US Iran Conflict

• U.S., Iran reach ‘uneasy deterrence’ after attacks, seizures at sea: official

  The U.S. Navy routinely has tense encounters with the Revolutionary Guard, whose speed boats race alongside American warships in the Persian Gulf.

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  Dec 6, 2020
  
• Trump tweets order to navy to ‘destroy’ Iranian gunboats that ‘harass’ U.S. ships

  U.S. President Donald Trump did not cite a specific Iranian provocation in his tweet or provide details.

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  Apr 22, 2020
  
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• Iran warns foreign forces to stay out of Persian Gulf as U.S. deploys troops

  Speaking during a military parade, President Hassan Rouhani said that the presence of foreign forces in the Gulf could cause problems for the world’s “energy security.”

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  Sep 22, 2019
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• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it is ready for ‘any scenario’ amid standoff with U.S.

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in New York for the U.N. meetings, has warned that any retaliatory strike on Iran by the U.S. or Saudi Arabia will result in ``an all-out war.''

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  Sep 21, 2019
• Saudi oil site attack an Iranian ‘act of war’: Pompeo

  Iran, which has denied involvement in the attack, warned the U.S. it will retaliate immediately if it is targeted.

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  Sep 18, 2019
• Iran’s supreme leader says there will be no talks with U.S. ‘at any level’

  There had been reports about a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, during the upcoming U.N. General Assembly this month in New York.

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  Sep 17, 2019
• U.S. response to drone attacks on Saudi oil sites ‘locked and loaded’: Trump

  Global energy prices spiked on Monday after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world supplies on record, an assault for which U.S. President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. was “locked and loaded” to respond.

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  Sep 16, 2019
• U.S., Iran send mixed signals amid ongoing dispute

   Iran and the United States sent mixed signals on Tuesday about resolving their disputes as Iran's supreme leader threatened to further breach the 2015 nuclear deal while the U.S. president cited "a lot of progress."

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  Jul 16, 2019
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• British oil tanker in the Gulf ‘harassed’ by Iranian boats: U.S. officials

  The incident occurred almost a week after British Royal Marines boarded an Iranian tanker, Grace 1, off Gibraltar and seized it on suspicion that it was breaking sanctions by taking oil to Syria.

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  Jul 10, 2019
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• Tension between Iran, U.S. has implications for Canadian troops in Iraq: analysts

  The escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf between Iran and the United States have implications for the future safety of Canadian troops in Iraq, analysts suggested Monday.

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  Jul 8, 2019