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Saifuddin: 16 detained in Iran ‘may not be’ Malaysians
KUALA LUMPUR: The 16 shipping personnel arrested by Iranian authorities for allegedly smuggling oil near Abu Musa Island in the Persian Gulf, are most likely not Malaysians. Speaking to reporters during the New Year Eve celebration at Dataran Merdeka, Foreign
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‘Do whatever it takes to end it’: Iranian Ayatollah’s ultimatum to end unrest
After days of protests across Iran last month, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared to be impatient. Gathering his top security and government officials together, he issued an order: Do whatever it takes to stop them. That order, confirmed by
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Iran tanker heads to Greece, US warns against helping vessel
DUBAI: An Iranian tanker at the centre of an angry confrontation between Iran and Washington sailed for Greece yesterday after it was freed from detention off Gibraltar, as Washington called the release unfortunate and warned Greece and Mediterranean ports against
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UK: Iran seized two oil tankers in Gur, Tehran says only one
LONDON/DUBAI: Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf yesterday and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the latest confrontation to ratchet up tension along a vital international oil shipping route. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
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Iran denies trying to stop British tanker in Gulf, US and Brits say otherwise
GENEVA: Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards rejected today a US claim that they tried to stop a British tanker in the Gulf a day earlier, the Guards said in a statement carried by the semi-official Fars news agency. Five boats believed
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Trump: Iran may have downed drone by mistake
WASHINGTON/DUBAI: US President Donald Trump played down Iran’s downing of a US military surveillance drone yesterday, saying he suspected it was shot by mistake and ‘it would have made a big difference’ to him had the remotely controlled aircraft been
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US releases video alleging Iran’s military recovering mine
WASHINGTON: The US military released a video on Thursday that it said showed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) removing an unexploded mine from the side of a Japanese-owned oil tanker, as Washington blamed Iran for attacks rattling global oil markets. The
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