With few buyers, Iranian oil armada heads to China ahead of U.S. sanctions
Reuters – An unprecedented volume of Iranian crude oil is set to arrive at China’s northeast Dalian port this month and in…
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Turkey’s Tupras in talks with U.S. for Iran sanctions waiver: sources
Reuters – Turkey’s top refiner, Tupras, is in talks with U.S. officials to obtain a waiver allowing it to keep buying Iranian…
South Korean firms to stay in Iran despite US sanctions: Envoy
Press TV – South Korean Ambassador to Tehran Ryu Jeong-hyun says companies in his country understand the significance of the Iranian market…
New sanctions on Iran’s Parsian Bank threaten humanitarian trade
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) applied new sanctions on…
Iran nuclear deal breakdown: What does it mean for European business?
Geopolitical Monitor | Ben H. Quandt: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”), as it is formally known, is the culmination of…
Rouhani touts meeting with top economists on containing crisis
Al-Monitor – In a closed three-hour meeting with 40 Iranian economists on Oct. 15, President Hassan Rouhani insisted that the country’s economy…
CBI attempts to quit SWIFT before Nov. 4
MNA – An informed source in the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) revealed the efforts are taken by the Central Bank of…
US sanctions on Iran show “spitefulness” toward Iranian people – foreign ministry
Channel NewsAsia – New U.S. sanctions against Iran are part of a psychological war, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday,…
Russia denounces new US sanctions on Iran businesses
Press TV – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has repudiated new US sanctions on Iran’s businesses, saying Washington appears to be taking…
Iran hedges bets on EU, China with focus on trade with neighbors
Al-Monitor | Mohsen Shariatinia: At an initial glance, one might assume that Tehran’s paths for dealing with Washington’s reimposed sanctions all end…
Washington may impose sanctions on Russian, Iranian firms rebuilding Syria — TV
TASS – The administration of US President Donald Trump is now drafting a strategy allowing to impose sanctions against Russian and Iranian…
Italy eyes boosting economic coop. with Iran
MNA – Italian trade commissioner in Iran said Wed. Italy remains Iran’s friend in hard times, calling for provision of necessary grounds…
Iran oil outlook ‘very solid’ despite US sanctions
Press TV – Iran’s senior officials remain generally upbeat about the country’s oil production outlook despite looming US sanctions which seek to…
Reducing Iran’s oil exports to zero is a ‘political bluff’ by U.S.: official
Reuters – A claim by the United States to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero is a “political bluff” the head of…
MRPL expects India to get waiver from U.S. sanctions on Iran this month: official
Reuters – India’s Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) expects India to get a waiver from U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports…
US isolation unprecedented in history of int’l relations: Expert
Iranian Diplomacy – There has never been a US administration more isolated internationally than the current government under Donald Trump, says an…
Iranian papers ask US outlets to condemn sanctions
Al-Monitor – In a joint editorial, four of Tehran’s top newspapers decried the US exit from the nuclear deal and asked American…
US imposes new sanctions targeting Iran banks, companies
Press TV – The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on a number of Iranian banks and financial institutions as well as…
Rise in Iran gasoline production foils US’ sanctions
IRNA – The 38m liter increase in Iran’s gasoline production made the US not able to talk about sanctions, Iranian Petroleum Minister…
Iran’s vision for Iraqi market on track despite US sanctions
Press TV – Iran is pushing forth with a 2025 vision plan to raise its exports to Iraq to $20 billion a…
The look on Trump’s face will be priceless on Nov. 4: Amir-Abdollahian
MNA – Iranian Parliament Speaker’s Special Aide Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the look on President Trump’s face will be priceless on November…
Avoid sanctions to balance oil market: Iran to Trump
SHANA — Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh advised US President Donald Trump to stop imposing sanctions on producing countries in order…
Oil contract with Pergas finalized, says NIOC head
MNA – CEO of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said Tue. that the oil contract with London-based Pergas to develop Karanj field…
U.S. cannot do much more against Iran oil sales, says Iranian minister
Reuters – The United States cannot do much more to target Iranian oil exports, Iran’s oil minister said on Tuesday, speaking before…
Moscow after maintaining stability in oil market: Russian minister
IRNA – Moscow hopes for stabilizing oil market and introducing producers as responsible players that pay attention to sustainable and predictable regulations…
Oil prices rise on signs Iranian oil exports are falling further in October
Reuters – Oil prices rose on Tuesday on signs Iranian oil exports this month have fallen from September ahead of U.S. sanctions…
US still intends to cut Iran oil sales to zero: Brian Hook
MNA – Washington’s special envoy for Iran said Mon. that his country is still aiming to cut Iran oils sales to zero,…
India, Iran to speed up Chabahar plan before US bans
Press TV – Indian media have quoted informed officials as saying that the country plans to speed up the development of Iran’s…
Accession to FATF bills will facilitate banking relations: Analyst
Iran Daily – The approval of FATF bills by the Parliament is a stepping stone for the Iranian banks to open up…
Fincen claims Iran using crypto to evade sanctions
Bitcoin News – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has warned U.S financial institutions that the Iranian government might be dodging economic sanctions…
US breaks international law by deciding to seize Iran’s assets – Lawyer
Sputnik – Commenting on Washington’s attempts to alienate Iranian companies’ ownership by freezing Iranian funds in US bank accounts, lawyer Maryam Jelalvand…
In Defense of Freedom: Iranian dailies urge Western counterparts to protest US sanctions
Iranian Diplomacy – Iranian dailies co-publish open letter to their Western counterparts, urging them to protest sanctions reimposed by Donald Trump We…
Foreign Ministry: US dream of zero Iran oil exports not to come true
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson underscored that the US could never push the Islamic Republic’s oil exports down to zero, saying…
South Korea data: No crude imports from Iran in Sep for first time in 6 years
S&P Global Platts – South Korea imported no Iranian crude in September — for the first time since September 2012 — ahead…
Petrochemical industry progressing despite sanctions
IRNA – Director of the National Petrochemical Company’s Projects Ali-Mohammad Bosaqzadeh said Iran has better conditions than before sanctions, and things are…
UAE companies concerned over Iran sanctions compliance
Arabian Business – A significant number of UAE companies are “very concerned” about unwittingly breaching US sanctions against Iran, according to global…
EU financial mechanism not a panacea for Iran’s economic woes
Iranian Diplomacy – Tehran should grasp ample economic opportunities in its geoeconomic surrounding. By Sadegh Kharrazi, former ambassador to France. Following the…
Oil could spike to $100 as Iranian exports shrink & Venezuelan economy collapses, analysts tell RT
RT – The crude rally is likely to continue this year as OPEC countries are losing their exports, analysts told RT. The…
‘It’s not helpful’: US warns India against buying Iran oil, Russian S-400s
Sputnik – On Thursday, US President Donald Trump promised that India will soon see his decision on punitive measures after New Delhi…
Professor: Iran’s ICJ success against US unrivaled
IRNA – The success of the Islamic Republic of Iran was unprecedented in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague,…