TEHRAN, August 19 - The United States says it is prepared to impose sanctions on all countries that continue to buy Iran's oil -- including China -- after Washington starts restoring bans on the Islamic Republic’s energy sector.
TEHRAN, August 17 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday strongly denounced the international sanctions on his country, saying that ‘hostile forces’ are trying to ‘stifle’ the North Korean nation by imposing such bans.
TEHRAN, August 17 - The United States says it is prepared to impose sanctions on all countries that continue to buy Iran's oil -- including China -- after Washington starts restoring bans on the Islamic Republic’s energy sector.
TEHRAN, August 17 - The United States warned Turkey on Thursday to expect more economic sanctions unless it hands over detained American pastor Andrew Brunson, as relations between the two countries took a further turn for the worse.
TEHRAN, August 16 - The United States imposed sanctions on a Russian port service agency and Chinese firms on Wednesday for aiding North Korean ships and selling alcohol and tobacco to Pyongyang in breach of U.S. sanctions aimed at pressuring North Korea to end its nuclear programs.
TEHRAN, August 16 - Upcoming US sanctions on Iran's energy sector, which snap back on November 4, could push oil prices above $150 a barrel from around $75 now, prominent hedge funds have warned.
TEHRAN, August 14 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said a recent proposal by the United States to enter into negotiations with Iran over Tehran's nuclear issue while re-imposing sanctions against the country is nothing but propaganda.
TEHRAN, August 12 - Germany’s Economy Minister Peter Altmaier says the United States is in no position to tell Berlin with which countries it can do business, vowing support for companies doing business with Iran.
TEHRAN, August 11 - China's business and energy ties with Iran do not harm the interests of any other country, the country's Foreign Ministry said, after U.S. President Donald Trump said companies doing business with Iran would be barred from the United States.
TEHRAN, August 10 - The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned of the significant impact of a US plan to impose targeted crude sanctions against Iran, saying it could exhaust the world's spare oil capacity cushion.
TEHRAN, August 10 - Russia and China on Thursday objected to a U.S. proposal to add a Russian bank, Moscow-based North Korean banker and two other entities to a U.N. Security Council blacklist, diplomats said.
TEHRAN, August 10 - Russia would consider any U.S. move to curb the operations of Russian banks or their foreign currency dealings a declaration of economic war, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
TEHRAN, August 10 - Russia has once again hit out at the US for re-imposing its unilateral sanctions against Iran after scrapping the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, describing it as a "destructive step" that could destabilize the already-volatile Middle East region.
TEHRAN, August 9 - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Moscow was starting to work on retaliatory measures after the United States announced a new round of sanctions against Moscow.
TEHRAN, August 9 - The Kremlin on Thursday said a new batch of sanctions on Moscow announced by the United States was illegal under international law and that Russia's financial system was stable.
TEHRAN, August 8 - Italian UniCredit expects to strike an agreement with the White House in a dispute over alleged violation to the US sanctions against Iran over the next months, the Italian bank’s CEO Jean Pierre Mustier said.
TEHRAN, August 8 - The European Union has threatened to impose sanctions on companies that stop doing business with Iran in compliance with the US sanctions snapback mechanism.
TEHRAN, August 8 - Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz trucks and luxury cars, says it has suspended expansion plans in Iran in response to US reimposition of sanctions on the Islamic Republic.