ABU DHABI — Bahrain has reported an Iranian-backed plot to attack the U.S. Navy headquarters in the Gulf. Prosecutors have filed charges against five Shi’ites assigned to bomb the (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran is winning pledges of defense cooperation from regional powers. Iran has reported that pro-Western countries in the Middle East and south Asia sought defense cooperation as (more…)
ABU DHABI — Officials said Bahrain has begun the implementation of plans to establish a center to monitor radiation levels from neighboring Iran. They said the National Center for (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has reported an expansion of its naval combat fleet. The Iranian Navy said it would launch three warships on Dec. 1. The Navy said the indigenous (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has reported foiling a plot to bomb a strategic oil pipeline. Officials said security forces halted an attempt to destroy the pipeline near the border with (more…)
WASHINGTON — Iran’s new intelligence director is said to be off to a rocky start. A report by the Foundation For Defense of Democracies asserted that Mahmoud Alavi, was (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has unveiled what officials termed a system to defend against cruise missiles. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reported the development of an anti-cruise missile system (more…)
WASHINGTON — Congress has determined that Iran’s new president who has been widely labeled a “moderate” in news reports, has kept hardliners in key positions, including defense and internal (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran says the U.S. Navy has followed Teheran’s guidelines on operations in the Gulf. Officials said the U.S. Navy has observed Iranian directives in operations around the (more…)