Tehran is escalating pressure on the United Arab Emirates through strikes and rhetoric, signaling a strategy to widen the conflict and indirectly force Washington to ease its blockade on Iranian ports.
Iran's Gulf gambit: Attacking the UAE to shift US calculations
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Mon 01:23 - Middle East Eye
US turns back 38 ships as Iran port blockade continues
Tue 01:04 - Middle East Eye
US stops Iranian-flagged tanker under port blockade
Tue 20:07 - Euronews
US military boards commercial ship suspected of attempting to evade Iran blockade
Wed 10:07 - Middle East Eye
Iran rial hits record low against dollar amid US blockade
Wed 12:47 - Middle East Eye
Iran's rial drops to record low
Wed 13:26 - France 24
US forces board ship suspected of heading to Iran port
Wed 23:59 - Fox News
Iran’s $800M oil smuggling scheme uses tankers posing as Iraqi ships to dodge blockade
Thu 09:35 - DW All
Iran war: Pezeshkian says US blockade 'doomed to fail,' Centcom admiral argues otherwise
Thu 09:35 - DW Top
Iran war: Pezeshkian says US blockade 'doomed to fail,' Centcom admiral argues otherwise
Fri 19:33 - DW All
Can Iran withstand the US naval blockade?
Fri 19:33 - DW Top
Can Iran withstand the US naval blockade?
Fri 19:33 - DW World
Can Iran withstand the US naval blockade?
Sat 01:43 - Middle East Eye
US says 45 ships turned back under Iran blockade
Sun 08:40 - France 24
Inflation surging past 50% in Iran
Tue 02:04 - Middle East Eye
Monitoring firm says Iran can sustain production despite blockade
Tue 13:12 - Al Jazeera English
Hegseth says US blockade on Iran ‘gift to the world’
Tue 16:41 - Middle East Eye
US intel says war on Iran has not set back Iran's nuclear programme: Report
Tue 19:16 - Al-Monitor
Iran's Gulf gambit: Attacking the UAE to shift US calculations