Sources: RIA Novosti Tehran Times
Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei issues his first public message since his election in which he says that Iran should continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz and advises neighboring countries to close American military bases in their territory. Khamenei also vows to "avenge the blood of our martyrs". 2026-03-12
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi meets with the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, Germany, France and European Union in Geneva for talks about its nuclear program. 2025-06-20
The Iranian IRGC Navy seizes two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and is towing the vessels to the country's Bushehr port, claiming they are part of a "fuel-smuggling network". It is currently unknown what countries the vessels belong to. 2025-03-31
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy reconnaissance vessel "Saviz" is struck by several limpet mines off the coast of Eritrea in the Red Sea. A Pentagon spokesperson denies any U.S. involvement in the attack on the Iranian ship. 2021-04-6
At least seven ships are burnt following an unspecified incident in the Iranian port city of Bushehr. 2020-07-15
Iran's central bank officially switches from using the U.S. dollar to the euro in its international transactions. 2018-04-18
The Iranian-funded Shi'ite Al-Mukhtar Army claims responsibility for Thursday's deadly rocket attacks near the Baghdad International Airport that killed 23 members of an exiled Iranian opposition group, the People's Mujahedin of Iran. 2015-10-30
Four suspects are arrested in Germany for their alleged involvement in illegally providing Iran with necessary technical parts to build a nuclear reactor. 2012-08-15
Russian engineers start loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. 2010-08-21
Iran's atomic energy chief says Iran will begin building a new nuclear reactor, and Iran will keep enriching uranium, despite UN nuclear sanctions. 2010-06-16