Any US military action against Iran would raise the risk of retaliation against oil and gas infrastructure across the Gulf, either directly or through allied armed groups.
Category: 3. Middle East
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Oil and predictability: Why Gulf, Arab states oppose regime change in Iran
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EASA warns airlines not to operate in Iranian airspace.
Air operators should not operate within Iranian airspace, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) warned in an advisory released on Friday evening. EASA wrote that there is a high likelihood of misidentification within Iranian airspace…
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Syria’s Sharaa declares Kurdish a national language, recognizes Nowruz
Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a surprise decree on Friday granting the country’s oppressed Kurdish minority long-denied rights.
The decree affirms that “Syrian Kurdish citizens are an integral and authentic part of the Syrian…
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Trump says ‘thank you’ to Iran for not hanging protesters
US President Donald Trump thanked Iran’s leadership on Friday after saying Tehran had called off the executions of hundreds of protesters arrested in a brutal crackdown.
“I greatly respect the fact that all scheduled hangings, which were to take…
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What now for Iran’s Supreme Leader?
Kasra NajiSpecial correspondent, BBC Persian
BBCIran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his secret hideout these days, knows he is now a marked man. He will not be sitting on his veranda anytime soon.
When discussing what the United…
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Israeli strike on vehicle in south Lebanon kills one, Beirut says
An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Friday, the health ministry in Beirut said.
In a statement, Lebanon’s health ministry said an “Israeli enemy strike” on a vehicle in Mansuri in the southern part of the…
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Mossad chief Barnea said in US to discuss Iran, as protests subside after killings
Mossad director David Barnea was reported to arrive Friday in the US for consultations on Iran’s deadly crackdown on protests and a potential American military response.
The protest movement in Iran has subsided after the crackdown that has…
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Exiled crown prince urges world to help protesters topple Iran’s government
ReutersThe exiled son of the last Iranian shah (king) has called on the world to help protesters topple Iran’s government, saying he is confident “the Islamic Republic will fall – not if, but when”.
Reza Pahlavi, a US-based opposition leader,…
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Shah’s son confident Iran rulers to fall as Trump holds off
The son of Iran’s late shah said Friday he was confident that mass protests would topple the Islamic republic and urged international action, as President Donald Trump holds off on intervening in the unrest.
Reza Pahlavi, who lives in exile in the…
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Local UK police chief retires amid Maccabi fan ban row
A top UK police chief who oversaw a contentious decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from a Birmingham match retired on Friday after public pressure for him to step down.
West Midlands Police and its chief constable Craig Guildford, 52,…
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