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JON GAMBRELL

Gulf and Iran news director

Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006.
In this photo provided by Manuel Hernandez Lafuente, the CMA CGM Symi is seen at port in Valencia, Spain, Oct. 22, 2023. A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. (Manuel Hernandez Lafuente via AP)
An Israeli-owned ship was targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean, US official tells AP
A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
 
FILE - Bahrain's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa pays his respects to the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, following her death, during her lying-in-state at Westminster Hall, in London, Sunday Sept. 18, 2022. The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain briefly became inaccessible Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, after a statement claimed hackers took them down over the island kingdom's stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.(John Sibley/Pool via AP, File)
Bahrain government websites briefly inaccessible after cyberattack over Israel-Hamas war
The websites of two government ministries in Bahrain have briefly became inaccessible after a cyberattack took them down, purportedly over the island kingdom’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
 
This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows Houthi forces boarding the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Yemen's Houthis have seized the ship in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen after threatening to seize all vessels owned by Israeli companies. (Houthi Media Center via AP)
Analysis: Iran-backed Yemen rebels’ helicopter-borne attack on ship raises risks in crucial Red Sea
The helicopter-borne Houthi attack on an Israel-linked ship in the Red Sea highlights the danger now lurking in one of the world’s key shipping routes as the Israel-Hamas war rages, as well as the rebels’ tactics mirroring those of its chief sponsor, Iran.
 
The Galaxy Leader is seen at the port of Koper, Slovenia on Sept. 16, 2008. Yemen's Houthi rebels seized the Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, officials said, taking over two dozen crew members hostage and raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front. (AP Photo/Kristijan Bracun)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijack an Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea and take 25 crew members hostage
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have seized an Israeli-linked ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route and taken the 25-member crew hostage.
 
Palestinians ride donkey carts during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Jordan’s foreign minister offers blistering criticism of Israel as its war on Hamas rages on
Jordan’s foreign minister has offered blistering criticism of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, describing it as “blatant aggression” against Palestinian civilians that threaten to engulf the wider Middle East.
 
Emirati men stand in front of an Emirates' Airbus A380 double-decker jumbo jet at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Long-haul carrier Emirates said Thursday it will purchase 15 additional Airbus A350-900s worth $6 billion after a spat between the airline and the European manufacturer went unusually public during this week's Dubai Air Show. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Long-haul carrier Emirates orders 15 Airbus A350 after engine dispute during Dubai Air Show
The airline Emirates says it will purchase 15 additional Airbus A350-900s worth $6 billion after a spat between it and the European manufacturer went unusually public during this week’s Dubai Air Show.
 
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, smiles while attending the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
UAE president visits Dubai Air Show as Russian arms company shows attack helicopter used in Ukraine
The leader of the United Arab Emirates has toured the Dubai Air Show as a sanctioned arms supplier displayed an attack helicopter used in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
 
This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows Gaza City in Gaza Strip on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Israeli tanks and armored vehicles pushed further into the Gaza Strip late last week as part of an offensive squeezing Gaza City as fighting raged between its forces and Hamas militants in the coastal enclave, satellite photos analyzed Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, by The Associated Press show. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Satellite photos analyzed by the AP show Israeli forces pushed further into Gaza late last week
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press show that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles pushed further into the Gaza Strip late last week as part of an offensive squeezing Gaza City as fighting raged between its forces and Hamas militants.
 
President of the long-haul airline Emirates Tim Clark speaks to journalists at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Long-haul carrier Emirates signaled Tuesday it will hold off on a major purchase of Airbus A350 aircraft over concerns about their Rolls Royce engines, marking a major blow for the European manufacturer as it hopes to close the sale during the Dubai Air Show this week. (AP Photo/Lujain Jo) ///
Long-haul carrier Emirates signals it will hold off on major Airbus purchase over engine worries
Long-haul carrier Emirates has signaled it will hold off on a major purchase of Airbus A350 aircraft over concerns about their Rolls Royce engines, marking a major blow for the European manufacturer during the Dubai Air Show.
 
