WorldTensions With Iran Reach the Point of Inevitability

(L to R) Iran's Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi, government spokesman Ali Rabiei, and Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi give a joint press conference at the presidential headquarters in Tehran on July 7. Iran said it would begin enriching uranium beyond a 3.67 percent cap set by a landmark nuclear deal "in a few hours", the Islamic republic's atomic energy organisation spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi said on July 7.

House votes to require congressional approval for military strike against Iran

The House voted for a measure that would block President Donald Trump from initiating military action against Iran without congressional approval. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) { medianetNativeAdOnArticle.getMedianetNativeAds(true); }); Lawmakers adopted the amendment from Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in a 251-170 vote with more than two dozen Republicans in support. The measure was wrapped into the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that the House passed Friday afternoon.

Read: Tensions with Iran reach the point of inevitability . After Trump pulled out from the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran , America’s European allies remained signatories—and European leaders tended to paint Iran as the victim of the Trump administration’s increasing confrontationalism.

The Inevitability Of Rouhani 4.6 out of 5 based on 5 ratings. 5 user reviews. The main problem in Middle Eastern politics is the opposition between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Disagreements allegedly reached to a point that the head of Iranian IRGC “Al-Quds” General Qassem Soleimani visited twice

A British Royal Navy ship (L) patrols near supertanker Grace 1 suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions after it was detained off the coast of Gibraltar on July 4.  Iran demanded on July 5, that Britain immediately release the tanker, accusing it of acting at the bidding of the United States.

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on June 20 in Washington. Trump declared that "Iran made a very big mistake" in shooting down a U.S. drone but suggested it was an accident rather than a strategic error.

UK to facilitate release of Iranian tanker if it gets Syria guarantees-Hunt

British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt told his Iranian counterpart on Saturday that Britain would facilitate the release of the detained Grace 1 oil tanker if Tehran gave guarantees it would not go to Syria. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle) { medianetNativeAdOnArticle.getMedianetNativeAds(true); }); The tanker was seized last week by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory of Gibraltar on suspicion of violating sanctions against Syria.

If we’ve reached a point where new technology is just old technology with a sensor added, how do we define real innovation? Tensions with Iran reach the point of inevitability .

Iran is winning the strategic struggle for influence in the Middle East against its rival, Saudi Arabia, according to a study by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Iran 's regional rivals have spent billions of dollars on Western weaponry, much of it from the UK.

This map provided by the Department of Defense shows the site where they say a U.S. Navy RQ-4 drone was shot down. The Department of Defense says the drone was flying over the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz on a surveillance mission in international airspace in the vicinity of recent IRGC maritime attacks when it was shot down by an IRGC surface to air missile fired from a launch site in the vicinity of Goruk, Iran.

Britain sees "small window" to salvage nuclear deal, Iran urges Europe to act

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SAUDI Arabia and Iran are on the brink of war as tensions in the Middle East reach breaking point . Relations between the Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia and the Shia-dominated Iran have deteriorated recently due to the ongoing civil war in Yemen and the political crisis in Lebanon.

Entangled in Foreign Affairs at Birth. The United States was born out of a deep entanglement in international affairs, extracting its independence via the founders' astute exploitation of the tensions between Britain and France. Britain had recently won the Seven Years' War with France, known as

Flight deck of the U.S aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is seen as sailors sweep the deck for foreign object and debris (FOD) on May 19, in Arabian Sea.

State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, on June 17.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard announces seizure of oil tanker accused of smuggling fuel in the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian media said the tanker was seized Sunday — around the same time a UAE-based vessel went missing.

WASHINGTON — Tensions escalated between the United States and Iran on Monday as the Trump administration accused Iran and militias that it backs of threatening American troops, and Iran signaled it might soon violate part of the 2015 nuclear deal it reached under former President Barack Obama.

And pointing the finger at Iran for this provocative act could give the White House the pretext for some kind of military response. As tensions rapidly escalate, both the United States and Iran are pointing fingers. We look at what each country wants.

This picture, obtained by AFP from Iranian News Agency ISNA on June 13, reportedly shows fire and smoke billowing from a tanker said to have been attacked in the waters of the Gulf of Oman.

President Trump talks to journalists as he departs the White House for a campaign rally in Pennsylvania  on May 20 in Washington, DC. On his way to Montoursville, Pennsylvania, Trump said that Iran does not currently pose a direct threat to the United States.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they captured British oil tanker - Iran state tv

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they have captured British oil tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state television reported on Friday. The IRGC seized the tanker at the request of the maritime authorities in the Iranian province of Hormozgan for "not following international maritime regulations," state television cited an IRGC statement as saying. The tanker was taken to a coastal area and turned over to the authorities to take the necessary legal steps, state television said.