Tag: Iran Sanctions
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...
Will the US rejoining the Iran nuclear deal be harmful or beneficial?
One of presidential candidate Joe Biden’s major election promises was a U.S. return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA), a multilaterally negotiated agreement regarding which...
Biden nominees stress that US will not be rejoining Iran nuclear deal anytime soon
Several nominees for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team acknowledged on Tuesday that the United States isn’t ready to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
House introduces bill to sanction Iranian terror group
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to sanction a top Iranian terror proxy group in Iraq that has targeted U.S. personnel in Baghdad.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) introduced the measure on Thursday...
US sanctions Iranian entity and director over alleged chemical-weapons research
The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it has sanctioned an Iranian entity and its director over alleged chemical-weapons research.
The Shahid Meisami Group and its director, Mehran Babri, were sanctioned for allegedly being involved...
Contrary to nuclear deal, Iran moves first set of advanced centrifuges underground
Iran completed the transfer of a cascade of advanced centrifuges from a plant above ground to an underground site, said a report released on Wednesday by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“They finished installing...
US imposes sanctions on individuals, firms allegedly connected to Iran military
The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it has imposed sanctions on six individuals and four companies for allegedly working with an Iranian military firm.
Those sanctioned allegedly facilitated the procurement of sensitive goods.
These include...
US seizes 27 domain names allegedly used by IRGC
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday it has seized 27 website domain names that allegedly were unlawfully used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to further a global covert influence campaign.
All 27...