Beijing: China, Russia and Iran will hold joint naval drills starting Friday in the Gulf of Oman, Beijing and Tehran said, at a time of heightened tensions since the US withdrew from a landmark nuclear deal with Tehran. Set to take place from December 27 to 30, the military exercises aim to “deepen exchange and […]

Washington: The United States is weighing sending up to 14,000 more troops to the Middle East in the face of a perceived threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The mulled deployment would include “dozens” more ships and double the number of troops added to the US force in the region since the […]

The United States said Sunday it will make its case against Iran at the United Nations this week, insisting it wants to give diplomacy “every opportunity to succeed” in the wake of a devastating attack on a vital Saudi oil complex. Setting the stage for President Donald Trump’s address to the annual UN General Assembly […]

The Pentagon will present a broad range of military options to President Donald Trump on Friday as he considers how to respond to what administration officials say was an unprecedented Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry. In a White House meeting, the president will be presented with a list of potential airstrike targets inside […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to sell Saudi Arabia its missile defense systems on Monday in the wake of the attack on its oil facilities. “We are ready to help Saudi Arabia so that she can protect her territory. “She can do so in the same way that Iran has already done in buying the […]

Iran has rejected France’s proposal to include the missile program in a new round of negotiations, an informed source told Press TV on Monday. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Iran has already responded to the French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal, stressing that the country’s missile program is not up for discussions. […]

Iran unveiled three precision-guided missiles on Tuesday, with the defence minister saying they show the country is ready to defend itself in the face of US “viciousness and conspiracies”. The new line-up of air-to-air missiles dubbed the “Yasin”, “Balaban” and a new series of the “Ghaem” were developed jointly by the ministry and Sa Iran, […]

DefenceTalkTehran: Iran and the United States, locked in a tense standoff after the US withdrew from a nuclear deal, traded barbs Sunday the day before the US tightens sanctions against the Islamic republic. Both sides say they want to avoid going to war, but tensions have spiralled as a series of incidents, including attacks on […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-and-us-trade-barbs-ahead-of-new-sanctions-72346/

DefenceTalkUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday he will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for talks on the crisis sparked by Iran’s downing an American drone. “We’ll be talking with them about how to make sure that we are all strategically aligned and how we can build out a global coalition” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pompeo-heads-to-saudi-arabia-uae-for-iran-crisis-talks-72344/

DefenceTalkThe US government has approved the deployment of a Patriot missile defence battery and another warship to the Middle East amid increasing tensions between the US and Iran. The USS Arlington, which transports marines, amphibious vehicles, and rotary aircraft, will join the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, which already passed through Egypt’s Suez Canal […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-sends-patriots-warship-to-middle-east-amid-iran-tensions-72309/