Germany and Netherland have stopped missions as the United States ordered on Wednesday all non-emergency staff to leave Iraq due to increasing threats from Iranian forces and their proxies, Gulf Today reported.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially stopped on Wednesday parts of its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal, the country’s local media reported.
Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday that two oil pumping stations outside of Riyadh were attacked by what they called “terrorists,” Reuters reported.
A report by the New York Times suggested that the US Acting Defence Secretary offered a military plan to send 120,000 troops to the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran.
The students of Tehran University gathered on Monday protesting against the Islamic Republic’s compulsory hijab and the behavior of the so-called morality police.
The Iranian judiciary has sentenced an Iranian woman allegedly working for the British Council on charges of “spying for the UK” to 10 years in prison on Monday, without naming the defendant.
An Iraqi-Arab tribal leader in Nineveh Governorate uncovers, “the Islamic Republic of Iran has provided the Popular Mobilization Forces (known as Hashd al-Shaabi) with ballistic missiles in order to target American military bases in the country.”
Top commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and head of the Guards’ aerospace division, Amirali Hajizadeh said the presence of the US military forces including Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Gulf is an opportunity for Islamic Republic.
Qassem Soleimani, commander of Quds force from Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly visited Iraq last week after US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo warned Iran-backed militia groups on any possible act against US forces in Iraq.
Family of Iranian workers, who have been detained since the International Labour day’s protests, gathered on Sunday in Tehran to request judiciary’s handling of their cases.
