Iran Sanctions

The latest news and views about the anti-Iran sanctions

Foreign Policy

MPs Optimistic about Oman’s Release of Iran’s Frozen Money

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Iranian lawmakers are upbeat that in the light of improved relations between Iran and Oman, the latter would release the Islamic Republic’s frozen assets.
Americas

Iran to Impose Sanctions on American Individuals and Firms: Spokesman

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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday that Tehran is considering a plan to put a number of American individuals and companies on a sanction list in reaction to the fresh sanctions recently imposed by Trump on the Islamic Republic.
Americas

US Puts Chinese Firm on Sanctions List for Selling Fire Hydrants to Iran!

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Two Chinese companies included on a new US sanctions list targeting Iran said on Sunday they had only exported "normal" goods including fire hydrants to the Islamic Republic and didn't consider they had done anything wrong.
Foreign Policy

New US Sanctions against Iran Violate Nuclear Deal: Iranian MPs

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A number of Iranian lawmakers denounced the US administration’s move to impose new sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals and companies as a violation of the July 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers (known as the JCPOA).
Economy

Iran’s FM Zarif Says He’s Proud of Nuclear Deal

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Tuesday dismissed the allegations that he is ashamed of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, saying he is actually proud of it.
Int'l Relations

US President Extends National Emergency on Iran

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Outgoing US president, Barack Obama, declared the continuation of his country's national emergency against Iran, claiming that despite full commitment to its nuclear deal with the six world powers, the Islamic Republic still poses "an unusual and extraordinary threat" to the US.
Foreign Policy

New US Congress Using Old Ways in New Year: Sanctions and Military Threat

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An Iranian Parliament member says the US, particularly its new Congress, is trying to use Iran’s missile program as a new pretext for adopting further anti-Iran policies in the future.
Economy

JCPOA Is Like a Melting Snowball: IRGC General

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A former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers is like a snowball that is gradually melting.
Foreign Policy

US Admonished for ISA Extension: Iran

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has in contacts with his US counterpart admonished the US for extending the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said.
Foreign Policy

Will Iran Up Its Enrichment in Reaction to US Extension of Iran Sanctions Act?

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As a reaction to the recent bill by the US Senate to extend Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), Iranian President has called for working on certain nuclear propulsion devices that are said to require a nuclear enrichment level way beyond the limits set by JCPOA, the text of Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
Media Wire

Supervisory Board Approves Measures against US Anti-Iran Bill

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A supervisory committee tasked with monitoring the implementation of Iran’s nuclear agreement has ratified measures in response to a recent US Senate vote on a piece of anti-Iran legislation, denouncing the move as a breach of the accord.
Energy

​Shell Deal with Iran Seen as Message to US

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Iran on Wednesday awarded a basic agreement to global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell to study three mega oil and gas projects – an agreement that was hailed in Tehran for not only its technical and economic benefits for Iran but also the political message that it sent to the world and specifically the United States.
Foreign Policy

ISA Extension No Snapback of Sanctions: Iranian Diplomat

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A senior Iranian diplomat says the extension of the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) does not necessarily mean that the US government has violated its Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) commitments towards Iran yet.
Foreign Policy

US Extension of Anti-Iran Sanctions Will Receive Iran’s Firm Reaction: Rouhani

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Iranian President referred to the possible move by the United States to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) as a violation of nuclear deal it signed with Iran, and vowed to retaliate.
Media Wire

Iran MPs Call for Counter-Measures Against US Senate Vote

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Iranian lawmakers have condemned a US Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), urging the administration of President Hassan Rouhani to adopt proper counter-measures.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Response to US Sanctions Will Be Shocking: IRGC General

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If the US imposes new sanctions against Iran, it will be shocked by a more severe and decisive response, a senior IRGC general says.
Foreign Policy

Iran Can’t Unilaterally Breach JCPOA in Reaction to US Violation: Official

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Political Deputy of Iranian President’s Office Hamid Aboutalebi says the US violation of nuclear deal with Iran cannot be unilaterally reciprocated as JCPOA is a multi-lateral commitment.
Editor's Choice

How Iranian Newspapers Covered US Senate’s Extension of Anti-Iran Sanctions

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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Saturday, December 3, and picked headlines from 31 of them. The majority of headlines today were focused on the US Senate’s extension of anti-Iran sanctions.
Foreign Policy

Extension of Anti-Iran Sanctions Will Have No ‘Executive Effect’: Zarif

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the extension of Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) in the US will have no “executive effect” and will merely be a sign of the US government’s unreliability.
Foreign Policy

Iran to Use Its ‘Own Methods’ in Reaction to JCPOA Violation: Deputy FM

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If the US, or any other country, decides to disregard the nuclear deal with Tehran, then Iran will have to show appropriate reaction, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister says.
Foreign Policy

US Extension of Iran Sanctions Is a Violation of JCPOA: Iran

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Iranian officials slammed the US Senate for passing a 10-year extension of sanctions against the Islamic Republic, saying the move is a breach of the JCPOA, a July 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
Foreign Policy

Senior Reformist MP Urges Obama to Veto Extension of Iran Sanctions

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The leading reformist member of Iran’s Parliament called on the US administration to veto the extension of Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) recently ratified by the US Congress.
Foreign Policy

Two Things Are Unreliable These Days: Weather and US!

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The weather forecast program aired on Iran’s state TV today made an interesting reference to recent extension of anti-Iran sanctions by the US Senate, which is said to be a violation of the nuclear deal.
Nuclear

Iran Should Brace for Huge Sanctions, Official Warns

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The US has kept the structure of anti-Iran sanctions fully in place, Mohammad Javad Larijani deplored, saying given some bad signs of frustration shown by Iran and the US notion that Iran would give in to forceful pressure, Tehran should expect a huge set of sanctions.
Media Wire

Sanctions on Bank Melli in Hong Kong Lifted

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Deputy Governor for Currency Affairs at the Bank Melli of Iran (BMI) announced that sanctions on BMI Hong Kong Branch had been lifted since June 24 and the branch will soon resume its activities there.
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