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U.S. Vessel Fires Warning Shots at Iranian Patrol Boats

A United States Coast Guard cutter fired 30 warning shots after 13 Iranian fast patrol boats menaced a group of American Navy ships sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon said on Monday. The incident marked the third time in little more than a month that vessels from Iran and the United States have come dangerously close in or near the Persian Gulf, escalating tensions between the two nations as their negotiators have resumed talks toward renewing the 2015 nuclear deal.

Link to the article on the New York Times. 

  • UN: Iran Executes People At ‘Alarming Rate’ -- 250 In 2020

    October 26, 2021
    TOP STORIES UN: Iran Executes People At ‘Alarming Rate’ -- 250 In 2020 | Associated Press Iran executed over 250 people, including at least four child offenders, in 2020 and so far this year has carried out 230 executions that included nine women and one child who was executed in...

  • U.N. Nuke Watchdog Chief Says Monitoring Of Iran Is No Longer 'Intact.'

    October 25, 2021
    TOP STORIES U.N. Nuke Watchdog Chief Says Monitoring Of Iran Is No Longer 'Intact.' | NBC News The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog says his monitoring program in Iran is no longer “intact” after Tehran refused requests to repair cameras at a key facility, creating the possibility the world...

  • How Iran Is Leveling The Drone Battlefield

    October 22, 2021
    TOP STORIES How Iran Is Leveling The Drone Battlefield | Eli Lake For Bloomberg For the first 15 years of the U.S. war on terror, one of America’s greatest advantages was the killer drone. With names like “predator” and “reaper,” these unmanned aerial vehicles delivered deadly strikes from the sky...

  • U.S. And Iran Enter ‘Decisive’ Period To Revive Nuclear Accord Or Risk Failure, U.N. Watchdog Chief Says

    October 21, 2021
    TOP STORIES U.S. And Iran Enter ‘Decisive’ Period To Revive Nuclear Accord Or Risk Failure, U.N. Watchdog Chief Says | The Washington Post The next few weeks will be “decisive” in determining whether the United States and Iran can return to indirect negotiations and resume efforts to revive the 2015...

  • IAEA Head Plans Iran Trip As Allies Seek To Reboot Nuclear Talks

    October 20, 2021
    TOP STORIES IAEA Head Plans Iran Trip As Allies Seek To Reboot Nuclear Talks | Bloomberg The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said he will visit Iran in the coming days as the U.S. and Europe seek to resolve concerns over Iran’s recent nuclear activity and jump-start talks...

  • EU Plays Down Chance Of Any Iran Talks Outside Vienna

    October 19, 2021
    TOP STORIES EU Plays Down Chance Of Any Iran Talks Outside Vienna | Reuters The European Union on Monday played down the prospect of serious talks on Iran's nuclear programme outside the framework of negotiations between world powers and Iran in Vienna, with the EU's foreign policy chief saying time...

  • Iran-EU Brussels Meeting On Nuclear Deal To Start Thursday

    October 18, 2021
    TOP STORIES Iran-EU Brussels Meeting On Nuclear Deal To Start Thursday | Bloomberg Iranian and European Union diplomats will meet on Thursday in Brussels to discuss how to break a monthslong deadlock with the U.S. over how to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian gave the...

  • Biden Lifts Sanctions On Two Iranian Missile Producers

    October 15, 2021
    TOP STORIES Iran Not Ready To Resume Vienna Talks, Wants To Discuss Texts First -EU Official | Reuters Iran is not ready to return to talks with world powers over its nuclear programme yet and its new negotiating team wants to discuss the texts that will be put forward when...

  • US, Israel Say They Are Exploring A ‘Plan B’ For Iran

    October 14, 2021
    TOP STORIES US, Israel Say They Are Exploring A ‘Plan B’ For Iran | Associated Press The United States and Israel said Wednesday they are exploring a “Plan B” for dealing with Iran if the Islamic Republic does not return in good faith to negotiations to salvage the languishing landmark...

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