Visitors take photos at the Dubai Air Show in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Long-haul carrier Emirates opened the Dubai Air Show with a $52 billion purchase of Boeing Co. aircraft, showing how aviation has bounced back after the groundings of the coronavirus pandemic, even as Israel's war with Hamas clouds regional security. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Long-haul carrier Emirates announces $52 billion aircraft buy from Boeing as Dubai Air Show opens
Long-haul carrier Emirates says it will buy Boeing Co. aircraft in a deal worth $52 billion. Emirates CEO and Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum made the announcement on Monday at the Dubai Air Show.
 
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David A. Mineau speaks at the Dubai International Air Chiefs' Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. As Israel unleashes one of the most-intense aerial bombing campaigns the Mideast has ever seen, leaders from the world's top air forces met Sunday in the United Arab Emirates to talk almost anything that wasn't an airstrike. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Dubai air chiefs summit, sponsored by Israeli firm, avoids discussing strikes as Hamas war rages
As Israel unleashes one of the most-intense aerial bombing campaigns the Middle East has ever seen, leaders from the world’s top air forces are meeting in the United Arab Emirates to talk about almost anything that isn’t an airstrike.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Internet collapses in war-torn Yemen over ‘maintenance’ involving undersea line
Internet access across the war-torn nation of Yemen collapsed Friday and stayed down for hours, with officials later blaming unannounced “maintenance work” for the outage.
 
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Israeli forces moving in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Israeli troops have pushed into the Gaza Strip's largest city along a key coastal road on the Mediterranean Sea as part of their war on Hamas, satellite images from earlier this week analyzed Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, by The Associated Press show. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Satellite photos analyzed by AP show an axis of Israeli push earlier this week into the Gaza Strip
Israeli troops have pushed into the Gaza Strip’s largest city along a key coastal road on the Mediterranean Sea as part of their war on Hamas.
 
FILE - Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, delegate of the Center for Human Rights Defenders, attends a press conference in the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, June 9, 2008. A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi said Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, that the activist had started a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment and the country's mandatory headscarf for women. (Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP, File)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi goes on a hunger strike while imprisoned in Iran
A campaign urging Iran to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says the activist has begun a hunger strike over the conditions of her imprisonment and the country’s requirement that women wear headscarves.
 
FILE - A Turkish police officer walks past a picture of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi prior to a ceremony, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2019. A Dubai-based broadcaster cut substantial portions of a recent episode of the satiric news program "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" over references to Saudi Arabia's crown prince being implicated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
John Oliver’s ‘Last Week Tonight’ censored by UAE broadcaster over references to Khashoggi’s killing
A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Middle East cut substantial portions of an episode of the satiric news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over references to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince being implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have for the first time claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel. That draws their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raises the risks of a regional conflict erupting.
 
FILE - Israeli soldiers walk through a tunnel discovered near the Israel-Gaza border Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. An extensive labyrinth of tunnels built by Hamas stretches across the dense neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip, hiding militants, their missile arsenal and the over 200 hostages they now hold after an unprecedented Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
A spiderweb of Hamas tunnels in Gaza Strip raises risks for an Israeli ground offensive
As an Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip looms in its war with Hamas, one of the greatest threats to both its troops and all those trapped in the seaside enclave is hidden underground.
 
FILE - In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran's Metro while not wearing a head scarf has died, Iranian state media reported Saturday, Oct. 28.(AP Photo/Iranian state television, File)
An Iranian teenager injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media say
An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran’s Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died.
 
FILE - The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani reacts during a meeting, in Astana, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, channeled the wider anger in the Arab world over Israel's unrelenting airstrikes and siege of the Gaza Strip that the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry says has killed over 5,000 people so far. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
Qatar becomes a key intermediary in Israel-Hamas war as fate of hostages hangs in the balance
The gas-rich nation of Qatar has become a key intermediary over the fate of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas militants after their unprecedented attack on Israel over two weeks ago.
 
Suspected North Korean-made F-7 rocket-propelled grenades, many with a distinctive red stripe on their warhead, are seen at an Israeli military base in southern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Hamas fighters likely used North Korean-manufactured rocket-propelled grenades during their unprecedented assault on Israel that killed over 1,400 people and saw scores taken hostage, despite Pyongyang denying its weapons arm the militant group. South Korean officials, two experts on North Korean arms and an Associated Press analysis of weapons captured on the battlefield by Israel point toward Hamas using Pyongyang's F-7 rocket-propelled grenade during their Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war now raging. (AP Photo/ Alon Bernstein)
Evidence shows Hamas militants likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on Israel
Hamas fighters likely fired North Korean weapons during their Oct. 7 assault on Israel, a militant video and weapons seized by Israel show, despite Pyongyang’s denials that it arms the militant group.
 
