Poland is safe, we are not on the front line, we have the image of a neutral state - assured today the head of the National Security Bureau, Paweł Soloch, referring to the situation in the Middle East.more
The three countries urged the US and Iran to exercise restraint in a bid to end a cycle of violence. Germany's foreign minister says Europe will this week respond to Iran's pledge not to abide by the 2015 nuclear deal.more
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has urged Iran to "take a diplomatic route" to reduce tensions with the West and come in "from the international cold".more
All LOT Polish Airlines flights that previously had a scheduled flight through Iranian airspace will fly through changed routes. These are flights from Warsaw to India, Singapore, Bangkok and Sri Lanka.more
The Royal Navy will accompany ships through the Strait of Hormuz amid soaring tensions in the Middle East, following the US's fatal drone strike on Iran's top general.more
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites "very hard" if Iran attacks Americans or U.S. assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader, as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths.more
The president of the European Council warned on Friday (3 January) against further escalation in Iraq after US forces killed an Iranian general, triggering fears of a wider conflict.more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the US had the right to kill Iranian general Kasem Suleimani. "Just as Israel has the right to self-defense, so the United States has exactly the same right," he said.more
A U.S. airstrike in Iraq ordered by President Donald Trump killed one of Iran's most powerful generals, sending global markets tumbling on fears of a deepening conflict in the Middle East.more
Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country's south with over 50 billion barrels of crude oil, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country's proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions.more
Foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday that Iran's decision to take a new step to reduce commitments to a landmark 2015 nuclear deal posed a threat to Britain's national security.more
The UK now believes Iran was responsible for a major attack earlier this month on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, Boris Johnson has said, also raising the possibility that the British military could become involved in helping secure the Saudis against future aggression.more
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman on Sunday said an Iranian oil tanker at the center of a dispute between Tehran and Western powers had reached its destination and sold its oil, state television reported.more
The British government is considering the deployment of Royal Air Force (RAF) unmanned aerial vehicles in the Persian Gulf due to tensions in relations with Iran, Sky News said.more
An Iranian oil tanker held for six weeks after being impounded left Gibraltar on Sunday, days after the authorities there rejected a request from American officials to turn the vessel over to them.more
The United Kingdom today will release the Iranian tanker Grace 1, which was arrested near Gibraltar at the beginning of July by local police and British marines, said Reuters, citing the daily The Sun.more
Iran said on Tuesday that Britain might free its oil tanker Grace 1 soon, after some documents were exchanged that would help the seized ship's release.more
Britain plans to work with the US to ensure the safety of commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attack, defence secretary Ben Wallace said today amid escalating tensions in the region.more
The British oil and gas company BP will not resume its tanker trips through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran's attempts to take over one of its ships on 10 July, Brian Gilvary said in London, who is in charge of BP's financial affairs.more
The British Royal Navy will be escorting ships flying the flag of Great Britain in the Strait of Ormuz to protect them from attacks by Iran, the spokesman of the British Ministry of Transport said.more
The United Kingdom denied the information provided by the semi-official Iranian agency Tasnim that it sent a mediator to Iran for talks on the release of a tanker flying under the British flag, which the Iranians detained in the Strait of Ormuz on July 19.more