Iran threatened on Tuesday to take action if the US Navy moves an aircraft carrier into the Gulf, Teheran's most aggressive statement yet after weeks of saber-rattling as new US and EU financial sanct

The United States on Tuesday vowed to keep American warships deployed in the Gulf region, despite warnings from Iran.

"The deployment of US military assets in the Persian Gulf region will continue as

Iran on Monday tested missiles near the Strait of Hormuz, underlining its threats to close the vital oil-transit channel at the entrance to the Gulf as the West prepares to impose more economic sancti

Iran on Sunday successfully test-fired its new surface-to-air missiles during an naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz, the official media reported.

The 10-day exercise, dubbed Velayat 90, was launc

Iran's navy is about to test-fire a variety of missiles in war games in the Strait of Hormuz, a spokesman said on Saturday, underlining Tehran's threat to close the strategic oil waterway if new Weste

A US aircraft carrier entered a zone near the Strait of Hormuz being used by the Iranian navy for wargames, an Iranian official said on Thursday amid rising tensions over the key oil-transit channel.

Iran's navy chief warned on Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows.

Iran's navy chief warned on Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows.

Iranian state television on Sunday aired what it described as the confession of an Iranian man detained for spying for the CIA.

State television broadcast a taped interview with Amir Mirza Hekmati, i

Russia on Friday seized a consignment of the radioactive isotope Sodium-22 at a Moscow airport from a passenger who was to travel on a flight to Teheran, the customs service said.

"Tests showed that