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Britain rules out seized tanker swap with Iran Iran detained the UK-flagged Stena Impero and its 23-strong crew as they sailed through the Strait of Hormuz on July 20 (AFP Photo/HO London (AFP) - Britain on Monday ruled out swapping seized oil tankers with Iran as a second UK warship arrived in the Gulf to conduct convoys that have irritated Tehran. A sense of crisis in the world's busiest oil shipping lane has been building up for weeks as Iran responds to US President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign. The US economic sanctions and stepped-up military presence are designed to force Iran to renegotiate a landmark 2015 nuclear pact from which Trump pulled out last year. Britain further outraged Iran by seizing one of its tankers -- the Grace 1 -- on July 4 on suspicion of it carrying oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions. Iran vowed to retaliate and it's Revolutionary Guards stormed and detained the UK-flagged Stena Impero and its...

Pompeo Says U.S. Will Keep Strait Of Hormuz Open U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking at the Economic Club of Washington July 30, 2019  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reiterated that his country will keep the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf open to maritime traffic, amid high tensions with the Islamic Republic of Iran. In a talk at the Economic Club of Washington D.C. on July 29, Pompeo responded to a question about the U.S. commitment to keep the vital waterway open at any cost militarily, saying, “We are gonna keep it open”, adding, “We are going to build up a maritime security plan. Countries from all across the world who have a vested interest in keeping those waterways open will participate”. Iran began threatening oil shipping in the Persian Gulf region after the U.S. strengthened its sanctions on Iranian oil exports in May. Multiple tankers were attacked in mysterious circumstances in May and June. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia blamed Teh...

Iran Regime Says It Has Enriched 24 Tons of Uranium in Defiance of Nuclear Deal Written by  Shahriar Kia  on  29 July 2019 . The head of the Iranian regime's Atomic Energy Organization says the regime has enriched 24 tons of uranium since its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, far more than the amount permitted under the terms of the pact. The remarks to lawmakers by Ali Akbar Salehi were given blanket coverage by state-run and semi-official media, which cited conservative lawmakers present at the closed-door meeting. The 2015 nuclear accord, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), included a stockpile limit of 300 kilograms. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) head Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted by state TV on Sunday as saying Iran's regime "did not enrich 300 kilograms of uranium, but enriched 24 (metric) tons of uranium," or what is 24,000 kilograms (nearly 53,000 pounds.). The official state news agency IRNA wrote in its English...

Live Updates: Annual Free Iran Conference at the MEK's Headquarters in Albania Written by  Staff Writer  on  13 July 2019 . The annual ‘Free Iran’ conference of the Iranian opposition is underway today, July 13, 2019. The event is being held for the first time at ‘Ashraf 3’, the headquarters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (Mujahedin-e Khalq, MEK or PMOI) in Albania. Hundreds of lawmakers, officials, and dignitaries from around the world have flocked to Albania to join the 2019 Free Iran conference. Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi is the event’s keynote speaker. We’ll be updating this page with the latest reports from the event. *** 13.30:  International dignitaries are arriving at the gates of Ashraf 3, home of Iran’s democratic opposition, the MEK, in Albania. They are being greeted by cheers and applause from flag-waving MEK members. Ashraf 3 is located near the Albania capital Tirana, where MEK members were relocated to from I...