“We have the right to question any vessels entering the Straits of Hormuz and Iranian territorial waters,” naval commander Admiral Alireza Tangsiri said.

As key players grapple with domestic issues, Syrian war has been left in temporary stalemate, experts tell Doha Forum.

Two Chinese Embassy officials were “secretly expelled” by the US earlier this year after they entered a “sensitive” military base in Virginia, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing conversations with people with knowledge of the episode.