Iran Sanctions

The Iranian president says the country’s non-petroleum exports could touch $41 billion, which would be a surplus to domestic needs.

Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki has held the US accountable for the growing number of coronavirus cases in the Islamic Republic.

An Iranian presidential official has warned that the objective behind the Trump administration’s policy of maximum pressure on Iran is to exclude the Islamic Republic from the international connections.

An expert says the United States sought to get Security Council members on board with extending an arms embargo on Iran, but to no avail.

President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted Iran’s major advances in the water treatment and electricity industries, saying the administration takes pride in launching new projects under the pressure of the US sanctions and the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has addressed a virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the implementation of Resolution 2231.

Iran’s ambassador to the UN says the US has been isolated by other members of the UN Security Council with regards to its demand that an arms embargo on Iran be extended.

Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri says the US government’s attempts at economic collapse of Iran have ended in failure with the resistance shown by the great Iranian nation.

Iran’s foreign minister says the United States' “inhumane” sanctions have prevented Iranian victims of chemical warfare from accessing the medicine they need.

An Iranian lawmaker says Seoul’s move to block Tehran's assets would not go unanswered, and Tehran may reconsider its trade relations with South Korea.

A senior Iranian military commander says arms embargoes will have no bearing on the country’s defence capability.

Iran’s oil minister says the US imposed sanctions on the captains of Iranian ships delivering petrol to Venezuela after failing to bribe them.

Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says the country has been able to outstandingly advance its defence capabilities under the toughest sanctions and political and military pressures.

Highest-ranking diplomats from Iran and China have condemned the US government’s “bully-style unilateralism”, weighing plans to promote cooperation and trade ties between the two allies.

The Iranian president has warned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Europe not to capitulate to US and Israeli pressure.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the US president's claim that Washington is ready to hold talks with Iran is a big lie because they were the party who set fire on the negotiating table.

Iran’s defence minister says more than 70% of helicopter and airplane parts are currently produced inside the country even though Iran is not among the countries that manufacture aircraft.

The Iranian government says local industralists have made the country self-sufficient in production of closed-cell aluminum foam following the US sanctions.

Iranian President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi has called on South Korea to unfreeze Iran’s financial resources and avoid sacrificing its interests in Iran for the US demands.

The spokesperson for the Iranian administration has called on South Korea to unblock the petrodollars it owes to Iran, currently frozen in the Korean banks.

The spokesperson for Iran’s administration says Tehran has given the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors the highest level of access to nuclear sites that a country may give the UN nuclear watchdog, stressing that Iran has the most transparent peaceful nuclear program in the world.

Iran says as long as Tehran and Caracas are determined to do business with each other, the mutual exchanges will definitely continue, and those who seek to disrupt the trade ties must know troubles can be created for them too.

Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency has complained to the IAEA about the United States’ violations and unlawful behaviours.

Iranian President's Chief of Staff has denounced a plan from Republicans in the US Congress to introduce an unprecedented sanctions bill against Tehran, advising them to devise a plan instead to address “structural racism” in the US.

An Iranian analyst believes that it looks increasingly unlikely that Russia and China will wield their veto power in the UN Security Council to oppose an attempt by the United States to extend an arms embargo against Iran.