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Swiss humanitarian channel not enough to meet Iran’s needs: UN envoy
Press TV – Iran’s permanent Ambassador to the United Nations says the trade channel launched by a Swiss bank to help the…
Switzerland says trade channel with Iran slower than expected
IRNA – Swiss government announced on Friday that trade channel created to ease trading basic goods with Iran was slower than expected…
As Iran faces virus, Trump Admin fails to use Swiss channel to ease medical exports
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj and Sahil Shah: Just a few days after Iran announced its first deaths from COVID-19 in…
Tehran: US doesn’t allow Iran to use Swiss trade channel for importing medicine
Press TV – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has questioned the US claim that medicines are not subject to sanctions, saying Washington…
CBI to decide feasibility of Swiss payment channel
Financial Tribune – The Central Bank of Iran will decide about using the payment channel devised by the Swiss government for sending…
Dozens of Swiss companies keen on export channel to Iran
Reuters – A Swiss channel to export food and medicine to Iran’s struggling population without running foul of U.S. sanctions is off…
US grants sanctions waiver to ease humanitarian aid to Iran
Reuters – The United States on Thursday granted a license to allow for certain humanitarian trade transactions with Iran’s sanctioned central bank,…
More companies interested in using humanitarian channel to Iran: US envoy
Reuters – U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Thursday the United States was in talks with at least two…
Treasury Department makes unprecedented Iran sanctions move
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: On Thursday, Swiss authorities announced that they had processed a pilot transaction through the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement (SHTA),…
Swiss channel proof of sanctions on food, medicine: Iranian spokesman
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said a Swiss humanitarian channel recently launched for exporting food and medicine to…
Iran’s Zarif says Swiss humanitarian channel ‘small step’
Al-Monitor – A new financial channel has opened up between Iran and Switzerland that will permit the sale of humanitarian supplies to…
First VP blasts US lies about unsanctioned medical trade with Iran
FNA – Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri lashed out at Washington for its lies about sanctions on exports of drugs and medical…
Hope for humanitarian trade with Iran
Bloomberg | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: The Treasury Department’s “letter of comfort” opens a long-delayed Swiss channel. On Thursday, Swiss authorities announced that they…
Swiss humanitarian channel for Iran is ‘not sign of US goodwill,’ FM Zarif says
RT – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the Swiss humanitarian channel is not a sign of the…
Swiss delivers 180,000 packages of transplant patients to Tehran
IRNA – The Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Markus Leitner announced the launching of the Swiss Financial Mechanism within the next two to…
Offering Iran penalties and aid, US ramps up sanctions while providing medicine
The New York Times | Lara Jakes: The Trump administration on Thursday piled new economic sanctions onto its ever-growing pressure campaign against…
US opens channel to provide humanitarian assistance to Iran
Bloomberg | Saleha Mohsin: The U.S. announced it has opened a banking channel via Switzerland to provide humanitarian aid to Iran, nearly…
Opening of SHTA evidence of false claims by US about sanctions: Iran’s envoy
Tasnim – Iran’s UN mission spokesman Alireza Miryousefi said the opening of a humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran…
CBI chief reacts to Swiss payment channel for food, medicine delivery to Iran
MNA – The Governor of the Central bank of Iran (CBI) reacted to the Thursday trial operation of a humanitarian channel for…
US says first shipments of medicine to Iran delivered via Swiss humanitarian channel
Reuters – A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran has started trial operations, the Swiss and U.S. governments said…
Swiss humanitarian channel to Iran seen within months – Swiss, US officials
Reuters – A humanitarian channel to bring food and medicine to Iran could be up and running within months, senior Swiss and…