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US sanctions Chinese oil buyer over alleged Iran violations
Reuters – The United States has sanctioned Chinese state-run energy company Zhuhai Zhenrong Co Ltd for allegedly violating restrictions imposed on Iran’s…
Iran strongly stands up to bullying: 1st VP
IRNA – First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said Tuesday that Iran honors that it has always stood up to the bullying and maintained…
No country can replace Iran’s oil, says min. Zanganeh
MNA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum, Bijan Zanganeh, stressed that neither Saudi Arabia nor the UAE nor any other country can ever…
No worries over fuel supply, senior official says
Tehran Times – Iran doesn’t have any problems regarding production and supply of gasoline and gasoil despite the U.S. sanctions, Press TV…
Two Iranian cargo ships stranded in Brazil without fuel due to US sanctions: report
MNA – Two Iranian vessels have been stuck for weeks at Brazilian ports due to lack of fuel, which state-run oil firm…
China urges US to stop pressures on Iran
IRNA – A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson referred to the US pressures on Iran as escalating tensions in the region and urged…
EU, Iran try to stand ground against Trump’s sanctions
Al-Monitor | Hamed A. Kermani: When Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi announced July 7 that Iran would surpass…
‘NIGC moving toward complete self-sufficiency in face of sanctions’
Tehran Times – Saied Pakseresht, director of research and technology at National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), said the company is nearly self-sufficient…
US sanctions greatest threat to sustainable development of Iran, neighbors
MNA – In his address to the UN Economic and Social Council meeting Wed. the Iranian foreign minister said that US extraterritorial…
Iranian diplomats, families living in New York face US travel curbs
Reuters – The United States has tightly restricted the travel of more than a dozen Iranian diplomats and their families living in…
Zarif: Nice statements do not provide economic benefit for Iran
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister says nice statements by Europeans do not provide economic benefit for Iranians. Zarif made the remarks in…
Zarif says while in US, he is allowed to be in only 3 buildings
MNA – The Iranian foreign minister has tweeted that while he is in the American city of New York to attend a…
UN concerned by US curbs on Iranian foreign minister while in New York
Reuters – The United Nations told the United States it is concerned by tight travel restrictions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…
Iran to sell oil anyway but will never sell its dignity
MNA – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says that Iran will find ways to sell its oil anyway, but the…
US’ limitations on Zarif in NY won’t affect his work plan: FM spox
MNA – Following the imposition of restrictions on Foreign Minister Zarif’s commutes in New York by the US administration, Iranian Foreign Ministry…
Iran ready for talks if sanctions lifted, bullying behaviour abandoned: Rouhani
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says that if the United States lifts the sanctions and ends its bullying behavior, Iran is…
US has failed on every path taken against Iran: Rouhani
Press TV – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the United States has failed on every path it has taken against Iran. President…
Iranian MPs to hold special meeting on motions to counteract US sanctions
Tasnim – The Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission plans to hold a special meeting in coming days about motions…
US will not blacklist Iran’s foreign minister, for now
Reuters – The United States has decided not to impose sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for now, two sources…
Tension to end only when economic terrorism against Iranian nation ends: Zarif
MNA – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says that the tension in the region will end only when the economic…
Iran’s currency begins to shrug off Trump’s ‘battle rial’
Bourse & Bazar – Over the last 18 months, the Iranian rial has lost nearly 70 percent of its value, hammered by…
Trump administration may use patriot act to target Iran humanitarian trade
Bourse & Bazar – The Trump administration has imposed successive rounds of economic sanctions targeting nearly all productive sectors of Iran’s economy.…
China and Iran working to evade sanctions from the US
In Home Land Security – When international sanctions are levied against an individual, government or nation-state, there are enforcement mechanisms to go…
Iran, France discuss achieving US economic war on Iran
IRNA – Deputy Foreign Minister for political affairs Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said in a meeting with Emmanuel Bonne, French president’s senior diplomatic…
US sanctions driven illegal exports of Iranian-made drugs overseas
MNA – Head of Iran Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) Mohammadrez Shanehsaz said on Wed. that US imposition of sanctions against Iran…
Syrian amb. says Iran-Syria coop. necessary to fight US economic war
MNA – Syrian ambassador to Tehran said that Iran’s position on US sanctions shows its stability and authority, adding that it is…
Russia to continue trade with Iran regardless of US sanctions against Tehran: envoy to EU
MNA – Russia will ignore US sanctions against Iran and continue to trade with Iran without creating any special mechanisms, Russian Permanent…
Knowledge, science, technology unsanctionable
MNA – Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami said that the brutal and anti-human rights sanctions of the US have…
Iran sanctions not because of weapons, but science: IRGC Cmdr
IRNA – Economic sanctions on Iran are not because of military weapons; they are set to prevent Iran from progress in science,…
Iran didn’t ask for this crisis, but it won’t stand for Trump’s bullying
The Guardian | Hossein Mousavian: In May 2018, the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which…
Oil Minister Zanganeh says hopeful Iran’s oil exports will improve: TV
Reuters – Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Sunday that he was very hopeful of an improvement in the country’s crude…
Iran urges France to help end sanctions for ‘new dynamics’ with Europe
IRNA – Iran says removal of all economic sanctions can usher in new dynamics with the signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal. …
Increase in uranium stockpile due to US ban on exports
MNA – Chairman of Parliament’s national security commission said the increase in Iran’s uranium stockpile and heavy water is due to US’…
US denies German-Iranian father visa needed to attend son’s funeral
Deutsche Welle – The US consulate accused a German-Iranian father of using his late son’s funeral as an excuse to migrate to…
India says to continue trade with Iran despite US threats
MNA – India’s government asserted on Wednesday that it has no plans to halt trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran despite…
US weighing extension of Iran oil waiver after China’s defiance
Press TV – The US State Department is seriously considering using an Obama-era loophole to allow China to import oil from Iran,…
US sanctions clear example of economic terrorism
MNA – Iranian Deputy Minister of Justice Mahmoud Abbassi has described the US sanctions as in violation of countries’ rights to economic…
”Maximum pressure” campaign fails to kill off Iran’s oil exports
Oil Price | Nick Cunningham: U.S.-Iran tensions are once again heating up, even as Iran has so far managed to stabilize oil…
Iran: Renewables viable in summer
Financial Tribune – When thermal and combined-cycle power plants cannot meet the high electricity demand during the peak hours of summer when…