Bahrain broke up a plot by militants backed by Iran to launch attacks on diplomats and foreigners in the island nation home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, Saudi state television and local media …
Bahrain says foiled ‘terrorist attack’ backed by Iran in early 2020
Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Sunday it had foiled a “terrorist attack” early this year that was backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Earlier on Sunday Saudi state television Al-E …
Bahrain targeted by Iranian-backed ‘terror attack’
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said it was targeted by an Iranian-backed terror plot, according to local media reports. “The Ministry of Interior managed to thwart a huge terrorist plot in the Kingdom of …
Saudi state TV says Bahrain stops militants planning attacks
Bahrain broke up a plot by militants backed by Iran to launch attacks on diplomats and foreigners in the island nation home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, just days after normalizing relations with …
FinCEN Files: How UAE firm evaded US sanctions
How a Dubai based firm evaded US sanctions on Iran, despite UAE central bank being warned. Leaked FinCEN files show Dubai-based Gunes General Trading processed $142m (£110m) in suspicious transactions …
Pompeo Hits Europe on ‘Silly’ Iran Deal as He Invokes Sanctions
European governments that aren’t backing the U.S. re-imposition of sanctions on Iran remained wedded to the “silly” 2015 nuclear deal and haven’t proposed an alternative for preventing new …
U.S. Announces New ‘Maximum Pressure’ Campaign a Day After Iran Promises Retaliation for Soleimani Strike
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has outlined further details of the ongoing sanctions against the Iranian government.
US claims UN sanctions on Iran reinstated. The world disagrees
Washington isolated as global allies and adversaries say its unilateral move targeting Tehran has no legal standing.
Iran’s rial hits record low as tension spikes with the U.S.
The Iranian rial fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Sunday, a day after the U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration declared all United Nations sanctions on …
Jailed Iran human rights lawyer hospitalised after hunger strike
Nasrin Sotoudeh was on hunger strike for over 40 days, seeking freeing of political prisoners, better jail conditions.