Director-General of the Department of Arms Control of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Fu Cong called on the United States to lift illegal sanctions against Iran. Fu made the remarks addressing the Tenth Review Conference of Parties to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. "We need to adhere to the direction of political settlement ...

In a move that contradicted its stated policy of returning to the 2015 Iran deal, the Biden administration imposed new sanctions against Iran allegedly targeting foreign firms facilitating Iranian oil sales. The sanctions came at a time when the Biden administration while refraining from making political decisions to conclude talks over reviving ...

Reuters - Iran said on Wednesday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of escalating economic pressure on ordinary Iranians by ordering a major increase in sanctions on the Islamic republic, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted. Escalating US economic WAR on Iranians, ??@realDonaldTrump? ordered SoT to substantially increase sanctions against ...

Reuters - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had ordered Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to substantially increase sanctions imposed on Iran, amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran. He did not give details on the move, which follows weekend attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia that some U.S. officials blamed ...

IRNA - The head of Iranian Space Agency Morteza Barari stressed the absolutely peaceful nature of Iran's space programs and said the US sanctions against the agency will in no way affect their progress and development. Tuesday night, the US Treasury announced that it had sanctioned Iran's Space Agency, the Iranian Aerospace Research Institute, and ...

Press TV - The United States has imposed sanctions on an Iranian shipping network several tankers, companies and insurance firms -- accusing it of supplying millions of barrels of oil to Syria. The US Treasury Department announced the illegal sanctions on Wednesday on 16 entities, 10 people, including a former Iranian oil minister, and 11 vessels,...

IRNA - Iranian Space Agency in a stance against the US sanctions on three organizations related to Iran space industry said in a statement that the US hostile actions will not disrupt Iran's space programs. This is a US effort to prevent developing countries and emerging countries fromtechnology breakthroughs in the field of space activities....

IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that the US is now excessively employs its economic power to tighten sanctions but this will backfire and cripple its own economy. The Americans are addicted to sanctions. They have no effects and little by little the world will start to ridicule Washington for that, Zarif told reporters ...

MNA Iranian Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi reacted to a recent decision by the United States on targeting the Islamic Republic's space program with new sanctions. The ICT Minister posted a photo of the galaxy on his Twitter account on Wednesday and wrote, I cant even locate the US in this picture,...

Press TV - The United States has imposed new sanctions on Iran this time to target its space program. The administration of US President Donald Trump introduced the illegal sanctions Tuesday as Washington continued its campaign of maximum pressure against Tehran and, seeking rise in tensions in the region. The countrys space program and two of ...

Press TV - The US has imposed sanctions on seven companies along with three individuals it claims helped procure materials for Irans nuclear program. Treasury is taking action to shut down an Iranian nuclear procurement network that leverages Chinese- and Belgium-based front companies to acquire critical nuclear, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin ...

Reuters - President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions on Iran would be increased substantially soon, as the U.N. nuclear watchdog held an emergency meeting at Washingtons request to weigh Tehrans breach of a nuclear deal. Trump also accused Iran of secretly enriching uranium for a long time but offered no evidence, and Iran said ...

Sputnik - As relations between Washington and Tehran have been nosediving for over a year now, after Trump, an avid critic of the Iran nuclear deal, abruptly pulled out of the accord and re-imposed economics sanctions, on Monday the US imposed a new batch of sanctions against Iran, targeting, in particular, the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei....

MNA Chairman of Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mojtaba Zonnour said that US' repetitive measures against Iran including its latest sanctions are utterly ineffective and futile. They have sanctioned Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, which is, according to international laws, impossible, he said,...

Tasnim Leader of Iraqs National Wisdom Movement Seyed Ammar al-Hakim blasted the US government for blacklisting the office of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, whom he hailed as the spiritual leader of millions of world Muslims. David Schenker, the Assistant Secretary of Near Eastern Affairs at the US State Department ...

MNA Iran-US crisis can be resolved via holding talks [but] how can Iran accept negotiations under sanctions? The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asked in a joint news conference with his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Moscow. Underlining Russia s emphasis on reducing international and regional tensions, he urged ...

IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the US anti-Iran measures as "confrontational and provocative," saying Washington's new sanctions on office of the Leader was insult to the "entire Iranian nation." " , the imposition of sanctions on Iranian leadership has been an additional insult by the United States against the entire Iranian ...

IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that putting name of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and individuals linked to his office on the list of sanctions indicates that they are totally unfamiliar with international norms. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the ceremony marking Day of Africa,...

Al-Monitor - "The White House is suffering from mental disability," said enraged Iranian PresidentHassan RouhaniJune 25in response tonewUS sanctionstargetingthe Islamic Republic's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other senior Iranian officials. The punitive measures were approved by PresidentDonald Trumpas "a strong and proportionate ...

Tasnim Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Hossein Salami slammed the new sanctions that the US has imposed on a number of top IRGC officials as an evidence of utter frustration and resentment at the downing of an American spy drone by Iranian forces. In comments on Wednesday, Major General Salami said the White Houses ...