President Donald Trump’s allies are urging him to take control of a small spit in the Persian Gulf that controls nearly all of Iran’s oil exports.

A tiny five-mile-long strip of land has up to 90 per cent of Iran's oil pumping through it – here's why it's so important ...

Recent satellite imagery has shown how a man-made island has emerged off the coast of the Persian Gulf, now set to become another luxury Middle East destination. Al Marjan Islands in Ras Al Khaimah, a ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards inaugurated a new naval base on Sunday to reinforce Tehran’s authority over three Persian Gulf islands also claimed by the neighboring United ...

China has angered Iran by backing the UAE’s call for a peaceful resolution to the long-running dispute over three strategic Gulf islands controlled by Tehran. Iranian officials and media accuse ...

Viral video circulating online shows how heavy rain recently turned an island's landscape blood-red. Hormuz Island off Iran in the Persian Gulf turned a deep crimson, dramatic footage shows, after a ...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy is prepared to shut down the Strait of Hormuz if ordered by the country’s senior leadership, its commander said amid large-scale naval exercises in the ...

If there's one thing that transcends Iranians' personal beliefs and politics, it's the name of the body of water historically known as the Persian Gulf -- a name that has become a point of national ...

Viral video circulating online shows how heavy rain recently turned an island’s landscape blood-red. Hormuz Island off Iran in the Persian Gulf turned a deep crimson, dramatic footage shows, after a ...