TCCIMA chairman: Sanctions should be turned into opportunity
MNA – Chairman of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Masoud Khansari said on Tuesday that sanctions should be…
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South Korea intends to maintain trade with Iran: Ambassador
Tasnim – South Korean ambassador to Tehran H.E. Ryu Jeong-Hyun told Tasnim that his country intends to keep its economic ties with…
Europe facing ‘huge pressure’ from US over Iran trade channel – French minister
Reuters – European powers are facing huge pressure from the United States to drop its proposed trade channel with Iran and it…
Iranian medical academy writes to UN about ‘unjust’ US sanctions
Press TV – The Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran has written to the UN to complain about the illegal sanctions imposed by the US…
Afghanistan halts oil products imports from Iran
MNA – Afghan officials halted imports of oil products from Iran as of May 12, 2019. Afghanistan pulled down its imports of…
Oil rises as OPEC signals continued cuts and US threatens Iran
Bloomberg – Oil rose after Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ members signaled their intention to keep supplies constrained, while U.S. President Donald…
Trump says interested only in economic ‘invasions’ amid escalation with Iran
Sputnik – US President Donald Trump has said in an interview with Fox News that the only sphere where he wants to…
Sanctions on Iran, part of US-Israeli war
IRNA – The sanctions imposed on Iran is part of the Zionist-American war against the region and because Iran is the founder…
Envoy stresses Turkey’s strong will to continue trade with Iran despite US sanctions
MNA – The Turkish Ambassador to Iran Derya Ors says that Turkey’s will to continue trade with Iran despite the risk of…
Iran oil sanctions and energy security
SHANA | Heshmatollah Razavi: Today, May 19, Saudi Arabia hosts a meeting of OPEC+ monitoring committee to review oil market trends and…
Soaring oil prices cast shadow on US ahead of Opec meeting
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: In November 2018, Donald Trump tweeted: “Oil prices getting lower … a tax cut for America and…
To contain Iran, Trump’s newest line in the sand looks a lot like Obama’s
The New York Times | David E. Sanger: Pressed this week to define President Trump’s goals in escalating military and economic pressure…
China restarts purchases of Iranian oil, bucking Trump’s sanctions
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: On the same day that Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif traveled to Beijing for talks on…
NIOC to market 2mb of light crude oil at IRENEX on May. 21
SHANA – The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has planned to supply 2 million barrels of light crude oil on the international…
Iran urges China, Russia ‘Concrete Actions’ to save nuclear deal
Bourse and Bazaar | Poornima Weerasekara: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday urged China and Russia to take “concrete actions” to…
Iran changes tactics, destinations on oil exports, maritime official says
Reuters – Iran has adopted new tactics and new destinations in shipping its oil exports following the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions, a…
Iran slams US sanctions impact on UNIDO members
IRNA – Iranian diplomat criticized the impact of US unilateral and illegitimate sanctions against some members of the United Nations Industrial Development…
Strengthening Iran-Turkey ties concurrent with US sanctions
IRNA – Iran and Turkey, in the current situation, have good capacities to increase trade volumes, and the US aggressive discourse and…
Austrian president labels US sanctions against Iran as provocation
TASS – Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen dubs as a provocation a new round of US anti-Iranian sanctions after Washington’s withdrawal…
Tanker unloads Iranian fuel oil at China port after near five-month trek – data
Reuters – A tanker carrying Iranian fuel oil in violation of U.S. sanctions has unloaded the cargo into storage tanks near the…
Rouhani says US bans on Iranian nation ‘crime against humanity’
Press TV – President Hassan Rouhani says the US’ sanctions against the Iranian nation are a “crime against humanity” as they have effectively…
IEA cuts oil-demand forecast, but sees market tightening on Iran
Bloomberg | Grant Smith: Global oil demand will grow more slowly than previously thought following an economic lull in Asia, the International…
Iranian heavy crude oil price rises $4.35 per barrel in April: OPEC
MNA – Iranian heavy oil price increased $4.35, according to OPEC’s latest monthly report to reach $68.5 in April. As the same…
US looms large as South Korea buys more Iran oil
Press TV – South Korea’s imports of Iranian crude oil rose 17% to 353,223 barrels per day (bpd) in April, government data…
Rouhani: We’ll definitely pass this stage with resistance, steadfastness
MNA –The Iranian president Hassan Rouhani referred to the United States’ decision to stop Iran’s oil exports and disrupting non-oil exports, as…
Tehran officially halts some nuclear deal commitments – Reports
Sputnik – Iran announced the suspension of certain commitments under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), also known as the…
US pressure on Iran to yield no result: Putin
MNA – The escalation of US pressure on Iran will be futile, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday. According to…
Iran’s resistance economy is kicking in
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Farzaneh Sharafbafi, the first-ever female CEO of Iran Air, has just lost her job, a victim…
US sanctions leave Iran’s papers short of ink
Bourse and Bazaar | Golnar Motevalli: A lack of headlines is making headlines in Iran. The economic hardship triggered by a year…
Iran boosting gas exports to Iraq
Tasnim – An Iranian official said the exports of natural gas to Iraq are growing steadily and are expected to hit 40…
Will China play a role in lessening US pressure on Iran?
Al-Monitor | Mohsen Shariatinia: Amid the Trump administration’s all-time high pressure on Iran, manifested in its decision not to extend sanctions waivers…
India to decide on resuming Iranian oil buy after elections – government source
Reuters – India told Iran on Tuesday it will decide on its oil imports after elections end this month, in line with…
Iran and the US: Still possible to escape the worst and work for the best
LobeLog | Francois Nicoullaud: The U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)— could be an ill-advised,…
US bans Chinese, Pakistani firms from exporting sensitive tech amid Iran tension
Sputnik – The ban comes amid intensifying tensions between the United States and Iran that started after the US withdrew from the…
Iranian veep: Resistance will neutralize hostile pressures
Tasnim – Iran’s vice president for economic affairs urged national unity in the face of US sanctions, stressing that resistance will disappoint…
Chabahar port exempted from US sanctions
IRNA – US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells announced the US approval…
US sanctions cut deep, but Iran seems unlikely to budge
The New York Times | Vivian Yee: When Iran’s president on Saturday compared the country’s economic distress under hardening American sanctions to…
Deal in danger: on Iran and nuclear deal
The Hindu – Iran’s decision to reduce its commitments under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, which sought to curtail its…
Rouhani: Iran may face conditions harder than 1980s war with Iraq
Al Jazeera – President Hassan Rouhani has called for unity among Iran’s political factions to overcome conditions which he said may be…
Only 1 Indian client of Iran takes up extra Saudi oil for June – sources
Reuters – Only one Indian buyer of Iranian oil has taken up Saudi Arabia’s offer of additional oil to make up for…