sanctions

US announced illegal sanctions amid Iran's fight with coronavirus

Mar 18, 2020 14:13

The United States has imposed illegal sanctions against some Iranian, Chinese, Hong Kong and South African firms.
US should clarify role in virus spread instead of accusing Iran, China: Security chief

Mar 18, 2020 08:25

Iran’s security chief says the United States had better respond to international demands for it to clarify its role in creating and spreading the new coronavirus instead of pointing the finger of blame at Iran and China.
US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran amid coronavirus outbreak

Mar 18, 2020 05:37

The United States has announced a new round of sanctions against Iran as part of its so-called "maximum pressure" campaign against the Islamic Republic.
Iran's Judiciary slams EU for complying with US sanctions

Mar 18, 2020 04:24

Iranian Judiciary Spokesman Gholam Hossein Esmaeili slammed European countries for their compliance with the US sanctions on Iran’s medicine sector as the country is fighting the coronavirus outbreak.
Zarif urges world states to join ‘global campaign to disregard’ US bans

Mar 17, 2020 15:29

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif warns that the illegal sanctions imposed by the US regime are “literally” taking lives in Iran in the midst of a fight to rein in a coronavirus outbreak, calling on world states to join “a growing global campaign” to defy the “unlawful” restrictive measures.
Foreign diplomats receive Iran FM’s letters about harmful US sanctions

Mar 16, 2020 03:23

The Iranian foreign minister’s deputies held meetings with the foreign diplomats residing in Tehran to submit the letters that Foreign Minister Zarif has written to his counterparts about the US sanctions that hinder the supply of medical products needed for the coronavirus fight.
Coronavirus fight requires joint, coordinated regional, international measures: President Rouhani

Mar 15, 2020 04:15

President Hassan Rouhani says the fight against the coronavirus requires bolstering joint and coordinated regional and international measures, adopting serious strategies, and sustaining huge medical and care costs.
Iran slams Trump’s 'hypocritical, repulsive' virus aid offer amid US ‘medical terrorism’

Mar 13, 2020 04:44

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has slammed a recent US President Donald Trump’s offer to “assist” Iran in countering the coronavirus outbreak as a repulsive display of hypocrisy amid Washington’s sanctions and medical terrorism targeting Iran.
Giant offshore rig installed at oilfield south of Iran

Mar 13, 2020 03:11

Iran says it has successfully installed a giant oil drilling platform at an offshore field south of the country despite reports suggesting the country is having problems keeping its oil rigs active because of the American sanctions on the oil industry.
US shamelessly denies blocking Iran-bound food, medicine: Foreign Ministry

Mar 11, 2020 11:47

Tehran says the United States has blocked the entry of foodstuffs and medicine into Iran through its unlawful sanctions, but shamelessly denies doing so.