The Biden administration has allowed a series of sanctions waivers that permit Iran and Russia to engage in joint nuclear work to lapse but won't commit to enforcing those sanctions, sowing confusion about U.S. policy at a time when both countries are building out Tehran's atomic infrastructure.
The expanded penalties target companies involved in the production of drones and missiles.
Following a virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of European Union member countries regarding the review of sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, the United States has also announced that it will impose new sanctions on Iran, aiming to restrict Iran’s activities in line with what is perceived as regional instability. Jake Sullivan, National […]
EU leaders are set to meet on Wednesday at a summit in Brussels to discuss new sanctions against Iran after Tehran's attack on Israel.
The body of Mohammad Sarur, a Lebanese financier for Iran, sanctioned by the US for involvement in sending funds from Iran to its terror proxies, was discovered on Tuesday in a suspected assassination.
The United States and the European Union say they are looking at imposing further sanctions on Iran, after its attack on Israel at the weekend. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she expected to take action “in the coming days”, while EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc was working on it. Israel […]
Israel is urging Western allies to punish Tehran for the missile and drone attack on its territory.
The European Union is planning new sanctions on Iran following Tehran’s recent missile and drone attacks on Israel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday in Brussels. “The region is at the edge of an abyss,” Borrell warned, describing the tense situation in the Middle East. “We have to move away from it,”
President Biden has spent his three years in office making it clear to Tehran’s terrorist regime that America won’t make it pay a price for attacking our allies, bankrolling Hamas and expanding Iranian nuclear capabilities.
By Andrew Gray and Benoit Van Overstraeten BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union will prepare to expand its sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran’s attack on Israel, EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Tuesday after an emergency video conference of the bloc’s foreign ministers. Borrell cited U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in declaring that the
Iain Duncan Smith said it was 'unfathomable' that two major Iranian lenders, Melli Bank and Bank Saderat, still had branches in London.
China's need for Iranian oil rules out Strait of Hormuz closure, but sowing 'chaos' as a strategy and sanctions threats will lead Iran to hold hijacked tankers.