US targets Iranian top Leader’s inner circle with new sanctions
Reuters – The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on nine people close to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, including his…
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US moves to further isolate Iran from global financial system
The Wall Street Journal | Ian Talley: The Trump administration moved on Friday to further isolate Iran from the global financial system…
New Trump Admin channel for Iran humanitarian trade comes with a killer catch
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: The Treasury Department has announced that it will operationalize a financial channel to ease humanitarian trade…
US eases regulations blocking food, medicine sales to Iran
AP — The U.S. is taking steps to ease sales of food and medicine to Iran amid stringent sanctions imposed on the…
US shoots itself in foot by sanctioning Iran oil buyers
Press TV – Data from November trade shows rates for shipping US oil to Asia hit more than a three-year high amid…
‘US pursuing maximum pressure against Iran despite Bolton removal: Mnuchin
Press TV – US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Washington will press ahead with its campaign of “maximum pressure” against Iran, even…
Iranian bitcoin users are already being affected by new US sanctions
CoinDesk | Leigh Cuen: On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that two bitcoin addresses tied to…
Iran bank rejects US claims of illegal money transfer to Iraq
Press TV – The Bank Melli Iran (BMI) has dismissed a claim by US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) that…
US Treasury imposes “cyber-related” sanctions on two Iranians
MNA – The United States imposed “cyber-related” sanctions on two Iranians, according to a notice posted on the US Treasury website on…
US Treasury hits Hezbollah in Iraq with sanctions
RT – The US Treasury expanded its attack on Hezbollah’s financial network on Tuesday, hitting key representatives of the Lebanese militant group…
US Treasury in talks over disconnecting Iran from SWIFT amid sanctions
Sputnik – While Mnuchin insisted that the United States wants to ensure that sanctioned transactions with Tehran “do not occur” through SWIFT…
US imposes new sanctions targeting Iran banks, companies
Press TV – The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on a number of Iranian banks and financial institutions as well as…
JPMorgan to pay $5.26Mln to settle Cuba, Iran sanctions breach – US Treasury
Sputnik – JPMorgan Chase Bank has agreed to pay penalties of more than $5.26 million to settle over 87 violations of US…
US Treasury Department has turned into war room against Iran
MNA– Iranian First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri said that the United States’ Department of Treasury has become the war room against Iran’s economy.…
US Sanctions Iran’s Mahan Tourism Company
IRNA — The United States has sanctioned Malaysia-based Mahan Travel and Tourism Company for its links to Iran’s airline Mahan Air, the…
ATR seeking new export license to deliver remaining Iranian aircraft
MNA – Franco-Italian passenger aircraft manufacturer, ATR, confirmed that it is seeking new export license from the US Treasury Department to allow…
US slaps new sanctions on entities working with Iran airlines
Press TV- The US has imposed new sanctions against nine Iranian and Turkish individuals and companies as well as a number of…
Iran FM: US not respecting int’l commitments
IRNA – Foreign Ministry in a statement blasted the US for re-imposing sanctions against Governor of Central Bank of Iran, and said…
US sanctions 10 Iranians for alleged cyber attacks
IRNA – Washington said on Friday that it has put the name of 10 Iranian individuals and one institute on its sanctions…
Putin on US Treasury ‘Kremlin List’: ‘Dogs bark but the caravan moves on’
RT– Russian President Vladimir Putin has weighed in on the US Treasury’s recently released ‘Kremlin List’, ironically noting that he was “offended”…
US blacklists 14 other Iranian individuals, entities
IRNA – US Department of the Treasury in an unfair and hostile move added 14 other Iranian individuals and entities to the…
US sanctions five firms tied to Iran’s missiles program
Press TV- The US has imposed sanctions on five Iranian companies it alleges are tied to the Islamic Republic’s development of ballistic…
Rezaei: US treasury waging secret full-scale war against Iran
MNA- Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council says that there is a special intelligence unit in the US Department of Treasury tasked…
Iran’s coverage: US Treasury blocks relief fundraising to Iran quake victims
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: US hindering humanitarian aids from reaching Iran No difference in which part…
Trump’s first positive move towards Iran deal implementation
IFP- Latest reports reveal that the US Department of the Treasury has permitted the Americans residing in Iran to, in case needed,…
US sanctions Iran after missile test
BBC– The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on Iran following its recent ballistic missile test. The US Treasury Department announced the measures…
US amends Anti-Iran sanctions to allow greater medical, agricultural export
Sputnik– The United States has amended sanctions against Iran to expand the scope of medical devices and agricultural commodities allowed for export,…
U.S. Treasury encourages Brazil trade with Iran – official
Reuters– Nov 23 The U.S. Treasury has reassured Brazilian banks they can finance trade with Iran without fear of sanctions, opening the…
US spokesman confirms Treasury Department’s license to Airbus
Tasnim – US State Department Spokesman John Kirby confirmed that the US Treasury Department has issued a license giving Airbus the green…
US says Iran rules don’t ease sanctions, but others disagree
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Saturday its new guidance for foreign companies doing business with Iran doesn’t ease remaining sanctions…
Iran’s coverage: US eases more sanctions against Iran after nuclear deal
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: US further eases Iran sanctions after nuclear deal The Obama administration is…
Iran says US to OK its plane purchases
Iran says it has been told that the US Treasury Department will approve licenses for global aviation giants such as Airbus and…
‘Next US admin. to OK Iran plane deals’
Speculations are rising in the media that Iran’s deals with global plane makers Airbus and Boeing may not be decided on by…
US behind Int’l banks’ hesitation to return to Iran market: Portuguese deputy FM
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Portugal’s deputy foreign minister said statements by the US Treasury Department on restoration of ties with Iranian banks are…
New US law could sanction Hezbollah ministers, MPs: Treasury
A US Treasury Department official says Lebanese officials who are members of the resistance movement Hezbollah could be sanctioned under a new…
Lawyers say OFAC not clearing Iran sanctions ambiguities
Criticisms are rising against the US Treasury Department for what lawyers say is its failure to clear up the ambiguity caused by…
MasterCard warned for violating Iran bans
The US Treasury Department has given a sanctions violation notice to the US payment system MasterCard over an alleged credit card cooperation…
US treasury secretary issues statement on JCPOA
Tehran, Oct 19, IRNA – Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew issued a statement on Monday on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action…
ISIS driving Toyotas a little too often, US Treasury wonders why
ISIS has many faults, but it sure knows a good car when it sees one. The US Treasury is now pressing Toyota…
US extends Iran sanctions relief for 3 days as nuclear talks continue
Temporary and limited sanctions relief on Iran has been extended for three days as international powers and Tehran try to reach a…