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Month: July 2019

Iran Suggests New ‘Alternative’ Plan To De-escalate Tensions With U.S.

Radiofarda - Iran may be ready to start de-escalating tensions with the West without insisting on the United States returning…

Owner of UK ship seized by Iran contacts crew

Radiofarda - The owner of the U.K.-flagged ship held by Iran says it has made first contact with the crew…

Iran’s Zarif Congratulates Boris Johnson As Next UK Prime Minister

Radiofarda - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated Boris Johnson for his victory in the race to replace…

Jailed Civic Activist Goes On Hunger Strike In Iran To Protest Cruelty

Radiofarda - An Iranian civic and labor activist jailed since January has begun a hunger strike to protest her treatment…

US Now Says It ‘Engaged’ 2 Iranian Drones, Not 1

Radiofarda - The U.S. military says that when it destroyed an Iranian drone last week over the Strait of Hormuz,…

Britain Wins Early European Support For Hormuz Naval Mission

Radiofarda - France, Italy and Denmark gave initial support for a British plan for a European-led naval mission to ensure…

Tehran’s Risky Maritime Maneuver

Radiofarda -Last week, Iran raised the stakes in its intensifying standoff with the West still further when it seized a…

Rouhani: IRGC seizure of UK-flagged tanker ‘powerful, precise and professional’

Al-Arabia - The seizure of the British-flagged tanker by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was “powerful, precise and professional,”…

French Foreign Ministry: Iran has to take necessary steps to deescalate tensions

Al-Arabia - The French Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Iran has to take the necessary steps to deescalate tensions,…

UK sent mediator to Iran to ‘plead for their ship to be freed’: Khamenei aide

Al-Arabia - Britain has sent a mediator to Iran to discuss the freeing of a British-flagged tanker seized by the…