Defense Secretary Mark Esper announces the deployments just hours after Iran said two missiles struck one of its oil tankers traveling through the Red Sea.
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It looks like Iran hit Saudis, Trump says, but no military option yet
The president, who has repeatedly stressed avoiding new Middle East wars, seems intent on preserving room to maneuver in the crisis.
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Gibraltar releases Iranian supertanker that U.S. sought to seize
The move potentially eases tensions between London and Tehran, which still holds a British-flagged vessel.
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Iran test-launches a medium-range missile as it continues to defy U.S.
Iran has responded to stepped-up American economic sanctions with a variety of military moves as tensions mount in the region.
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Some Iranian women take off hijabs as hard-liners push back
A few daring women are removing their mandatory headscarves, risking arrest by Iran’s morality police, whose job is to enforce the strict dress code imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Iran breaches uranium stockpile limit set by nuclear deal
Iran has broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers
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Iranians say their ‘bones breaking’ under U.S. sanctions
But alongside Trump, many blame their own government, which has careened from one economic disaster to another since its Islamic Revolution 40 years ago.
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Trump ordered strike on Iran for downing of drone, then called it off
The military operation was called off Thursday night, after Trump had spent most of the day discussing Iran strategy with national security advisers and congressional leaders.
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Tensions rise as Iran speeds up enrichment; U.S. sending troops
After Tehran says it will surpass the uranium-stockpile limit in the next 10 days, the Pentagon says it will send 1,000 more troops to the Middle East.
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U.S. says Iran removed unexploded mine from oil tanker
The military releases a video it says shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the two oil tankers attacked Thursday near the Strait of Hormuz.