Persian Gulf
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Commemoration at Flight 655 martyrdom site: Participants demand justice
Qeshm, IRNA – Participants gathered at the site where Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by the US Navy near Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, Iran.
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Researchers make tubular sponge to save coral reefs in south Iran
Tehran, IRNA – A team of researchers from Iran’s Amirkabir University of Technology has designed and created a tubular sponge to prevent sedimentation in the sea environment and preserve coral reefs in the Persian Gulf.
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Iran urges coastal states to cooperate in establishing security in Persian Gulf
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has called on all coastal states in the Persian Gulf to cooperate in establishing security.
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Photo: Afsaneh Jafari
Celebrating Persian Gulf Day
The ceremonies to honor and commemorate the Persian Gulf National Day was held on Monday noon (April 29, 2024) with a parade of civilian and military flotillas on the shores of the Persian Gulf in Bushehr in Southern Iran.
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Iran's Navy chief hails safety of Persian Gulf
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, asserts that the Persian Gulf stands as the world’s safest maritime point.
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Iran will not even share name of Persian Gulf with anyone: IRGC Navy chief
Bandar Abbas, IRNA – Iran will not even share the name of the Persian Gulf with anyone as it has the longest coast in the strategic body of water, says the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy.
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Iran sees Israel’s presence in UAE as threat: IRGC commander
Tehran, IRNA - The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has criticized the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other regional countries for allowing Israel to gain a foothold in the Persian Gulf region, warning that Iran sees the move as a threat to national and regional security.
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'Iran-KSA deal curtailed Israeli footprint in Persian Gulf states'
Tehran, IRNA - The rapprochement agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia stopped the behind-the-scene negotiations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv and curtailed the security and intelligence presence of the Zionist regime in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, says a regional political expert.
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Photo: Erfan Samanfar
Persian Gulf coasts
Coasts and seas are regarded as the most important attractions of any country almost in all over the world. If a land has long water borders due to its geographical location, a tourism industry boom in it is inevitable.The Persian Gulf has always been a source of honor and pride for us Iranians. The strategic waterway, in addition to its political and economic importance, also has an extremely significant place in terms of growth of tourism. The existence of very beautiful landscapes along the southern coasts of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea, which reaches a total of 1,800 km, has always drew the attention of tourists and guests.
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Iran calls for regional cooperation to tackle climate change in Persian Gulf region
Tehran, IRNA - Chair of the Environmental Committee of the Parliament of Iran Somayeh Rafiei has called for establishing a parliamentary climate change agency for the region to coordinate between the different parliaments.
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In visit to Bumusa
Iran's minister warns neighbors not to tarnish ties over islands
Bandar Abbas – Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has cautioned certain neighboring countries against making what he called unrealistic remarks about the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf to avoid tarnishing their ties with the Islamic Republic.
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Iran warns neighbors not to disrupt ties with hollow remarks
Bandar Abbas, IRNA – Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has warned neighboring countries against making hollow remarks regarding three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
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Top Iranian politician urges Russia to stop ‘unfriendly meddling’ on trio islands
Tehran, IRNA – Senior Iranian Politician Mohsen Rezaei has reacted to a joint Arab-Russia statement on Iran’s trio Persian Gulf islands, urging a stop to what he called unfriendly meddling by Moscow over the Islamic Republic’s territorial integrity.
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Iran says will force US aircraft carrier out of region
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani says Iran will soon force the US aircraft carrier out of the region.
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Iran proposes ROPME, Kuwait conventions to cooperate
Tehran, IRNA -- The head of Department of Environment of Iran has proposed joint activities between Regional Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) and Kuwait Regional Convention for Co-operation on the Protection of the Marine Environment from Pollution.
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Sea swimming in Persian Gulf
National sea swimming games were held in southern Iran on October 19, 2023, from a wharf in Kish island in the Persian Gulf waters to a beach there. (IRNA photos/Mahmoud Khakbaz)
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Iran dismisses Arab-EU statement on triple islands
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has reiterated Iran’s sovereignty over the three Persian Gulf islands of Bu Musa, Lesser Tunb and Greater Tunb while rejecting claims raised in a joint statement issued at the end of a ministerial meeting between members of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) and the European Union countries.
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Iran welcomes any EU initiative for cooperation: Deputy FM
Tehran, IRNA – Iran has demonstrated its resolve for bilateral engagement with the European Union and welcomes any initiative that would open new avenues for cooperation with the bloc, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani has said.
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EU’s first envoy for Persian Gulf meets Amirabdollahian
Tehran, IRNA – EU Special Representative for the Persian Gulf region Luigi Di Maio has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran.