Pak official warns of sanctions over FATF recommendations
IRNA – Pakistan Secretary of Finance Division has warned that Pakistan might face economic sanctions over non-implementation of Financial Action Task Force…
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Sanctions major obstacle in way of women’s empowerment: Envoy
IRNA – Imposing oppressive sanctions against nations is the major obstacle in the way of women’s economic empowerment, Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to…
US bill to sanction Syria, Russia amounts to ‘meaningless’ political posturing
A US bill to impose additional economic sanctions on Syria and countries that support it like Russia and Iran is just a…
The Beginning of an End: An analysis on inefficiency of international sanctions
Last year, when first news about improvement in relations between the United States and Cuba hit the headlines, most analysts reacted by…
Iran: UNSC should not sanction world states over fabricated threats
New York, Feb 12, IRNA – Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo has said that UN Security…
U.S. gave up new sanctions after Iran warned move would derail prisoner deal
Obama administration delayed at the last minute a package of sanctions over Iran’s missile tests, after Iran’s FM Zarif warned Kerry of…
Russia may start importing poultry from Iran: Trade official
Moscow will purchase poultry, fish and shrimp from Iran as an alternative source to avoid the deficit growing from Europe’s sanction policy…
Iran terms unilateral sanctions against world states ‘Int’l crime’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – All-out sanctions imposed unilaterally against world nations can be regarded as an international crime, Iranian vice-president for legal affairs…
Saudi Arabia’s oil war against Iran and Russia
This week, oil fell through the price floor of $60 a barrel and gas at my local filling station was $2.26 a…
Int’l conference in Tehran to challenge sanctions against world states
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to hold an international conference in Tehran on Monday and Tuesday in…
US should abandon failed policy of sanctions: NAM
Iran’s envoy to the UN, speaking on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), has condemned the US economic embargo against Cuba, saying…
Iran’s currency crisis hits India’s exports
By Business Standard With Iran facing a currency crisis in the aftermath of US sanctions, Indian exporters are having a tough time…
Sanctions side effect hits Iran’s food system
By Reuters (Reuters) – Iran’s food distribution system is in crisis even though Western sanctions do not directly target the market, badly hurting the…
Iran tanker cargo investigated off Greek Coast amid EU ban
By Bloomberg Sekavin SA, a Greek fuel supplier, said it’s investigating the origin of a cargo aboard an Iranian tanker off the…
Spain raids company over suspected Iran exports
By Huffington Post MADRID — Spanish authorities say they have raided a company they suspect was exporting machinery to Iran that could…
Iran to build more oil storage as sanctions bite – Press TV
By Reuters (Reuters) – Iran will build millions of barrels of oil storage facilities in the Gulf over the next few months in response…
Iran Air lifts foreign fares 90% as sanctions push up fuel costs
By Bloomberg Iran Air increased the expense of tickets for travel outside the country by as much as 90 percent after a government…
Iran may look north to skirt US sanctions
By The National YEREVAN // As legislators in the United States debate new sanctions for Iran, both the regime and ordinary Iranian…
Window of opportunity may open in U.S.-Iran nuclear standoff
By Los Angeles Times A multi-front campaign to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon has been stalled for months by the distractions of…
Oil gains capped as Asia bypasses Iran curbs
By The Daily Star Iran is supplying more oil to Asia’s largest economies than at any time since the West tightened sanctions in…
Iran hopes for higher oil prices, output as winter looms: Ghasemi
By Platt Iran is hoping that cold winter weather will drive crude prices higher as it strives to boost already recovering oil…
Iran’s oil exports on the rise, Qasemi
By SHANA ASSALUYEH Nov 19 (Shana): During the first months of imposing sanctions we had to tolerate heavy pressures but today the…
US escalation against Iran would carry high cost for global economy
By Anti War The world economy would bear substantial costs if the United States took steps to significantly escalate the conflict with…
Swiss govt. rejects proposal to widen Iran oil reporting rules
By Reuters GENEVA, Nov 16 (Reuters) – The Swiss cabinet has no plans to extend its reporting requirements on transactions with Iran to cover…
Iran oil liability fears grow as insurance ban bites
By Insurance Journal A ban on European Union insurers covering Iranian oil exports has forced ship owners to fall back on new,…
Haemophiliac Iranian boy ‘dies after sanctions disrupt medicine supplies’
By The Guardian Trade restrictions and measures imposed on Iranian banks by US and EU blamed for drug shortages A teenage Iranian…
Sanctions costing Iran $100 million every day
By The Telegraph The damage wrought by sanctions on Iran’s economy became clear today when oil exports were shown to have fallen…
Sanctions against Iran hit purchases of Sri Lanka Tea
By BBC News International sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme are having an impact on tea producers in Sri Lanka. Iran…
India HMEL says to halt Iran oil purchases
By Reuters NEW DELHI, Nov 12 (Reuters) – India’s HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL), part-owned by steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, plans to stop importing oil…
Iranian MP: Pharmaceutical supplies end within two months
By The Journal of Turkish Weekly A member of the Iranian parliament (Majlis) Rasoul Khezri has said that pharmaceutical supplies of the…
Computer components prices in Iran rise in 5 times
By Trend The director of the Iranian association of computer sellers has criticized the administration’s recent decision to ban imports of computers…