tensions with Tehran

EghtesadOnline: London would be resolute in defending its maritime interests in the Persian Gulf, but it does not want to escalate the situation with Iran, a British security source said on Thursday, after the United Kingdom claimed three Iranian vessels had tried to block the passage of a British tanker but backed off.

EghtesadOnline: US President Donald Trump on Monday backed the Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe's interest in using his country's good relations with Iran to help broker a possible dialogue between the US and its nemesis in the Middle East.

EghtesadOnline: After US President Donald Trump publicly appealed to Iran to call him amid heightened tensions with Tehran , the White House contacted the Swiss on Thursday to share a phone number the Iranians could call Trump on, according to a diplomatic source familiar with the move.