United States Department of State announced on Monday initial round of sanctions against Iran would come back into effect on Aug. 4, targeting the Iranian automotive sector as well as trade in gold and other key metals. On Nov. 4, further sanctions will snap back, including those hammering Iran’s energy sector and the Iranian central […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said Iran will resist US unilateral pressures and sanctions relying on its abilities. Responding to a senior US State Department official’s announcement that Washington is pressuring its allies to slash Iranian oil imports to zero level by November,” Bahram Ghasemi said “it seems that Trump has forgot that today […]

The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday that Washington had imposed new sanctions on Iran. In particular, the U.S. sanctioned six individuals and three companies. According to the US Treasury Department’s statement, Washington is targeting the Ansar-e Hezbollah organization and the Hanista programming group with their punitive measures. (Source: Sputniknews)

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz says Warsaw opposes any EU actions that would weaken U.S. sanctions against Iran, as the EU continues to look for ways to preserve the nuclear agreement after U.S. withdrawal. According to the Associated Press, Czaputowicz said encouraging the continued operation of European companies in Iran could weaken U.S. sanctions, and […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy parliament speaker says the main problem is not the U.S. sanctions but internal frictions which have made the country vulnerable. “If we want to stand up to America, the only thing that has made us vulnerable is domestic frictions not America’s sanctions,” Masoud Pezeshkian said in an interview with Farhikhtegan newspaper […]

 In his meeting with the business executives, President Rouhani said, “if we stand together, we’ll turn any sanction into opportunity.” President described export-based national economy as one of the requirements and main policies of the state and stated, “if we stand together, we will turn any sanction into an opportunity.” Speaking late on Sunday in […]

TEHRAN- Iran will properly manage the U.S.-led sanctions on its aviation sector and entities as it did during the past years, the spokesman of Iran Civil Aviation Organization told IRIB. Iranian aviation industry has been under sanctions during the recent years and could manage the pressures, Reza Jafarzadeh said, adding: “We will rely on our […]

Following Trump’s pullout from Iran nuclear deal, President Rouhani said Thu. that any new US sanctions against Iran will be contrary to international rules and the UN Security Council Resolution 2231. President Rouhani made the remark in a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, following Trump’s decision to withdraw from the multilateral […]

The US Treasury has blacklisted six individuals reportedly associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and three related business entities, just days after the US withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal. The list of sanctioned individuals was updated Thursday with the names of Meghdad Amini, Mohammad Hasan Khodai, Said Najafpur, Masud Nikbakht, Foad Salehi and Mohammadreza […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Saturday condemning the new U.S. sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals and entities, threatening to retaliate. The statement followed after U.S. President Donald Trump extended waivers of key economic sanctions on Iran for another 120 days, but imposed new sanctions on 14 Iranian individuals […]