China offers Iran $3bn oilfield deal despite US sanctions: Wall Street Journal
Press TV – State-run Chinese energy giant Sinopec has offered Iran a $3-billion deal on further development of an Iranian oilfield the…
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FATF meant to back US sanctions on Iran, Resistance Front: Cleric
Tasnim – Tehran’s provisional Friday prayers leader warned against Iran’s accession to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), saying that the group…
Traders fear Europe’s SPV may not fend off US sanctions on Iran
Financial Tribune – A s Iranian traders (and more broadly Europeans) wait for the launch of the long-awaited special purpose vehicle by…
The economic war against Iran
LobeLog | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: There is a telling line in Thomas Erdbrink’s recent report on Iran’s roiling currency crisis. Erbrink speaks to Kaveh…
How US sanctions intensify rent-seeking in Iran’s pharma sector
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: The recent resignation of Iran’s minister of health, Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, led to many speculations. Officially, insufficient allocations in…
EU official: SPV to be launched soon
IRNA – Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) will be launched in a short time, a European official said on Thursday. In an exclusive…
Iran works to keep Iraq open for business
The Wall Street Journal | Ghassan Adnan and Isabel Coles: Iranian officials traveled to Baghdad this week to push for expanded trade and…
India to share Iran oil with state refiners
MNA – India will not share the limited supply of Iranian crude allowed under a US waiver from sanctions with private refiners,…
Trump administration still might let Iran export oil, and that could lower prices
CNBC | Tom DiChristopher: The Trump administration is leaving itself wiggle room to continue allowing Iran to export oil, potentially setting up another…
US after maximum pressure due to concerns over Iranians’ capabilities
MNA – President Rouhani said that Iranian nation are smarter than what the enemies think, calling on ministers and governor-generals to work…
Enemies seeking to create discontent in Iran via pressures: Minister
Tasnim – Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli warned of US plots to undermine the country through economic sanctions and said the…
Iran calls on Europe to cut tariffs for Iranian goods down to zero
MNA – An official at the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran has called on Europe to cut down to zero the tariffs…
Starting negotiations with Iran under US pressures impossible: Russia
MNA – The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said that his country supports Iran’s missile program, calling the criticisms against…
Response to US global bullying: Iran, India ditch dollar to continue trading oil despite sanctions
RT | Darius Shahtahmasebi: In an effort to circumvent US-imposed sanctions, India and Iran have reportedly ditched the US dollar and are trading…
Opel helps France’s PSA buck China, Iran auto downturn
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: French auto giant Groupe PSA, which makes the Citroen and Peugeot brands, reported record vehicle sales Tuesday…
Iran unaware when Europe launches financial channel
MNA – The Spokesman of Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Ghasemi said on Tuesday that Europe has not yet informed when it is…
Iran’s oil market facing the new sanctions era; what to expect
MNA – After an expected hiatus in Iran’s oil exports to some of the country’s main customers following the reimposition of the…
Zarif says Iran reliable partner for all parties
IRNA – Iran’s foreign minister said on Tuesday sanctions will not impede the development of economic ties between Iran and Iraq and…
Iran govt. gets clearance for $5 billion Russian loan
Press TV – The Iranian government has been allowed to get a $5 billion loan from Russia for infrastructure projects, a parliamentary…
Iran in economic war with enemy: IRGC commander
Tasnim – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari highlighted reasons behind financial problems facing the…
Iran-EU ties in danger over implementing trade mechanism
January 15, The Iran Project – Tehran has criticized the EU for a delay in the implementation of the SPV financial mechanism, warning…
US sanctions hit Iranian students seeking bank accounts in Europe
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari :The reimposition of US sanctions on Iran has created many difficulties for Iranian students who are studying abroad…
South Korea to receive Iranian condensate cargoes in Jan after 4-month gap: source
Reuters – A South Korean oil buyer is set to receive about 2 million barrels of Iranian condensate in January, a source…
Trump’s risking financial disaster for America
Politico | JARRETT BLANC: President Donald Trump’s Iran policy has been reckless as regards Iran—it all but invites Tehran to return to…
Iran to leave behind US sanctions with endurance
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pointed to unilateral US sanctions against Islamic Republic specified that Iranian nation would succeed in leaving…
‘No reason’ Iran sanctions will lead to higher oil prices: US’ Hook
S&P Global Platts – Thanks to booming US output, as well as increased supplies from Saudi Arabia, Russia and other major producers,…
US frustrated at preventing Iran oil exports: Veep
SHANA – Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said the US plots to frustrate Iran’s oil exports had been a failure. Speaking…
Iraq underlines cooperation with Iran despite US sanctions
IRNA – Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali Hakim said on Sunday that despite US unilateral economic sanctions, his country insists on economic…
Italian expert describes US sanctions against Iran as stupid move
FNA – A prominent Italian economic expert described the US sanctions against Iran as a strategic folly, but meantime, warned that Washington…
EU’s trade mechanism to be set up soon despite US pressure
MNA – Deputy Oil Minister Zamaninia said Sun. that despite US pressure, the EU’s payment system aimed at facilitating trade with Iran…
Iran not concerned for importing needed goods: Official
IRNA – Iran is exporting and importing the needed goods without any concern despite the renewed US sanctions on the country, said…
US sanctions make Iraq all the more determined to boost ties with Iran
MNA – Leader of the National Wisdom Movement of Iraq said Sun. that the US unilateral sanctions against Iran make Iraq all…
Not all EU members favor SPV: Shireen Hunter
MNA – Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of Political Science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that “it was clear from…
Weekly report: India will continue to import Iranian oil despite US sanctions
January 13, The Iran Project – Iran FM visit to New Delhi and meeting with senior officials; Zarif on Bolton pic: VR…
Deputy Minister: Iran to bypass oil sanctions
IRNA – Deputy Petroleum Minister Amir Hossein Zamani nia said on Sunday that during sanctions era maintaining the market status will not…
Beijing, Tehran economic ties on the rise
MNA – Gao Feng Spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said that trade and economic ties between Beijing and Tehran are on…
Iran dismisses rumors on JCPOA exit
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi categorically dismissed the rumors on Tehran’s exit from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…
Europe’s solutions to help Iran cannot be trusted: official
MNA – Head of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali said that Europe cannot be trusted, adding the European countries…
Iran private sector navigates uncertainty as some financial channels emerge
Financial Tribune | Mohammad Affianian: As Iranian businesses were reeling from the previous round of US sanctions — scrapped as part of…
How Europe’s forthcoming SPV can help Iran fight inflation
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Europe has yet to launch its special purpose vehicle (SPV) to support trade with Iran and…