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Iran marks National Persian Gulf Day

STORY: Iran marks National Persian Gulf Day SHOOTING TIME: April 29, 2024 DATELINE: May 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: Tehran SHOTLIST: 1. various of National Persian Gulf Day events STORYLINE: Iran on Monday marked the National Persian Gulf Day by holding different ceremonies and events in the southern provinces bordering the body of water and the capital Tehran. In the southern province of Bushehr, a ceremony was held on the deck of a cruiser belonging to the Navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), featuring different events including music performances. The National Persian Gulf Day marks the anniversary of the expulsion of Portuguese military forces from the Strait of Hormuz in 1622. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)

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IRAN-PERSIAN GULF DAY

(240430) -- BUSHEHR, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Vessels of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps are seen during a ceremony marking the National Persian Gulf Day at the Persian Gulf near Bushehr, Iran, April 29, 2024. The National Persian Gulf Day marks the anniversary of the expulsion of Portuguese military forces from the Strait of Hormuz in 1622. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-PERSIAN GULF DAY

(240430) -- BUSHEHR, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Vessels of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps are seen during a ceremony marking the National Persian Gulf Day at the Persian Gulf near Bushehr, Iran, April 29, 2024. The National Persian Gulf Day marks the anniversary of the expulsion of Portuguese military forces from the Strait of Hormuz in 1622. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-PERSIAN GULF DAY

(240430) -- BUSHEHR, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Vessels of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps are seen during a ceremony marking the National Persian Gulf Day at the Persian Gulf near Bushehr, Iran, April 29, 2024. The National Persian Gulf Day marks the anniversary of the expulsion of Portuguese military forces from the Strait of Hormuz in 1622. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-PERSIAN GULF DAY

(240430) -- BUSHEHR, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Vessels of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps are seen during a ceremony marking the National Persian Gulf Day at the Persian Gulf near Bushehr, Iran, April 29, 2024. The National Persian Gulf Day marks the anniversary of the expulsion of Portuguese military forces from the Strait of Hormuz in 1622. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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Iran's large-scale military exercise enters into second day

STORY: Iran's large-scale military exercise enters into second day DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of military exercises STORYLINE: The Iranian army on Saturday brought into practice the air-defense system, drones and helicopters on the second day of a three-day large-scale military exercise in the southern waters of the Sea of Oman, state TV reported. The Zolfaqar 1401 exercises span from the eastern section of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern edge of the Indian Ocean. The maneuvers involve the army's infantry, armored, naval, airborne, and mechanized regiments. It intends to improve the readiness and capabilities of various army units in areas including planning, joint operations, and power synergizing, said Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination Habibollah Sayyari on Friday. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tehran. (XHTV)

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Iran launches large-scale drills in Sea of Oman

STORY: Iran launches large-scale drills in Sea of Oman DATELINE: Dec. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of military drill STORYLINE: The Iranian army started three-day large-scale military drills in the Sea of Oman in the early hours of Friday, official news agency IRNA reported. The Zolfaqar 1401 exercises, which are being held in an area spanning from the eastern section of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern edge of the Indian Ocean, involve a variety of army formations, including infantry, armored, naval, airborne, and mechanized regiments, the IRNA report said. The maneuvers, according to Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination Habibollah Sayyari, were intended to improve the readiness and capabilities of various army units in areas including planning, joint operations, and power synergizing. Sayyari said Iran's drills are also intended to remind regional countries that they do not need transregional powers whose presence has so f

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IRAN-HORMUZ ISLAND-SCENERY

(221220) -- HORMUZ ISLAND (IRAN), Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit Hormuz Island, southern Iran, on Dec. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Wencheng)

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IRAN-HORMUZ ISLAND-SCENERY

(221220) -- HORMUZ ISLAND (IRAN), Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People take a boat to leave Hormuz Island, southern Iran, on Dec. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Gao Wencheng)

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IRAN-HORMUZ ISLAND-SCENERY

(221220) -- HORMUZ ISLAND (IRAN), Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2022 shows the scenery of Hormuz Island, southern Iran. (Xinhua/Gao Wencheng)

