US sanctions head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization – Treasury
The Treasury Department has announced sanctions on the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its head Ali Akbar Salehi as the US continues its pressure campaign on Tehran after ditching the international More...
Iranian news agency says its website has GONE DOWN ‘due to US sanctions’
The website of Iran’s Fars News Agency, often described as semi-state operator, has gone offline worldwide, with the agency claiming its server company blocked the site on orders from Washington. Internet users More...
US imposes Iran-related sanctions on two people and six companies, mostly Chinese
The United States applied new economic sanctions to two Iranian individuals and six companies, including four firms tied to Iran’s national oil company, as tensions between the country peaked after the killing More...
North Korea won’t be bound by old commitments if US continues ‘most brutal and inhuman sanctions’ – senior diplomat
A North Korean envoy in Geneva has warned that denuclearization is impossible if the US maintains its “hostile policies,” pushing Pyongyang to seek a “new path” from the stalled bilateral talks. “We More...
Senators call on Trump to issue ‘immediate’ sanctions after US citizen dies in Egyptian jail
Senators call on Trump to issue ‘immediate’ sanctions after US citizen dies in Egyptian jail Mustafa Kassem, American citizen who had been held in Egyptian prison for past five years, died More...
‘We don’t have political problems with India’: Iran’s Zarif urges Delhi to defy US sanctions & resume buying Iranian oil
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on India to shirk Washington’s “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign and continue sourcing its energy from the Islamic Republic, arguing it’s in the More...
‘Wanton threats solve nothing’: China blasts ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ of US sanctions
Beijing has called on Washington to cease its arbitrary use of unilateral sanctions and to settle disputes with foreign nations through diplomacy and talks, after the US brought new penalties on both China and Iran. “Our More...
US sanctions will delay Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline but WON’T END IT, Polish PM admits
The Polish prime minister has admitted that US sanctions will fail to torpedo the major Baltic Sea pipeline intended to supply Germany with Russian natural gas, and says he wishes the project had “never begun More...
Trump warns Tehran against censorship… as Facebook ‘thought police’ censors pro-Iran posts ‘to comply with US sanctions’
Facebook has admitted to selectively censoring pro-Iranian government Instagram posts about the murdered General Soleimani, as US President Donald Trump hypocritically championed free speech and warned Tehran against More...
Trump confirms more sanctions against Iran, says Tehran plane crash may have been ‘mistake’
President Donald Trump has announced fresh sanctions on Iran, a day after the Islamic Republic launched a missile attack on a pair of bases used by American troops in Iraq. Trump also called for a NATO presence More...
