Tag: Strait
Report: Iran Planning Massive Oil Spill in Strait of Hormuz
Iran may purposefully contaminate the waters of the Strait of Hormuz by performing an oil spill, according to a report in the German weekly Der Spiegel on Sunday.
Iran Prepared to Take Military Action Over Disputed Gulf Island
AP reports that the Iranian army is prepared for a military confrontation with the United Arab Emirates should diplomacy over a disputed gulf island...
Report: Iranian Retaliation Will Be Multi-Pronged Attack on Israeli, Jewish Targets
The New York Times quoted a former senior Israeli official as saying that the Iranian retaliation against an Israeli military strike would be the functional equivalent of Iraq's scud missile attack on Israel during the 1991 Gulf War, the 3000+ Hizbollah rockets fired on Israel during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, and the terror attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets in Buenos Aires in the early 1990s, multiplied in scale at least three times.
J.E. Dyer: Strategic Ambiguity Watch – The Maritime Version
Iran is making full use of strategic ambiguity on the high seas to advance its interests and dictate outcomes. Unless each new measure is directly challenged, strategic ambiguity would be a lot more fun for Iran than for the rest of us.
Iranian Officials Again Threaten Closure of Strait of Hormuz
USS Abraham Lincoln passed through the Strait without incident Sunday.
Iran Insists Closing Strait of Hormuz an Option; US Insists Iran Still Has Path...
Brinksmanship between Iran and the West continues.
Iran Confirms Receipt of US Letter Regarding Strait of Hormuz
US government conveyed that closing the Strait would constitute a "red line."
US Sends Chief of Staff to Stop Israeli Attack on Iran
Israel’s intensifying readiness to launch a military strike against Iran has met with a negative US response, with top government officials being dispatched to the Jewish state in the attempt to thwart an attack.
US Responds Sharply to Iran’s Threat to Close the Strait of Hormuz
Defense Secretary, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff counter Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran Rattles Saber At US in Strait of Hormuz
Following imposition of new sanctions regime, Islamic Republic threatens American navy.
More Bluster From Tehran
It is hard to make much sense out of the recent military threats Iran has been aiming at the West and the U.S. in particular.