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Europe practically took no effective action to make up for US sanctions, says Iran's ambassador
Jan 16, 2022 02:55Europe has practically taken no effective action to make up for Washington’s inhumane sanctions on Tehran since the former unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 Iran deal, says the Iranian ambassador to Madrid.
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Russia says cautiously optimistic over ‘real progress’ in Vienna talks
Jan 14, 2022 13:33Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says he is cautiously optimistic about “progress” made in ongoing negotiations in the Austrian capital of Vienna between Iran and the five remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear agreement aimed at securing the removal of all US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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8th round of Vienna talks continue in Austrian capital as Iran says no to interim agreement
Jan 13, 2022 12:57On Thursday, Iran's lead negotiator to the Vienna talks Ali Bagheri Kani and Enrique Mora, the European Union’s deputy foreign policy chief and head of the Joint Commission of the nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as well as representatives of the three European signatories to the agreement held separate meetings.
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Russia: Talks on Ukraine at ‘dead end’, US sanctions on Putin means severing relations
Jan 13, 2022 12:42Russia says talks with the West over the situation around Ukraine have hit a “dead end,” and that there is no reason to hold a new round of negotiations over security guarantees demanded by Moscow regarding NATO’s eastward expansion and Kiev’s membership in the US-led military alliance.
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Iran denounces UN voting right suspension, slams US sanctions for failure to pay membership dues
Jan 13, 2022 03:00The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly denounces suspension of its right to vote at the United Nations, stressing that the United States' cruel sanctions have brought about the situation.
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South Korea gets US approval to pay Iranian investor: Report
Jan 13, 2022 02:48South Korea has obtained a “specific license” from the United States to be able to circumvent sanctions on Iran and pay compensations to an Iranian investor over a dispute dating back to 2010, shows a report by the country’s official news agency Yonhap.
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US Democrats unveil new Russia sanctions bill amid soaring tensions: Report
Jan 12, 2022 11:34The Democrats in the US Senate are expected to present a new sanctions bill on Wednesday targeting Russia, according to reports, which would inflict “severe costs” on the country’s economy.
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Iran’s government hails rising oil exports as a source of pride
Jan 12, 2022 02:44The Iranian government has hailed efforts by the country’s Oil Ministry to increase crude exports in recent months, saying the issue is a source of pride for a country that has been subject to a series of harsh and unprecedented sanctions by the US in the past few years.
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China's imports of Iranian oil hit record since 2018 sanctions
Jan 12, 2022 02:22China's imports of Iranian crude oil last year hit a record high since the US imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic in 2018 with the aim of bringing the country's oil sales down to zero, Bloomberg reports.
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The silence — or worse — of human rights hawks on US sanctions against Afghanistan
Jan 11, 2022 13:29Months after the US-backed Afghan government fell to the Taliban, ordinary Afghans now face what could be their direst winter in decades. Thanks to the economic collapse that accompanied the U.S. military withdrawal, coupled with the imposition of sanctions and the cessation of much humanitarian aid, millions of Afghans must contend with the very real prospect of starvation.