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IRAN-HORMUZ ISLAND-SCENERY

(221220) -- HORMUZ ISLAND (IRAN), Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2022 shows salt flats on Hormuz Island, southern Iran. (Xinhua/Gao Wencheng)

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IRAN-HORMUZ ISLAND-SCENERY

(221220) -- HORMUZ ISLAND (IRAN), Dec. 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2022 shows the scenery of Hormuz Island, southern Iran. (Xinhua/Gao Wencheng)

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Smuggling via Strait of Hormuz

KHASAB, Oman - A boat carrying goods for smuggling to Iran runs through the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 16, 2012.

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Smuggling via Strait of Hormuz

KHASAB, Oman - People load goods onto a boat at a port in Khasab, northern Oman, for smuggling into Iran via the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 16, 2012.

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Damaged tanker examined

SAKAIDE, Japan - Government panel members examine the damaged oil tanker M Star in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 28, 2010. The tanker sustained the damage in the Strait of Hormuz in July.

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Damaged tanker examined

SAKAIDE, Japan - Government panel members examine the damaged oil tanker M Star in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 28, 2010. The tanker sustained the damage in the Strait of Hormuz in July.

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Damaged oil tanker leaves Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star leaves Keiyo Sea Berth in Tokyo Bay off Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2010, after unloading its oil. Japanese authorities have been investigating damage sustained by the tanker in the Strait of Hormuz in late July.

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Damaged oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - A dent is seen on the oil tanker M Star from a Kyodo News helicopter as it arrives at the Keiyo Sea Berth in Tokyo Bay off Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Damaged oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter at the Keiyo Sea Berth in Tokyo Bay off Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A dent is seen on the oil tanker M Star from a Kyodo News helicopter as it sails in the Pacific toward Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the Pacific heading towards Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the Pacific heading towards Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A dent is seen on the oil tanker M Star from a Kyodo News helicopter as it sails in the Pacific toward Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack.

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U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

KHOR FAKKAN, United Arab Emirates - The 299,999-ton crude tanker Mogamigawa of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is berthed off the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on Jan. 9 after its collision with the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Newport News near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8. No injuries and no oil or radiation leaks were reported.

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U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

KHOR FAKKAN, United Arab Emirates - The 299,999-ton crude tanker Mogamigawa of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is berthed off the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on Jan. 9 after its collision with the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Newport News near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8. No injuries and no oil or radiation leaks were reported.

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Iranian envoy to Japan meets press

Iranian Ambassador to Japan Reza Nazar Ahari speaks to reporters at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on July 23, 2015. He brushed aside as unrealistic Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reference to Iran's possible blockade with mines of the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway to the Persian Gulf, in connection with his administration's package of national security bills now in parliament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Expert worried Abe's security stance is undermining ties with Mideast

Chiba University professor Yoshiko Kurita, an expert on contemporary Middle Eastern history, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on June 12, 2015. She expressed concern that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's frequent reference to the Strait of Hormuz in arguing that the Self-Defense Forces can be dispatched there for minesweeping operations is tantamount to trying to pick a fight with the Middle East, threatening to undermine bilateral relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

KHOR FAKKAN, United Arab Emirates - The 299,999-ton crude tanker Mogamigawa of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is berthed off the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on Jan. 9 after its collision with the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Newport News near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8. No injuries and no oil or radiation leaks were reported. (Kyodo)

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U.S. sub, Japanese tanker collide in Persian Gulf, nobody hurt

KHOR FAKKAN, United Arab Emirates - The 299,999-ton crude tanker Mogamigawa of Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. is berthed off the United Arab Emirates port of Khor Fakkan on Jan. 9 after its collision with the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Newport News near the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8. No injuries and no oil or radiation leaks were reported. (Kyodo)

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Damaged tanker examined

SAKAIDE, Japan - Government panel members examine the damaged oil tanker M Star in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 28, 2010. The tanker sustained the damage in the Strait of Hormuz in July. (Kyodo)

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Damaged tanker examined

SAKAIDE, Japan - Government panel members examine the damaged oil tanker M Star in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 28, 2010. The tanker sustained the damage in the Strait of Hormuz in July. (Kyodo)

