The US State Department issued an unusual warning to Iran’s leadership as unrest spread across the country, posting a sharply worded message in Persia.

That fact that they know that that’s the risk and they still get out there shows you how bad it is for them on a day-to-day basis,” an Iranian-American said.

Donald Trump is likely to ruffle a few feathers during his upcoming visit to the Middle East. The US President is likely to take a decision on whether to rename the Persian Gulf - a matter of raging debate between Iran, formerly known as Persia, and other ...

Iran seized a foreign oil tanker as it traveled the strategic Strait of Hormuz carrying some 25,000 barrels of smuggled fuel, state media said.

In late November, Iran seized two vessels it said were carrying 80,000 liters of smuggled fuel near Kish Island in the Persian Gulf. Earlier that month, the IRGC also seized a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker off the Makran coast along the Gulf of Oman.

Iran sharply condemned President Donald Trump’s reported plans to start referring to the Persian Gulf as the “Gulf of Arabia” or the “Arabian Gulf” in his latest push to expand his global stamp. Trump plans to make the announcement to coincide ...

Yesterday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a foreign oil tanker and its crew in the Persian Gulf. This is the third foreign oil tanker seized by Iran in the region in less than two months.

This is a locator map for the Persian Gulf and its surrounding countries. (AP Photo) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran summoned Russia's charge d’affaires after Moscow and Arab countries released a joint statement earlier this week challenging ...

TEHRAN, Iran — I’ve worked for The Associated Press as a photographer since 1999. A lot of what I cover involves either Iran’s government or its relations with the West, but I also try to shoot on the streets of Tehran as well to show the world ...

President Donald Trump is reportedly to rename the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf ahead of his trip to the Middle East in the coming days. The expected announcement was first reported Wednesday by the Associated Press, which clashed with the Trump ...

The departure of a U.S. Navy Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle from the United Arab Emirates on a high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission over the Persian Gulf has underscored Washington’s heightened alertness at a moment of acute volatility inside Iran and growing fragility across the regional security order.