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 by Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) April 29, 2020
Iran must not give in to US "provocations", Russia said on Wednesday, following months of mounting tension between Washington and Tehran. "We are urging maximum restraint and caution, not to give in to provocations and aggressive rhetoric," foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters. Tehran and Washington have traded barbs over a spate of incidents in the past year involving their forces in the sensitive waters of the Gulf. Their latest high-seas confrontation came on April 15, when the United States said 11 Iranian boats harassed its navy ships in what it described as the international waters of the "Arabian Gulf". US President Donald Trump tweeted that he had ordered the US Navy to "shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea". Iran's president replied on Wednesday that "the Americans should know that this gulf is called the Persian Gulf, not the New York Gulf or the Washington Gulf". Zakharova stressed that both countries should act in "strict accordance with international norms and regulations." "Moscow has always considered stability and security in the Gulf to be a key factor that influences the situation in the wider regional context," she added.
Iran tells US to 'stop dreaming' of extended arms embargo Tehran (AFP) April 27, 2020 Tehran on Monday told Washington to "stop dreaming" after it was reported that the US plans to prevent the expiry of an international embargo on arms sales to Iran. The New York Times reported that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "is preparing a legal argument that the United States remains a participant in the Iran nuclear deal that President (Donald) Trump has renounced". The move was "part of an intricate strategy to pressure the United Nations Security Council to extend an arms embargo on ... read more
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