaches 124 vessels
A source close to the IRGC Navy told Iranian agencies that the passage of vessels Tehran considers “non-compliant” has stopped…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim four ships hit in the Gulf and three more struck mines, warning US bases
Iran’s IRGC Navy says four ships were hit and set ablaze in the northern Gulf and three more hit mines…
Middle East & North Africa
Revolutionary Guards say mines halted tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, including a supertanker with 2 million barrels
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say naval mines set two tankers ablaze and a third, a supertanker with over two million barrels,…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran: Revolutionary Guards captain killed in the Qandil mountains as operations against PJAK escalate
An IRGC captain, Sina Ahmadi, was killed on October 17 in the Qandil range on the Iran–Iraq border, as Iranian…
Drones
Revolutionary Guards claim they shot down a US MQ-9 over the Strait of Hormuz – threats against the seven undersea internet cables
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim to have shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, an unconfirmed claim,…
Economy & Energy
US sanctions Iraqi bank for “sending dollars” to Iran – Bessent: “The noose is tightening around Iran’s economy”
The US Treasury sanctioned Iraq’s International Development Bank for Investment and Finance, accusing it of giving Iran access to US…
Middle East & North Africa
Hormuz: Revolutionary Guards say a supertanker exploded on a mine on an “unapproved” route – UKMTO: traffic 70% down
The IRGC Navy claims a supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude hit a sea mine in the…
Europe
Iran: Greece among 29 countries condemning Tehran’s attacks; London links Iran to the RAF Fairford plot
Foreign ministers of 29 countries, Greece among them, signed a joint statement on October 12 condemning Iran’s use of violent…
Middle East & North Africa
IRGC: three tankers hit mines in the Strait of Hormuz; ships with transponders switched off to be treated as “hostile”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy said on October 11 that three tankers that violated its transit rules hit sea mines and…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they hit LPG tanker “NV Sunshine” south of the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on October 9 that it had struck a large LPG tanker, the NV Sunshine,…
Middle East & North Africa
Iran: Women are trained on Kalashnikovs and RPGs ahead of a possible new US attack, as part of the “Jan-fada” campaign
Iran is training women in weapons handling and urban defence under the “Jan-fada” mass mobilisation campaign, as Tehran prepares for…