Iran’s navy, estimated to have some 18,000 personnel, apparently avoided any major attack during the June war.

Iran has launched its first military exercise since its 12-day war with Israel. State television reported that navy vessels ...

CENTCOM is keeping a heightened posture as the threat from Iran persists despite a ceasefire, General Joseph Votel said.

There is concern that, when cornered, Iran might finally carry out a long-standing threat: to try to block passage through the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the waters of the Persian Gulf with the ...

The Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly 30 percent of the world’s oil transits, is a choke-point whose security is vital to global economic stability.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, citing fuel smuggling, following recent geopolitical tensions and US strikes on Iranian nuclear ...

The Gulf of Oman, southwest of Iran, is a vital shipping route for oil produced around the Persian Gulf. It is linked to the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of ...

Iran seizes oil tanker close to Strait of Hormuz Crew of unidentified vessel detained and facing charges Iran has seized another small oil tanker in its campaign against fuel smuggling.Photo: AFP ...

Iranian lawmaker Esmail Kosari revealed that the possibility of closing the critical Strait of Hormuz is still under review, with no final decision made. The strategic waterway sees about 20% of ...

Hardline Iranian lawmaker Esmail Kosari said any closure of the Strait of Hormuz was still under review but no decision has yet been made, in comments carried by Iran's state media on Monday.