TEHRAN, Mar 01 - The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on six Venezuelan security officials for blocking Washington-supplied aid to the Latin American country.
TEHRAN, Feb 22 - Iran continues to comply with the restrictions on its nuclear activities under a 2015 deal it signed with major global powers, a report by the UN nuclear agency says, even as the United States re-imposed sanctions against Tehran.
TEHRAN, Feb 18 - The US has prevented a UN agency from improving civil aviation in North Korea while Pyongyang is trying to reopen part of its airspace to foreign flights, three sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters.
TEHRAN, Feb 16 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the United States has been “stealing” billions of dollars from the Latin American country through sanctions and offering “crumbs” in return as humanitarian aid.
TEHRAN, Feb 02 -Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has downplayed the effect that US sanctions might have on Iran’s economy, saying that the restrictive measures will have no influence on Iran’s relations with the world.
TEHRAN, Jan 28 - The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on three major Russian firms in defiance of a Democratic-led push in the US Congress to maintain the restrictions.
TEHRAN, Jan 26 - Iran has strongly censured France for threatening to impose new sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its missile program, vowing to reconsider its relations with European countries in case such bans are imposed.
TEHRAN, Jan 15 - The Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar, reported on Wednesday that Lebanon’s embassy in Washington sent a confidential cable to the Lebanese authorities in which it rejects inviting Syria to the Arab Economic Summit scheduled to be held in Beirut on January 19 and 20.
TEHRAN, Jan 9 - Iran’s dramatic currency depreciation has had beneficiaries, foremost in its burgeoning steel industry which has seen exports remain steady despite the new US sanctions.
TEHRAN, Jan 5 - The United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia are looking for ways to challenge Iran’s influence and Washington’s campaign of sanctions against Tehran helps them fulfill that objective, an American analyst says.
TEHRAN, December 02 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says actions taken by the United States in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr are “illegitimate.”
TEHRAN, November 28- Japanese buyers will seek an extension of the waiver from US sanctions on Iranian oil imports after the initial 180-day exemption is over, the Petroleum Association of Japan (PAJ) said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, November 24 - Iran says the US sanctions against the country are a "humiliation to all international community," calling for a "collective response" to Washington's unilateralism to uphold the rule of law and prevent the US from undermining diplomacy.
TEHRAN, November 17 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has expressed his delight at the current visit by Iraqi President Barham Salih and his accompanying delegation to Tehran, saying Iran and Iraq are committed to win-win cooperation.
TEHRAN, November 13 -Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the “oppressive” US sanctions will only harm the Iranian people, giving assurances that the country will prevail over the restrictive measures and will continue to sell its oil.
TEHRAN, November 11 -Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi says sanctions will fail to stop the country's progress in different fields.
TEHRAN, November 06 -Russia would consider any new chemical weapons-related sanctions imposed by the United States to be illegal, a Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, October 31 - Iran foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the international community has been withstanding the US-led sanctions against Iran, while the neighboring and European nations in particular, have demonstrated a good resistance against Washington's unilateral actions.