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Damaged oil tanker leaves Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star leaves Keiyo Sea Berth in Tokyo Bay off Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2010, after unloading its oil. Japanese authorities have been investigating damage sustained by the tanker in the Strait of Hormuz in late July. (Kyodo)

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Damaged oil tanker arrives in Tokyo Bay

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter at the Keiyo Sea Berth in Tokyo Bay off Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack. (Kyodo)

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the Pacific heading towards Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack. (Kyodo)

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A dent is seen on the oil tanker M Star from a Kyodo News helicopter as it sails in the Pacific toward Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack. (Kyodo)

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A dent is seen on the oil tanker M Star from a Kyodo News helicopter as it sails in the Pacific toward Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack. (Kyodo)

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Damaged oil tanker heads to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The damaged oil tanker M Star is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the Pacific heading towards Tokyo Bay on Aug. 24, 2010. Japanese authorities plan to investigate the cause of the damage sustained in the Strait of Hormuz, including the possibility of a terrorist attack. (Kyodo)

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Smuggling via Strait of Hormuz

KHASAB, Oman - A boat carrying goods for smuggling to Iran runs through the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 16, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Smuggling via Strait of Hormuz

KHASAB, Oman - People load goods onto a boat at a port in Khasab, northern Oman, for smuggling into Iran via the Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 16, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Japanese ship among tankers targeted near Strait of Hormuz

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Hiroshige Seko meets the press in Tokyo on June 13, 2019, after two tankers, including one operated by a Japanese shipping firm, were targeted near the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese ship among tankers targeted near Strait of Hormuz

Yutaka Katada, president of Japanese shipping company Kokuka Sangyo Co., meets the press in Tokyo on June 13, 2019, after two tankers, including one operated by his company, were targeted near the Strait of Hormuz earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Growing U.S.-Iran tension

Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen speaks about Iran's June 20 downing of a U.S. reconnaissance drone in the Strait of Hormuz at a press conference in U.N. headquarters in New York on June 24, 2019. Cohen said the drone had been over international waters in the Persian Gulf, an assertion contradicting Iran's claim that the drone had violated Iranian airspace when it was shot down. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran's envoy to U.N. speaks about attack on U.S. drone

Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, meets the press at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 24, 2019, to explain Tehran's June 20 shooting down of a U.S. surveillance drone in the Strait of Hormuz. The ambassador repeated the drone had been violating Iranian airspace when it was shot down, contradicting Washington's claim that it was over international waters in the Persian Gulf. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iran's envoy to U.N. speaks about attack on U.S. drone

Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, meets the press at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 24, 2019, to explain Tehran's June 20 shooting down of a U.S. surveillance drone in the Strait of Hormuz. The ambassador repeated the drone had been violating Iranian airspace when it was shot down, contradicting Washington's claim that it was over international waters in the Persian Gulf. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Operator of attacked tanker meets press

Yutaka Katada, president of Japanese ship operator Kokuka Sangyo Co., speaks in Tokyo on June 14, 2019, after a tanker operated by his company was one of the two attacked the previous day near the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel was hit by an incoming projectile, not by torpedo, he said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Operator of attacked tanker meets press

Yutaka Katada, president of Japanese ship operator Kokuka Sangyo Co., speaks in Tokyo on June 14, 2019, after a tanker operated by his company was one of the two attacked the previous day near the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel was hit by an incoming projectile, not by torpedo, he said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. meeting on tanker attacks

Kuwait's ambassador to the United Nations Mansour Al-Otaibi speaks at a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on June 13, 2019, after a Security Council meeting on the latest attacks on two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iranian oil

Photo taken March 3, 2019, shows an oil tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The United States ended sanctions waivers for imports of Iranian oil on May 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oil tanker off southern Iran

Photo taken March 3, 2019, shows an oil tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The United States said on April 22 that it will end sanctions waivers for imports of Iranian oil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Oil tanker off southern Iran

Photo taken March 3, 2019, shows an oil tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The United States said on April 22 that it will end sanctions waivers for imports of Iranian oil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo