Tag: Sanctions
US Treasury sanctions bank with aiding Hezbollah, and suspects for moving millions between Iran...
The U.S. Treasury announced on Thursday that it has sanctioned Jammal Trust Bank SAL, which has allegedly been facilitating transactions on behalf of Hezbollah.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that...
Report: Trump pushes back against Republican senators on Turkey sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump pushed back against enacting sanctions on Turkey for purchasing the Russian S-400 missile-defense system, reported The Washington Post on Tuesday, citing people in the White House meeting between the president and Republican senators, led...
US sanctions Hezbollah operative, updates Iranian terrorist group designation
The United States sanctioned on Tuesday a top Hezbollah operative, updated a designation of an Iranian terrorist group and designated Pakistan’s Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist entity.
Husain Ali Hazzima is the chief of...
Report: Trade between Iran and Germany collapses under US sanctions
Trade between Iran and Germany has collapsed due to U.S. sanctions against Tehran, according to data published by Funke newspapers, Germany’s third largest newspaper and magazine publisher.
“Data from the German Chamber of Commerce showed that trade...
One year after Iran deal withdrawal, US enacts new sanctions, denies oil waivers
Exactly one year after withdrawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the United States announced on Wednesday new sanctions on Tehran, and that it will not issue further waivers to countries over importing Iranian...
At Warsaw summit, Pence calls on EU to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday urged European Union nations to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord and stop attempting to circumvent U.S. sanctions.
Speaking at the Mideast summit in Warsaw, Pence said...
Bill aimed at sanctioning Hezbollah passes US Senate
The Senate passed the bipartisan Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017 on Thursday, which would expand and strengthen the limits of economic sanctions against the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy...
Wary of repercussions, EU unlikely to defy re-imposed US sanctions on Iran
Germany’s central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, has announced measures aimed at preventing the transfer of 300 million euros ($350 million) to Iran in yet another blow to Iran’s efforts to bypass U.S. sanctions.
The United States...
Trump renews sanctions on Iran following US withdrawal from nuclear deal
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday restoring key sanctions on Iran with the hope of levying “maximum economic pressure” on Tehran over its nuclear program and other destabilizing activity in...
In Vienna, Iran fails to get guarantees on continued access to oil, financial markets
Iran failed to get concrete guarantees from the remaining members of the Iranian nuclear deal on access to oil and financial markets as the United States is set to resume harsh sanctions on the...