A protester waves a Palestinian flag reading ''Al-Aqsa flood'', after Friday prayers at Azhar mosque, the Sunni Muslim world's premier Islamic institution, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Tens of thousands protest after Muslim prayers across Mideast over Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Tens of thousands of Muslims are demonstrating across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and to protest against the Israeli airstrikes pounding the Gaza Strip.
 
A plainclothes security person stand watch outside the Israeli Embassy in Beijing, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. An employee of the Israeli Embassy in Beijing has been attacked and was later hospitalized, according to a statement from Israel's Foreign Ministry on Friday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
An employee at the Israeli Embassy in China has been stabbed. A foreign suspect is detained
A 50-year-old Israeli man who works at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing has been stabbed in front of a supermarket.
 
Israeli soldier drive a tank to a staging area near the border with Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. An Israeli ground offensive in Gaza would further escalate the war raging since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack days ago. The United States already deployed one aircraft carrier group to the region, with another on the way. That reflects concerns of a widening conflict and is meant to deters Iran and others. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A possible Israeli ground war looms in Gaza. What weapons are wielded by those involved?
An Israeli ground offensive in Gaza would further escalate the war raging since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack days ago.
 
FILE - Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh rides on the shoulders of cheering crowds in Tehran's Majlis Square, outside the parliament building, after reiterating his oil nationalization views to his supporters on Sept. 27, 1951. While revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times, the spiriting out of six American diplomats who escaped the 1979 U.S. Embassy seizure in Iran, the intelligence agency for the first time has acknowledged something else as well. The CIA now officially describes the 1953 coup it backed in Iran that overthrew its prime minister and cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as undemocratic. (AP Photo, File)
CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic as it revisits ‘Argo’ rescue
While revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times — the spiriting out of six American diplomats who escaped the 1979 U.S.
 
In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, listens to army commander Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi during a graduation ceremony for a group of armed forces cadets in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel raises questions about the influence of its sponsor, Iran
Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel and the war it launched has raised new questions about the influence of its main sponsor, Iran, and whether it had anything to do with the assault.
 
This photo taken in 2021 shows Narges Mohammadi in Tehran, Iran. Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women's rights and democracy and against the death penalty. (Reihane Taravati via AP)
Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Iranian women 20 years apart trace tensions with the West
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to an Iranian women’s rights activist signaled international support for democracy efforts in the Islamic Republic.
 
This photo taken in 2021 shows Narges Mohammadi in Tehran, Iran. Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 in recognition of her tireless campaigning for women's rights and democracy and against the death penalty. (Reihane Taravati via AP)
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting women’s oppression
Imprisoned activist Narges Mohammadi has won the Nobel Peace Prize. For years she has campaigned for women’s rights and democracy, and against the death penalty in Iran.
 
In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The mysterious injury suffered by Geravand not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iran's capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked. (AP Photo/Iranian state television)
Mysterious injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing a headscarf in Tehran’s Metro sparks anger
A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl not wearing a headscarf while boarding a Metro train in Iran’s capital has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked.
 
Sultan al-Jaber, the COP28 President-Designate and UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change, talks during the ADIPEC. Oil and Energy exhibition and conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Sultan al-Jaber called on oil and gas companies on Monday to be "central to the solution" to fighting climate change, even as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising global energy prices. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
The UAE holds a major oil and gas conference just ahead of hosting UN climate talks in Dubai
The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has called on oil and gas companies to be “central to the solution” to fighting climate change as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising energy prices.
 
Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate and UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change, talks during the Climate Future Week at Museum of the Future in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his nation hosting the talks, dismissing those “just go on the attack without knowing anything, without knowing who we are.” (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
UAE’s president-designate for UN COP28 offers full-throated defense of nation hosting climate talks
The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference has offered a full-throated defense of his nation hosting the talks.
 
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