France to finance exports to Iran to sidestep U.S. sanctions
Reuters – France will start offering euro-denominated loans to Iranian buyers of its goods later this year, to help trade flourish outside…
Tag Archives: sanctions against Iran
No cushy digs for Turkish gold trader who helped convict banker
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen: When gold trader Reza Zarrab was taken from a U.S. jail after agreeing to testify about Turkish efforts…
Sanctions not to be re-imposed in Iran deal: MIT professor
IRNA – The Iran deal will not be destroyed, even with US withdrawal and the sanctions of the kind that existed before…
Germany weighs new sanctions against Iran: report
Reuters – Germany is lobbying among European allies to agree new sanctions against Iran in an attempt to prevent U.S. President Donald…
U.S. government faces critical ‘Brain Drain’ of sanctions experts
Foreign Policy l COLUM LYNCH, ROBBIE GRAMER, DAN DE LUCE: In his first year in office, President Donald Trump has repeatedly promoted international sanctions as…
US judge seeks internal communications in Turkey case
AP— A federal judge wants lawyers is a case involving a billion-dollar scheme to evade American sanctions against Iran to detail any…
Central Bank of Iran files $4.9 billion complaint against Deutsche Boerse subsidiary
Fox Business– Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1.XE) said Thursday that Iran’s Bank Markazi has filed a complaint against the German stock-exchange operator’s subsidiary…
Will Trump’s Iran deal ploy work?
The National Interest | Daniel R. DePetris: Supporters of the Iran nuclear agreement—formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—can…
Top judge slams US sanctions, pledges Iran’s reaction
Tasnim– Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani decried the US government’s hostile move to impose new sanctions against Iranian entities and…
China speaks for Iran nuclear deal, against US unilateral sanctions
TASS– China argues against Washington’s unilateral anti-Tehran sanctions and speaks for implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, which “has not come by…
Iran nuclear deal: sanctions waived as Trump begins countdown to keep US in
The Guardian | Julian Borger: President waives sanctions, keeping US in deal for now, but begins four-month countdown until it ceases to…
U.S. ultimatum on nuclear deal, new sanctions draw Iran threat
Reuters | Andrey Ostroukh: Iran said on Saturday it would retaliate against new sanctions imposed by the United States after President Donald…
US sanctions five firms tied to Iran’s missiles program
Press TV- The US has imposed sanctions on five Iranian companies it alleges are tied to the Islamic Republic’s development of ballistic…
U.S. jury finds Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran dodge sanctions
Reuters– A U.S. jury on Wednesday found a Turkish banker guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, after a nearly four-week trial…
Trump admin. mulling new Iran sanctions to bolster riots
Press TV- The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering imposing more sanctions against Iran, says a senior State Department official,…
Iran unrest could complicate Trump decision on sanctions waivers
Al-Monitor | Laura Rozen: US President Donald Trump and members of his administration today continued to voice support for peaceful protesters in Iran and…
Cryptocurrencies could offer Iran way around sanctions
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Post-sanctions integration in the international financial sector has been one of the main challenges in the Iranian economy…
CBI post-sanctions policies yield positive results
Financial Tribune- Hard-hitting sanctions drove the Central Bank of Iran to direct the bulk of its focus toward boosting economic growth and…
Turkish Justice minister: Turkey to reject US court order on Iran sanctions
MNA – The Turkish Justice Minister says that Turkey will reject any US court decision on Turkish bank, refusing to abide by…
Former Iran Central Bank chairman denies ever meeting Zarrab
Al-Monitor- Iran’s former Central Bank head Mahmoud Bahmani, reacting to Iranian-Turkish tycoon Reza Zarrab’s recent statements in a US court, says he never met with…
U.S. Congress just missed the deadline to reimpose sanctions on Iran. So, now what?
Haaretz | JTA and Ron Kampeas : Donald Trump decertifying Iran’s compliance in the Obama-era nuclear deal meant that Congress had 60…
Charges: Turkish businessman exported US goods to Iran
AP — Federal prosecutors allege a Turkish businessman helped illegally route Wisconsin-made outboard engines and boat generators to the Iranian navy. Forty-year-old…
Iran: Implementation of N. deal under sanctions impossible
FNA- Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi warned that the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and…
Zarrab recorded in jail saying ‘You Have to Lie’ to get leniency
Bloomberg | Bob Van Voris, Christian Berthelsen & Chris Dolmetsch: Reza Zarrab, the Turkish currency trader who admitted helping Iran move billions…
Iran sanctions trial returns to defendant after flashy detour
Bloomberg | Christian Berthelsen & Bob Van Voris: A Turkish banker is on trial in New York accused of helping Iran evade…
Turkey to seize assets of gold trader testifying in US
AP — Turkish prosecutors have ordered the seizure of assets of a wealthy Turkish-Iranian businessman who is the star witness in the…
He broke U.S. law to help Iran, but it is Turkey that fears what he might say in court
The Washington Post | Devlin Barrett: A Turkish Iranian gold dealer is expected to testify Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan, the…
Zarrab to testify for prosecution in Iran-sanctions case
Bloomberg l Christian Berthelsen, Bob Van Voris and Chris Dolmetsch: Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader at the center of an international…
A BP North Sea field to test U.S. policy on Iran
Reuters | Ron Bousso: A small gas field on the edge of the British North Sea could become a litmus test for…
Trial of Turkish-Iranian trader to start without main suspect
Voice of America | Masood Farivar: The politically fraught trial of a Turkish-Iranian businessman accused of running a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade…
Zarrab trial in U.S. over Iran sanctions is delayed a week
Bloomberg– The trial of a Turkish-Iranian gold trader accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions and bribing senior Turkish officials was put…
US Treasury slaps sanctions on ‘IRGC-linked’ individuals, entities
Press TV- In yet another hostile measure against Tehran, the US has slapped sanctions on several individuals and companies for their alleged…
European visitor stunned by Iran’s progress in food industry
Tasnim – A member of a visiting delegation from the European Union said she was impressed by the level of standard of…
U.S. would welcome new EU sanctions on Iran: official
Reuters– Any move by the European Union to impose new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile program and alleged involvement in…
France raises prospect of new sanctions on Iran over ballistic program
Reuters – France’s foreign ministry suggested on Monday that new sanctions could be imposed on Iran if needed over its ballistic missile…
New sanctions violate nuclear deal: Iran official
IRNA – A senior Iranian official described the new US sanctions imposed against Iran as violation of nuclear deal and said that…
Iran to withdraw from JCPOA if sanctions reinstated: Top General
IFP- Iran’s top military commander says Tehran will definitely withdraw from the nuclear deal it has signed with world powers if sanctions…
Historic Boeing-IranAir deal at risk amid claims of IRGC use
Al-Monitor | Saeed Jalili: US President Donald Trump’s new Iran strategy, including his Oct. 13 refusal to certify that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of…
Iranian banks slowly reconnect to the world
Al-Monitor l Bijan Khajehpour: A recent string of “financing agreements” that various governments and international banks have signed with Iran indicates that…
U.S. House passes ballistic missile sanctions on Iran
Reuters– The U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Thursday for new sanctions on Iran’s ballistic missile program, part of an…