Friday, 31 July 2020_The US is currently working to expand the scope of Iran metals sanctions which relate to the country’s nuclear, military and ballistic missile programs, says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Thursday, 30 July 2020_Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari has denounced the Western economic sanctions against his country, saying the coercive measures are used as a pretext to keep up violations of Syrian sovereignty and support the terrorist groups wreaking havoc on the Arab country.
Saturday, 18 July 2020_Iran has successfully retaken an oil tanker wanted by the United States for allegedly skirting sanctions on the Islamic Republic, and now the vessel is located off the coast of the country near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Saturday, 18 July 2020_The EU's diplomatic chief on Friday attacked the US over its use of economic sanctions , after Washington opened the way to measures over Russia's controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Tuesday, 14 July 2020_China has reaffirmed its firm support for the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and five other world states, calling on the international community to put pressure on the US — which left the deal in 2018 — to abandon a hostile push to reinstate sanctions against Tehran and deal even more blows to the multilateral accord.
Friday, 10 July 2020_India has decided to receive a cargo of Venezuelan crude under a swap deal in the face of a US sanctions regime which has put the Latin American country in throes of a fuel crisis.
Tuesday, 07 July _The Iranian rial has regained some of its lost value after the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) governor announced the country would be able to access parts of its funds that have been blocked aboard because of US sanctions .
Tehran 06 July_Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has underlined Iran's achievements in ditching the US dollar, citing the country's use of barter system to ease up pressure caused by the illegal US sanctions .
Sunday, 05 July_The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says a new and more advanced shed will be built at Natanz nuclear facility to replace the one damaged in a recent incident.
Saturday, 04 July_US sanctions against Iran and Venezuela have failed in achieving Washington’s ultimate goal of overthrowing their governments and will never succeed in this respect, a human rights expert and peace activist says.
Tuesday, 30 June_The United States should weigh new sanctions on Russia in response to unfounded reports that a Russian military intelligence unit had offered Taliban-linked militants bounties to kill American troops in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, 30 June _Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has expelled the European Union (EU)’s envoy to the country following a move by the bloc to impose new sanctions against several Venezuelan officials.
Saturday, 27 June_An American writer and former professor has said that the United States sanctions on Iran are promoting the increase of domestic production.
Thursday, 25 June _Iran slams the US sanctions against the captains of five Iranian oil tankers which delivered fuel to Venezuela in defiance of US bans, saying such moves will not keep Tehran and Caracas from defying Washington’s sanctions against both nations.
Monday, 15 June_Thousands of Iranian lawyers have signed a statement in condemnation of the US sanctions and its moves against human rights, calling on international organizations to strongly counter such measures.
The new move by the United States to levy sanctions against the International Criminal Court shows sheer "hypocrisy of the American policies," says a political commentator, arguing that the US cannot be both a player and an arbiter on the international stage.
Tehran, 08 June_The North Korean leader has called for further economic development, especially in the chemical industry, emphasizing the need for the country — which is under harsh international sanctions — to achieve self-sufficiency.
Tehran, 26 May_President Hassan Rouhani urges Switzerland — which represents the US’s interests in Iran and has created a financial channel to apparently enable evasion of Washington’s sanctions — to play a more influential role in confronting the illegal, unilateral, and inhumane American bans.