Tag: Iran Sanctions
Report: Majority of US House wants Trump, allies to extend UN arms embargo on...
As many as 90 percent of members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to work with U.S. allies in extending the U.N. arms embargo on...
Turkish bank pleads not guilty to charges of evading Iran sanctions
Turkish state bank Halkbank pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges of evading U.S. sanctions on Iran.
The plea was entered by the company’s lawyer, Robert Cary, in an arraignment conducted by U.S. District...
Will Iran’s continued lies over coronavirus lead to popular unrest or nuclear breakout?
The Iranian people’s trust in its government is at an all-time low. When Iranian forces shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane in January, the regime lied in an attempt to cover it up. Then,...
Pompeo: Iranian officials stole more than $1 billion in coronavirus assistance
Iranian officials have stolen more than $1 billion in European assistance to combat the coronavirus pandemic, instead pocketing the funds for themselves, alleges U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Iran has the sixth-most confirmed coronavirus cases with 23,049,...
Report: US sanctions have strangled at least one-fourth of Iranian oil rigs
U.S. sanctions have caused at least one-quarter of Iran’s oil rigs to be inactive, according to a Reuters report published on Tuesday.
“At least 40 of about 160 oil rigs in Iran remain idle or under repair,” reported...
Can Trump’s Iran policy succeed in the long run?
The following was delivered in a speech to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations’ annual Leadership Mission in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2020:
Our focus today is on hot spots in the...
Top EU diplomat heads to Tehran for nuclear talks
European Union High Representative Josep Borrell is scheduled to visit Iran on Monday on his first trip since taking office, with the aim of reducing tensions over the country’s nuclear program, according to officials...
Trump administration to renew foreign firms’ waivers for work at Iranian nuclear sites
The Trump administration is expected to continue allowing Russian, Chinese and European companies to keep operating at Iranian nuclear facilities despite U.S. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, a source familiar with the...
Trump: US will not lift Iran sanctions for negotiations
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that any negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program would have to be conducted with U.S. sanctions in place.
In an apparent response to comments made by Iran’s...
Bloomberg criticizes Trump’s withdrawal from Iran deal, despite opposition to it
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, said that while he opposed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), he did...