Tag: Iran Sanctions
US blacklists two Iranian officials, families for human-rights violations
The U.S. State Department designated two Iranian government interrogators of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday for their “gross violations of human rights.”
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement: “I...
1,800 former Israeli generals, service members urge Biden not to return to JCPOA
A group of 1,800 retired Israeli generals, officers and Mossad operatives have written a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden urging him not to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
In the March...
Iran is fighting two parallel shadow wars, partly to seek retaliation
Recent events have demonstrated that Iran is engaging in two, parallel “shadow wars”: one against Israel and the second is against the United States. The explosive attack against an Israeli-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of...
Republican lawmakers step up campaign against sanctions relief for Iran
Republicans in both houses of Congress introduced a resolution on Wednesday opposing any move by U.S. President Biden and his administration to lift sanctions against Iran.
Led by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and supported by...
Can Biden’s zeal to deal work better than ‘maximum pressure’?
If, as a New York Times headline noted, Israel’s reaction to the news that the United States is ready to start talking with Iran was “muted,” there was good reason for the low-key reaction. U.S. Secretary of...
Zarif: Iran expects compensation for $1 trillion damage from US sanctions
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday said that the unilateral sanctions that the United States has imposed on his country have cost the Islamic Republic’s economy more than $1 trillion.
Tehran expects to...
Biden administration: Ready to restart talks with Iran on nuclear deal
The Biden administration made its first major step towards reviving the Iran nuclear deal on Thursday, announcing that it has agreed to meet with Iran and other world powers involved in the 2015 agreement.
“The...
Germany urges Iran not to block IAEA inspectors from nuclear sites
A German diplomat said on Tuesday that if Iran follows through on its threat to block International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors’ access to its nuclear sites, the move would be “completely unacceptable.”
“We urge Iran to refrain...
GOP to Biden: Don’t revert to maximum ‘concession’ campaign vis à vis Tehran
Dozens of Republican lawmakers wrote to U.S. President Joe Biden urging him not to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal.
In a letter signed by 51 Republican lawmakers and spearheaded by Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.), they...
Iran spins up advanced centrifuges at Natanz enrichment facility
Iran is now operating two cascades of advanced centrifuges at its Natanz nuclear facility, with two more to come at its Fordo site, Tehran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on...