During the Iran-Iraq War on November 28, 1980, Iran launched an operation against Iraqi oil platforms that were supporting ...

The “Tanker war” grew out of the fierce eight-year war between Iraq and Iran in the 1980s. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Naval mines bobbing in the waters of the Persian Gulf, threatening oil ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran laid to rest 175 military divers in an emotional public funeral ceremony on Tuesday, almost three decades after they were captured in war with Iraq and, according to Iran's ...

The US military said it would begin a blockade of ships traveling to and from Iranian ports following the failure of US-Iranian peace talks on the weekend. Former sailors who navigated tankers through ...

On April 20, the United States fired at and then seized an Iranian-flagged container ship close to the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Arabian Sea, amid its blockade of Iranian ports. It was similar ...