Defying US sanctions, Iran boosts gasoil sales to neighbors
Reuters – Iran is relying on its neighbouring countries to sell a surplus of gasoil it has created at home due to…
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US Treasury Dept will allow 90-day wind-down period for fresh Iran sanctions
Reuters – The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it would allow for a 90-day period to wind down transactions in certain…
The real losers of Trump’s Iran strategy are the long-suffering Iranian middle classes
Euronews | Charlotte Phillips: Looking at Iran today, it’s hard to believe that less than two months ago the streets of cities…
‘Wanton threats solve nothing’: China blasts ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ of US sanctions
RT – Beijing has called on Washington to cease its arbitrary use of unilateral sanctions and to settle disputes with foreign nations…
Traders dismiss US bans enacted after flare-up of tensions with Iran
Press TV – Iranian traders say a new round of American sanctions enacted following a recent flare-up of tensions between the two…
Iran condemns new US sanctions
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman strongly condemned the new sanctions that the US has imposed on Iranian individuals and industries. In…
Trump administration imposes new sanctions on Iran
Press TV – The administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed new sanctions on Iran targeting the country’s metals sector and…
Iran’s UN envoy dismisses any cooperation with Trump amid sanctions: IRNA
Reuters – Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations dismissed as “unbelievable” what he said was President Donald Trump’s call for cooperation given…
Additional Iran-related sanctions by US may have little impact, sanctions experts say
The Wall Street Journal | Mengqi Sun: Policy analysts say more sanctions might not pressure Iran to come to a negotiated solution…
Iran to overcome bans hampering medicine procurement: Jahangiri
MNA – Iran’s First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri says the government is exerting every effort to reduce the negative impacts of the US…
Iran opens truck production plant after Germans leave
Press TV – Iran has opened a heavy-duty truck manufacturing plant that will employ 5,000 people at full production, official news agency…
German trade with Iran continues to shrink due to US sanctions
Asharq Al-awsat English – German trade with Iran has continued to shrink with Iran due to the crushing economic sanctions imposed by…
Iran’s Rouhani under fire over ‘peace time’ promises
Al-Monitor – “I made those [election campaign] promises during the peace time, but we later entered a state of war, one which…
Health minister complains to WHO over US restrictions on Iran’s access to medicine, medical equipment
FNA – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki in a letter to Secretary General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom blasted…
Rouhani says sanctions have cost Iran $200 billion in revenues
Radio Farda – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said that Iran has lost $200 billion during the past two years as a…
More sanctions on Iran are coming in 2020, State Department says
CNBC – State Department officials said Monday that the maximum pressure campaign on Iran will intensify in 2020, as the U.S. seeks…
President Rouhani: This is a wartime situation
Press TV – President Hassan Rouhani says the era of pressure and sanctions against the Iranian nation will sooner or later be…
Has Iran found a way around US sanctions on aircraft deals?
Forbes | Dominic Dudley: Iran is due to receive three Airbus planes in the “very near future”, according to the country’s transport…
Turkey’s Halkbank fails to halt US prosecution for aiding Iran
Reuters – A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected a request by Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank to put on hold a federal…
Iran says steel industry growing after US turns up sanctions heat
Press TV – Iran’s industrial metals, specifically steel, are the latest target in the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign, but officials say…
Iran not the only country subjected to US pressure campaign: Rouhani
Press TV – President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is not the only nation that is bearing the brunt of the economic woes…
Iran tourist arrivals up by %30 each year since US sanctions enacted: VP
Press TV – The number of international visitors to Iran has surged for the past two calendar years despite a series of…
Rouhani claims US sanctions will pass
Al-Monitor – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has suggested his country believes the US economic sanctions and pressure on the Islamic Republic will…
Iran not to forget true friends in hard times: Spokesman
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi highlighted the country’s strategic relations with Russia and China and said the Islamic…
Azeri official says Baku not to join any sanctions against its neighbors
IRNA — Azeri Chairman of the Committee on International Relations of the National Assembly said on Monday that Baku will not join…
US has no choice but to abandon ‘maximum pressure’: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that US sanctions and pressures on Iran are transient and Washington will soon be forced…
Rep. Ilhan Omar leads call on Trump administration to reduce Iran sanctions
Vosizneias – Seventeen members of Congress, led by Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), sent a…
US sanctions against Iran are a ‘reckless addiction’: Iran foreign minister
Reuters – U.S. sanctions against Iran are a “reckless addiction” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet on Sunday.…
Iran: Defense Ministry strengthening collaborations with automakers
Financial Tribune – With US sanctions taking a harsh toll on Iranian car companies, the Defense Ministry has extended help to the…
Bullion beats sanctions: Muslim states may switch to gold & barter trade
RT – Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and Qatar are looking into using gold and barter for trade to shield themselves from any future…
Iran to receive 3 new Airbus passenger planes soon
MNA – Iranian road minister informed on Sunday that three new Airbus planes will be added to the country’s air fleet. Mohammad…
Pres. Rouhani: Japan proposes new way to evade US sanctions against Iran
MNA – Referring to Japan’s willingness to continue their cooperation with Iran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Japanese officials proposed a way…
Muslim countries reveal how they will tackle US sanctions threat
Sputnik – Earlier this week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the Muslim world to join forces and take measures to get rid…
Muslim nations consider gold, barter trade to beat sanctions
Reuters – Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and Qatar are considering trading among themselves in gold and through a barter system as a hedge…
Poles help stranded Iranian lorry driver
AFP – An Iranian driver who was stranded after his lorry broke down in Poland received a helping hand from locals who…
Iran needs humanitarian aid. Trump should help
Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: It was the smallest of gestures, and might easily have been missed if it wasn’t for the identities…
Rouhani visits Japan as US seeks to cut off Iran’s exports
Bloomberg | Isabel Reynolds and Emi Nobuhiro: Hassan Rouhani paid the first visit by an Iranian president to Japan in 19 years, just…
Switzerland to open trade channel with Iran in very near future: Businesswoman
Press TV – A senior Iranian businesswoman says that Switzerland will soon open its special humanitarian channel with Iran to facilitate trade with…
Dr M OK with Iran’s cryptocurrency proposal for Muslim nations
Free Malaysia Today – Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad is agreeable to Iran’s suggestion on using cryptocurrency as an alternative to the…
Europeans to toughen up Iran stance but shy away from sanctions – diplomats
Reuters – European parties to the Iran nuclear deal are likely to trigger a dispute resolution process in January to force Tehran…