Iran’s oil minister calls US sanctions a “war with no blood”
Reuters – Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday that the United States was waging a war against Iran by imposing…
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China dismisses US claims of UN sanctions on Iran as baseless
MNA – China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin called US claims on returning UN sanctions on Iran baseless. China is following Iran’s…
UN chief says will take no action on Iran sanctions
Tasnim – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council he cannot take any action on a US declaration that all…
Turkey’s Halkbank urges dismissal of Iran sanctions criminal case in US
Reuters – Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the state-owned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade…
Sanctions against Iran have never worked out, Russian FM says
Tasnim – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said sanctions on Iran will never “work out”, warning against attempts aimed at demonizing the…
US issues fresh Iran-related sanctions – US Treasury website
Reuters – The United States has imposed sanctions on two entities and a number of individuals linked to Iran’s intelligence and security…
Lawmaker: Iran to restore unlimited peaceful N. industry if UNSC sanctions reinstated
FNA – A senior member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission warned that if the US returns the…
Iran, US battle over sanctions at world court
Tasnim – The United States and Iran will face off at the UN’s top court on Monday in the latest round of…
India could lose basmati rice market in Iran to Pakistan as US sanctions disrupt payments
The Print – Tehran and New Delhi explore barter trading options even as Iran has stepped up importing basmati rice from Pakistan. …
Namaki urges for global call to end US illegal sanctions
MNA – In a letter to Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Iranian Minister of Health Saeed Namaki called for a…
Iran to overcome US sanctions via ‘Club of Sanctioned’ : MP
MNA – An Iranian parliament member said that the first and foremost result of forming a club of sanctioned is that it…
New UN council president stands by dismissal of US sanctions move on Iran
Reuters – Niger, the U.N. Security Council president for September, said on Tuesday it stands by a declaration that no further action…
Sanction, pressure policy on Iranians fails: Gov’t spox
IRNA – Government spokesman Ali Rabiee said on Tuesday that Iranians are confident that the policy of sanctions and pressure on them…
‘Club of Sanctioned’ to force US lift cruel sanctions: MP
MNA – An Iranian Parliament member stressed, “The unity of the sanctioned countries in the framework of the Club of Sanctioned will…
Iran warns US against bid to restore UN sanctions
Tasnim – The UN Security Council president’s statement that the US’ push to restore the UN sanctions on Iran is null and…
US has no legal right to push so-called snapback mechanism
MNA – Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission dismissed any legal right for the US to push…
Iran dismisses claim on renewal of UNSC sanction at US’ request
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected the notion raised by some foreign media that a request from Washington has reinstated the…
US imposes Iran-related sanctions on UAE-based companies
Reuters – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on two United Arab Emirates-based companies, the U.S. Treasury Department said, accusing them…
Neither sanctions perpetual, nor those in White House: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that those residing in the White House will not remain there for eternity as sanctions…
UN Security Council rejects Iran arms embargo extension: Pompeo
DW: The United States’ embargo proposal faced strong opposition from China and Russia. The Iran arms embargo is set to end in…
Iran plans to boost state coffers by selling oil securities to Iranians
Reuters | Parisa Hafezi, Davide Barbuscia: Iran plans to start offering oil-backed securities to its citizens, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday,…
Central Bank of Iran sees reason in Gov’t oil presale proposal
Financial Tribune – The governor of Central Bank of Iran has backed a government crude oil presale plan of action for domestic…
VP: Anti-Iran sanctions imposed by US mere failure
IRNA – Iranian Vice President and Head of the Budget and Planning Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said on Thursday that the implementation…
Turkey’s Halkbank urges dismissal of US indictment in Iran sanctions case
Reuters – Halkbank on Monday urged a U.S. judge to dismiss an indictment accusing the Turkish lender of helping Iran evade U.S.…
Iran denies reports of partial sanctions removal
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry denied reports that part of the foreign sanctions against the country are going to be lifted temporarily.…
UN experts renew call for removal of US anti-human sanctions
MNA – A group of UN experts has once agian called for unilateral US sanctions to be lifted on countries including Iran,…
Iran could buy a lot of planes during sanctions: official
MNA – Deputy Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said that Islamic Republic of Iran could purchase a lot of planes in…
Rouhani lauds launching petchem projects despite sanctions
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani lauded the inauguration of three major petrochemical projects with a total investment of 1.6 billion dollars…
Iran-Eurasia trade surges despite COVID-19, US sanctions
Press TV – Within the past seven months, Iran and Eurasia have traded slightly less than 7 million tons of commodities, worth…
Iranian petrochemical output capacity to rise up by 4m tons despite sanctions
IRNA – Managing Director of National Petrochemical Company of Iran says that the country will witness four million tons of increase in…
Iran oil industry activities continuing strongly despite sanctions: Zangeneh
SHANA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Iran’s oil industry activities have been going on strongly in the past two…
Pompeo says US has expanded scope of Iran metals sanctions
Reuters – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said he was expanding the scope of Iran metals sanctions, targeting 22…
Enemies unable to make Iranian nation surrender: President Rouhani
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the people’s steadfastness in the face of the enemies’ economic pressures, saying the Iranian nation…
Dysfunction at the border jeopardizes growth of Iran-Iraq trade
Bourse & Bazaar – When the United States re-imposed secondary sanctions on Iran in November 2018, the Rouhani administration belatedly decided that…
Iran-Switzerland financial channel activated by sending cancer drugs: Official
IRNA – Chairman of Iran-Switzerland Joint Chamber of Commerce Sharif Nezam-Mafi said that the financial channel has been activated between the two…
First Swiss deal with Iran via humanitarian channel has gone through: Swiss government
Reuters – A Swiss pharmaceutical company has completed the first transaction under a new humanitarian trade channel with Iran, the government in…
Ex-Halkbank manager’s conviction over Iran sanctions upheld
Reuters – A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a former manager at Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank, for…
US ‘sanction’ addiction irritates EU allies: Vaezi
MNA – Mahmood Vaezi wrote that “Josep Borrell’s protest against the US use of economic sanctions shows that even US allies have…
Iran successfully seizes back vessel hit by US sanctions
Tasnim – An oil tanker sought by the US over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was transferred from the UAE to Iran’s…
West concerned over Iran’s development under sanctions
MNA – Iran’s ambassador to IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi stated that main concerns of western countries of the realization of Iran-China cooperation is…