U.S. Department of the Treasury ha announced Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohenwill travel to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates regarding the implementation of sanctions against Iran. Cohen is traveling to Turkey and the UAE this week to discuss the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) agreed to by the ...

David Cohen, US Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, recommended that the authorities cooperate with Iran carefully, RIA Novosti reports. He reminded that only a small portion of sanctions against Iran had been lifted, adding that Iran was allowed to export only petroleum products, not crude oil. Iran will also ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Companies should "hold off" doing business in Iran because many of the sanctions against the country are still in place despite an interim nuclear deal, the top U.S. Treasury official warned Monday. Speaking in Turkey, which is looking to expand business opportunities with its neighbor Iran, David Cohen,the U.S. secretary for ...

Jan 27 (Reuters) - Turkey's state-owned Halkbank is expected to continue processing payments for Iranian oil imports toTurkey, U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen said on Monday. "Halkbank has for some time been involved in handling oil payments for importing oil fromIranintoTurkeyand we expect that to continue," David Cohen, Undersecretary for ...

The head of an Iranian think thank has censured Washingtons cruel sanctions against Iran, calling on the US Treasury to adopt a logical approach towards Tehran. In a letter to US Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen, Chairman of Middle East Commercial and Economic Research and Studies Center Hossein Sadr said the US-...

The U.S. wants to makeIrans currency useless in global commerce through an executive order that gives financial institutions a July 1 deadline to stop dealing in rials or face sanctions, Treasury officialDavid Cohensaid. PresidentBarack Obamaissued theorderJune 3, and the purpose of the one-month phase-in period is to give financial institutions currently ...

Iran news headlines on Tuesday include US expansion of economic sanctions onIrans currency and auto industry; supreme leader calling on candidate avoidingconcessionsto West; Iran commemoration of24th anniversary of Imam Khomeinis passing;countrysummoning Qatari envoy over terror allegation;Velayati urging Iran and France cooperation on Syria;U.S....

(Reuters) - A global network of private companies were blacklisted by the United States on Tuesday for providing revenue to the Iranian government and helping Tehran evade international sanctions on its nuclear program, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The move targets 37 companies spread across the world, fromIranto Croatia,Germanyand South Africa,...

The U.S. is trying to stop the gold rush to Iran in a bid to undermine the Islamic Republic's plummeting currency, but critics say the move is more likely to hurt ordinary citizens than the rogue regime's leadership. A top Treasury Department official told lawmakers that, starting July 1, the U.S. plans to crack down on all transfers of gold to the ...

Sanctions imposed against Iran are hurting the Islamic Republics ability to support its regional allies Hezbollah and the Syrian government, U.S. Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen told Al Arabiya this week. In an interviewed aired on Saturday, Cohen said pressure on Iran was growing. The sanctions on Iran are ...

Congressional leaders prodded theObamaadministration Wednesday to tighten the squeeze on Irans economy, saying that even last years dramatic sanctions against Iranian banks and oil companies werent enough to stop the Islamic republics nuclear advances. Ata Senate hearingon Iran,lawmakers called for new curbs on Tehrans ability to sell oil or obtain ...

AFP -The US is aiming to block gold sales to Iranians to boost pressure on the rial currency, as it steps up sanctions over the country's alleged nuclear weapons program, officials said Wednesday. Top officials of the US Treasury and State Department said in Congressional testimony that sanctions were having a deep impact on Tehran, interrupting oil ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is looking at new ways to pressure Iran over its nuclear program. The State Department's nuclear negotiator with Iran, Wendy Sherman, and the Treasury Department's sanctions chief, David Cohen, are telling Congress that the U.S. is exploring different ways to press Tehran into making nuclear concessions....

(Reuters) - The United States has blacklisted two companies it says helpedIranevade sanctions on oil sales and slapped penalties on four Tehran-based firms it says helped the Islamic Republic enrich uranium, the latest efforts to pressure Iran's nuclear program. "As long asIrantries to evade our sanctions, we will continue to expose their deceptive ...

[caption id="attachment_24524" align="alignright" width="300"] U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen leaves after a meeting with South Korea's nuclear envoy Lim Sung-Nam at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul March 20, 2013.[/caption] ANKARA, April 12 (Reuters) - An Iranian businessman named by the United ...

[caption id="attachment_24524" align="alignright" width="300"] U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen leaves after a meeting with South Korea's nuclear envoy Lim Sung-Nam at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul March 20, 2013.[/caption] (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday slapped financial penalties ...

US Treasury sanctions chief David Cohen will travel toAsianext week to discuss the implementation of sanctions against North Korea andIran, the Treasury Department said Friday. Cohen, the under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, will meet with senior government officials and private-sector leaders inJapan,South KoreaandChinaon his ...

AFP -The United States sent its top sanctions official on a four-country tour this week as it seeks to bolster support of international economic sanctions against Iran and Syria. David Cohen, Treasury under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, is visiting Iraq, Israel, Turkey and Britain for talks with government officials and members ...

In aninterview with BBC Persian, Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen says that his departments assessment is that reports published regardingserious and extensive shortages of medicine in Iranare exaggerated. He thinks the government of Iran is trying to portray a manageable problem as bigger than it really ...

Irannews headlines on Monday include Irantest-firing missilesin naval drill; Huawei technologies accusation ofoffering embargoed HP gear to Iran;Ahmadinejad criticizing pressure to impose Islamic valueson people;U.S. Treasury Department Undersecretary David Cohen remarks overIran intentions on resolution over its nuclear program; Iranian police officialsannouncementon ...