AFP: A US aircraft carrier entered a zone near the Strait of Hormuz being used by the Iranian navy for wargames, an Iranian official said Thursday amid rising tensions over the key oil-transit channel.
US aircraft carrier ‘spotted’ in Iran wargames zone
Iran says it has shot video of US aircraft carrier
AP: Iran says one of its surveillance planes has shot video and photographed a U.S. aircraft carrier during an Iranian drill near a strategic waterway in the Persian Gulf.
Iran’s Hormuz threat
Wall Street Journal – REVIEW & OUTLOOK: An attack on oil traffic would deserve a military response.
First Iran dissidents in Iraq agree to move camp
Reuters: The leader of an Iranian dissident group in Iraq said on Wednesday that 400 members were ready to move from their camp outside Baghdad to a new location as a goodwill gesture aimed at resolving a stand-off with the Iraqi government.
US warns Iran not to block Strait of Hormuz
AFP: The United States warned Iran on Wednesday against any attempt to disrupt shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, after Tehran issued threats over the vital oil route.
Oil price falls as Saudis trump Iran threat
AP: Oil prices fell on Wednesday, after Saudi Arabia said it will offset any loss of oil from a threatened Iranian blockade of a crucial tanker route in the Middle East.
US warships cross Hormuz despite Iran threats
AFP: Two American warships have crossed through the Strait of Hormuz without incident despite Iranian threats to close the strategic oil route, the US Navy said Thursday.
Iranian president to visit Venezuela, Cuba
AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to visit Venezuela and Cuba as part of a four-nation Latin America tour in the second week of January 2012, an official said Wednesday.
U.N. complains to Iraq over attack on dissident camp
Reuters: The United Nations has complained to Iraq about mortar attacks this week on an Iranian dissident camp near Baghdad and has won a promise that they will be stopped, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
Closing Strait of Hormuz not so easy for Iran-analysts
Reuters: Iran’s navy chief boasts that closing the Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic would be “easier than drinking a glass of water.” Hardly, U.S. analysts say.
