CBC - The real reason the Liberal government hasn't been able to re-establish relations with Iran is due to its adherence to a "stupid" Canadian law allowing the seizure of Iranian assets, says Canada's recently expelled ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Dennis Horak, who was expelled from Saudi Arabia in August after its rulers were incensed by a tweet ...

IFP - An Italian appeal court has rejected a lawsuit by the US that called for the seizure of $5 billion worth of Iranian assets in Italy, in a second win for Tehran in its legal battle against the US this month. Following continuous efforts by the lawyer of the Central Bank of Iran in Italy, an order to [temporarily] freeze the CBI assets in Rome ...

Tasnim- Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia rejected a claim by a member of the parliament that Canada has ordered a freeze on $13 million in assets of Iran. No confiscation of Iranian assets has occurred in Canada, Tayyebnia said in an open session of the parliament on Monday, after an MP criticized the Economy Ministrys inaction on what he ...

Tasnim Valiollah Seif, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), said a Luxembourg court responsible for freezing $1.6 billion of Iranian assets in the European country has not issued a final verdict on the case yet. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on the sidelines of a cabinet session on Wednesday, Seif pointed to a freeze on $1.6 billion ...