US lifts sanctions on 3 former Iranian officials, 2 companies
Washington announced on Thursday it had removed sanctions on three former Iranian officials and two companies that previously traded Iranian petrochemicals, a…
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US sanctions companies for allegedly supporting Iranian petrochemical company
VOA – The United States has sanctioned several companies for allegedly allowing the shipment and sale of Iranian petrochemicals. Six companies headquartered…
US imposes sanctions on companies operating in Iran’s metals sector
Reuters – The United States on Thursday blacklisted four companies in Iran’s metals sector, as well as one German and three Emirati…
US sets plan to expand sanctions on tankers, in bid to pressure Venezuela
The Wall Street Journal | Ian Talley & Bradley Hope: The Trump administration, expanding an effort to choke off oil and fuel…
Foreign Ministry deplores US for blocking website of Iranian newspaper
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned the United States’ hawkish move to block and seize the official domain name of Iranian…
US’s Treasury Dept. blocks, seizes website of ‘Iran’ newspaper
Press TV – The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has, in an arbitrary move, blocked and seized the…
Speaker’s advisor raps US for blocking supply of anti-coronavirus medical equipment to Iran
FNA – Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian blasted the US for lies about suspending sanctions which had…
Treasury Department makes unprecedented Iran sanctions move
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: On Thursday, Swiss authorities announced that they had processed a pilot transaction through the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement (SHTA),…
US opens channel to provide humanitarian assistance to Iran
Bloomberg | Saleha Mohsin: The U.S. announced it has opened a banking channel via Switzerland to provide humanitarian aid to Iran, nearly…
The unbearable hypocrisy of US sanctions on Iran
FNA – On November 22nd of last year, the US government announced it would impose sanctions on Iran’s information minister for his…
Website of Iran’s Fars news agency blocked by US Treasury
Press TV – Iran’s Fars news agency says its website has been blocked after the US Treasury Department blacklisted the media group.…
US imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions on two people, six companies
Reuters – The United States on Thursday said it blacklisted two companies based in Hong Kong, one in Shanghai and one in…
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…
Treasury will grant waivers to allow US participation in Iran crash probe
Reuters – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday the department will grant sanction waivers to allow Americans or any one…
US charges Indonesian executive, 3 firms with illegal sales to Iran’s Mahan Air – Treasury
Sputnik – An Indonesian businessmen and three companies based in Indonesia face charges over the procurement of US-made goods for Iran’s Mahan…
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…
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,…