Bahrain's most prominent Shia cleric condemns the opening of a new Israeli embassy in Manama.

Bahraini human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja says she will travel home next week and take the risk of detention in order to raise awareness over her father’s imprisonment.

Tehran rejects a joint statement by Japan and some Arab countries about Iran’s sovereignty over three islands in the Persian Gulf.

A senior Iranian Army commander says the presence of extra-regional states in the Persian Gulf has had no result but insecurity.

A top Iranian Judiciary official said the IRGC Navy confiscated the vessel carrying smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf waters.

Hunger-striking Bahraini political prisoners have rejected the Al Khalifah regime’s concessions, and said they will extend their protest action.

On 25 August 1941, Britain and the Soviet Union invaded Iran which secured the allies’ continued access both to Iranian oilfields and to the so-called Persian Corridor. 

It's not the first time Americans have resorted to such foolhardy adventurism, stealing Iranian oil and bragging about it. The US banditry and thuggery has been on display many times in recent years.

Iran has warned against the “provocative” buildup of American forces in the Persian Gulf, saying the move comes at a time when regional countries are improving their relations.

The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy says the force’s homegrown fast attack craft can now sail at the speed of 110 nautical knots (203 km/h).