The amount of oil that Iran currently has in storage may have come off its May peak, according to industry sources, but it is still forcing the oil producer to hold back production.
Threats
U.S. working with Gulf states to counter Iran’s growing missile threat
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that Washington was working in more than one way with Arab Gulf partners to offset a growing missile threat from Iran.
Assad holds meeting with Iran’s armed forces chief of staff
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Major General Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Damascus on Thursday.
IRGC improves accuracy of indigenous rocket
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has improved a 122mm homegrown rocket into a guided weapon by increasing its accuracy, an IRGC commander told Tasnim news agency on Friday.
Disgraceful 25 year deal between Iran and China
While the mullahs’ regime ruling Iran refuses to publish the content of its disgraceful 25-year deal with China, reports indicate the terms involve transferring unprecedented privileges and control to China regarding the island of Kish in Iran’s southern waters and massive economic incentives in return for China’s military and regional support.
Turkey supports Iranian mullahs’ mercenaries in Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made Turkey an ally and a haven for terrorists and fugitives, and in this regard, he visited Qatar on July 2 to gain funding for Brotherhood charities in Europe.
U.S. blasts UN expert’s conclusion that strike on Iran general was unlawful
The United States has accused a UN expert of “giving a pass to terrorists” after she concluded that a U.S. drone strike that killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and nine other people in Iraq early this year was “unlawful.”
U.S. court orders Iran to pay 879 million to 1996 Khobar bombing survivors
A United States federal court held Iran responsible for the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia where US forces were housed, and ordered Tehran to pay $879 million to survivors.
Russian exports to Iran continue to grow
According to the latest figures released by Russia’s Federal Customs Service (FTS) it exported $692 million worth of goods to Iran from January to May, which indicates a 31 percent growth in comparison with the same period last year.
Probe reveals Pakistani crime boss spied for Iran in 2014
A Pakistani ganglord suspected of being behind a criminal empire of extortion, kidnapping and drug trafficking, has confessed to spying for Iranian intelligence agencies in 2014, according to a report released by Pakistan’s provincial government in Sindh this week.
Iran sought illegal goods for nuke program – German federal intel
Iran’s regime made efforts to secure illicit goods for its nuclear program, adding new urgency to the crisis surrounding Tehran’s alleged atomic weapons activity, the domestic intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany disclosed in its new report on Thursday.
