Report: Iran seizes South Korean-flagged chemical tanker in Persian Gulf
Iran is demanding that South Korea release $7 billion in funds frozen in South Korean banks because of US sanctions.
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US allows Iran to transfer money to buy COVID vaccines
Iran to pay around $244 million for initial imports of 16.8 million doses of vaccines from COVAX, a multi-agency group ...
US imposes new sanctions on Syria in push to force Assad to end war
"The United States will continue to seek accountability for those prolonging this conflict," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.
Coronavirus and sanctions hit Iran's support of proxies in Iraq
Since the coronavirus hit earlier this year, Iran has reduced its monthly payments to each of the four top militia ...
Feeling bite of US sanctions, Iranian economy loses $200B in 2019
"Sanctions have disadvantaged the Islamic Republic of $100 billion in oil income within the final two years and an equal ...
Japan to send warship, aircraft to Middle East to protect vessels
"Peace and stability in the Middle East is extremely important for the peace and prosperity of the international community, including ...
Iran says it defused 2nd cyberattack in less than a week
Iran's Telecommunications Minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi says "spying servers were identified and the hackers were also tracked."
Report: Swiss humanitarian channel to Iran to open within months
Food, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies are exempt from sanctions that Washington reimposed on the ayatollah regime last year.
US imposes new sanctions on Iran airline over proliferation
US State Department targeted Shanghai-based ESAIL Shipping Company, saying it "knowingly transports illicit materials from Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization, which ...
US Navy seizes suspected Iranian missile parts set for Yemen
US officials say "significant cache" of suspected weapons and advanced missile components en route to Iranian-backed Houthi rebels was nabbed ...