Iran Sanctions

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has unveiled plans to meet the local demand for the coronavirus vaccine by developing homegrown products and arranging for purchases from the other countries.

Abdolnasser Hemmati, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), says Iran has tried to purchase COVID-19 vaccine from other countries, but the US sanctions have prevented financial transactions for the sale.

Iran’s first vice president says the country must prepare itself for the scenario in which incoming US President Joe Biden refuses to lift anti-Iran sanctions.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has thrown its weight behind a recent legislation by lawmakers that seeks to lift the US sanctions imposed on the country.

Iran’s health minister says unilateral sanctions imposed on the country are targeting medicines and medical equipment amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Iranian foreign minister says the government did not agree with a recent parliament legislation which aims to get anti-Iran sanctions lifted, but has to implement it.

Iran’s Ambassador to international organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi has called for global consensus against coercive measures.

Speaker of the Iranian Parliament says the bill on “strategic action” for lifting of the sanctions which was ratified on Tuesday puts an end to Tehran’s one-way commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal, although it leaves the door open for the Westerners to honour the JCPOA.

President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted the administration’s success in foiling the enemy’s plot to cripple the country’s economy through sanctions.

A senior Iranian official says Tehran has adopted measures to secure its financial and monetary claims from foreign countries.

The Iranian president says those who confronted the Iranian nation with all their power suffered an ignominious defeat and will be left on “the ash heap of history” in a matter of weeks.

Iran’s government spokesman says Washington’s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran would have failed even if Donald Trump had won the US elections.

Tehran says with US President Donald Trump leaving office, foreign companies will become more interested in investing in Iran, as they are already working to open their offices.

Iran’s economy minister says some $3.8 billion worth of foreign investment was funneled into the country from April to October, 2020.

A senior Iranian diplomat has slammed unilateral sanctions as they have had adverse effects on measures adopted by developing countries to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

A senior Iranian official says the country will bring a lawsuit with international circles to follow up on the health problems that Iranians have suffered due to sanctions.

Mahmoud Vaezi, the chief of staff of the Iranian president, says the lifting of sanctions is a prelude to potential talks involving all signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal including the US.

The Iranian foreign minister says US President-elect Joe Biden must lift all the anti-Iran sanctions if he wants to return his country to the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Iran’s president says the Iranian nation’s resistance in the economic war has come to fruition, setting the stage for the amelioration of the country’s economic situation.

Iran’s health ministry spokeswoman says US sanctions have prevented Iran from making pre-payments for the coronavirus vaccine.

Iranian Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Massoumeh Ebtekar has highlighted the prominent role of the country’s women in dealing with the tough foreign sanctions.

President Hassan Rouhani has highlighted the American people’s rejection of the wrong and harmful policies of their government over the past three years, saying the next US administration has an opportunity to correct the mistakes and return to the international commitments.

The Iranian president has expressed hope the administration of the next US president will take a lesson from the Iranian nation’s resistance in the face of Washington’s economic sanctions.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Havana on an official visit, has held videoconference talks with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel.

The Iranian president says whoever wins the US presidential election, the next US administration should succumb to the will of the Iranian nation.