Britain’s seizing of an Iranian oil tanker last week was a threatening act that will not be tolerated, Iran’s Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday in a speech broadcast live on state television. Royal Marines impounded the tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday on suspicion it was carrying...

Iran is not looking for war with any country, Iranian army chief Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said on Monday, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency. Tensions have spiked between Iran and the United States after the Islamic Republic shot down an American drone last month....

Iran denied Sunday that an oil tanker detained by Britain in Gibraltar was carrying crude to Syria, which would put it in violation of EU sanctions. "The tanker was carrying Iran's oil... Contrary to what the British government claims, its destination was not Syria," said Iranian Deputy...

All measures taken by Iran to scale back its commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal were “reversible” if the European signatories of the pact fulfilled their obligations, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Sunday. Iran said on Sunday it is fully prepared to enrich uranium at any...

Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog who are in Iran will report back once they have checked that Tehran has enriched uranium to a higher level of purity than that allowed under its nuclear deal, the agency said on Sunday. “We are aware of Iran’s announcement related to its uranium...

 Iran announced Sunday it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. Government spokesperson Ali Rabiei told a news conference that Iran will go beyond...

An Iranian religious scholar warned Britain Saturday about a retaliation by Tehran for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by Royal Marines in Gibraltar, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency. "I am openly saying that Britain should be scared of Iran's retaliatory measures over...

Turkey has sacked the governor of its Central Bank and replaced him with his deputy, a presidential decree published in the official gazette said Saturday. Murat Cetinkaya, who was appointed to the role in April 2016, was replaced by Murat Uysal, the decree said, but gave no official reason...

A top aide to Iran's supreme leader says the Islamic Republic is ready to enrich uranium beyond the level set by the 2015 nuclear deal, just ahead of a deadline it set Sunday for Europe to offer new terms to the accord. A video message from Ali Akbar Velayati included him saying that...

Israeli forces Friday injured four Palestinians who were taking part in an anti-settlement demonstration in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to a Palestinian official. Protest organizer Murad Shtewi told Anadolu Agency that Israeli troops used rubber bullets and tear gas to...

Hospital and police officials say gunmen have killed five and wounded 10 in an attack on paramilitary fighters near Iraq's capital, Baghdad. The officials say the attack occurred Friday north of the town of Fallujah that was liberated from Daesh three years ago. The officials spoke on...

An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a British ship in retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker in Gibraltar by Royal Marines. “If Britain does not release the Iranian oil tanker, it is the authorities duty to seize a British oil tanker,”...

Two people were killed Friday after a car blast in the Turkish town of Reyhanli close to the Syrian border, state media reported. Two others were also injured, state news agency Anadolu said, as ambulances and police were rushed to the scene. The governor of Hatay province, where Reyhanli...

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Thursday for an attack that killed two police officers and two soldiers on patrol in patrol in Lebanon’s Tripoli last month, the group’s Al-Nabaa newspaper said. Islamic State said in its weekly newspaper that the “attacker is of the caliphate...

Iran demanded Friday that Britain immediately release an oil tanker it has detained in Gibraltar, accusing it of acting at the bidding of the United States. A senior Foreign Ministry official "described the U.K. move as unacceptable" in a meeting with the British ambassador, who had been...

The first of the Russian S-400 defense systems that Ankara has purchased will be loaded on to cargo planes Sunday and arrive in Turkey some time next week, privately-held broadcaster Haberturk reported. Washington has said that U.S. sanctions would be triggered when the missile batteries...

Three French citizens suspected of belonging to Daesh (ISIS) were detained along with nine children as they tried to enter Turkey from Syria, Turkish media reported Thursday. Turkish authorities stopped the three women, sought by Interpol and identified by their initials JC, CA and MD, in...

Iran's intelligence minister said Tehran and Washington could hold talks only if the United States ended its sanctions and Iran's top authority allowed the talks between the arch foes, state news agency IRNA reported Thursday. "Holding talks with America can be reviewed by Iran only If...

Human Rights Watch slammed Iraq's prison authorities Thursday for detaining several thousand men, women and children in overcrowded and "degrading" conditions that amount to ill treatment. The rights group said it had acquired photographs from Tal Keif prison in Ninevah province that...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is willing to mediate between the United States and Iran to ease tensions over Iran's nuclear program. In comments published Thursday, Erdogan said he had discussed the issue of a possible mediation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on...