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UK tanker leaves Bandar Abbas port
The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker, detained by Iran in July, has started moving and exited the Bandar Abbas port, according to Refinitiv ship-tracking data.
The Stena Impero was detained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz waterway for alleged marine violations two weeks after Britain seized an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar. That vessel was released in August.
A spokesman for the ship's owner, Stena Bulk of Sweden, said on Friday that the vessel was preparing to leave.
Pentagon to send radar, missiles to bolster Saudi defences
The Pentagon announced the deployment of 200 troops with Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia to help with the country's defence in the wake of last months attacks on oil installations blamed on Iran.
"This deployment will augment the kingdom's air and missile defense of critical military and civilian infrastructure," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said.
Two more Patriot batteries and a THAAD missile defence system will be prepared to go later if needed.
The four Sentinel radar systems and the Patriot battery are designed to provide better surveillance coverage across northern Saudi Arabia. The bulk of the kingdom's Patriot batteries and other defences are focused on the south to protect the country from attacks by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen.
US military said it was also putting additional capabilities on "prepare to deploy orders", meaning they could be mobilised more quickly in a crisis.
New nuclear deal breach, says IAEA
Iran has started using advanced models of centrifuges to enrich uranium, the UN's nuclear watchdog said, in a new breach of the faltering 2015 deal with world powers.
Advanced centrifuges at Iran's Natanz facility "were accumulating, or had been prepared to accumulate, enriched uranium", the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a report seen by AFP.
Under the 2015 deal with world powers that put curbs on Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, Tehran is only meant to enrich uranium using less efficient IR-1 centrifuges.
China criticises new US sanctions over Iranian oil deals
China criticised the US for imposing new sanctions on Chinese entities and people suspected of transferring oil from Iran, accusing Washington of "bullying".
China's cooperation with Iran is legitimate and legal, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said.
China, which is already embroiled in a trade dispute with the United States, responded that its dealings with Iran were legal and should be respected.
"We always oppose the so-called long-arm jurisdiction and unilateral sanctions," spokesman Geng said. "We also oppose the bullying practice of the US."
He urged Washington "to correct its wrongdoing."
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