Tag Archive for "US"

Turkey says trying to convince the US to allow Iranian oil imports
By Sebastian Clark on April 27, 2021
Turkey is trying to convince the United States to allow refiner Tupras, its biggest oil importer, to continue buying crude oil from Iran free of...
Top priority to protect nuclear deal from US, Rouhani says
By Sebastian Clark on August 21, 2021
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said the top foreign policy priority for his new government was to protect the nuclear deal from being torn up by...
US must pay $245mn in damage to chemical victims of Iraq-Iran war: Judiciary
By Sebastian Clark on August 21, 2021
The Iranian Judiciary has issued a ruling demanding that the US government pay around 245 million dollars in damage to a number of victims of...
Iran UN envoy hits back at US counterpart for ‘baseless’ allegations
By Sebastian Clark on August 19, 2021
Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam Ali Khoshroo hit back at his US counterpart Nikki Haley for “distorting” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent comments...
Iran nuclear chief warns US over support for Saudi Arabia
By Sebastian Clark on June 24, 2021
The head of Iran’s atomic energy organisation, one of the architects of the 2015 landmark nuclear deal, has warned the US to stop upsetting the regional...
Iran’s Supreme Leader blames US for regional instability
By Sebastian Clark on June 13, 2021
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the United States for instability in the Middle East and said Washington’s fight against Islamic State of Iraq...
Iran accuses US of alliance with ISIS, claims to have proof
By Sebastian Clark on June 12, 2021
Senior Iranian officials have accused the US of supporting the Islamic State terrorist group and effectively forming an alliance with it, claiming that Tehran possesses...
Iran’s Supreme Leader: Saudi Arabia a ‘cow milked’ by US
By Sebastian Clark on May 28, 2021
Iran’s Supreme Leader said that Saudi Arabia is a “cow being milked” by the United States. A Saturday report by the semi-official Fars news agency...
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US may waive Iran sanctions in coming days
By Sebastian Clark on May 15, 2021
The Trump administration may issue waivers of some Iran nuclear-related sanctions in the coming days as it adheres, for now, to its commitments under the...
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Saudi Arabia, US in talks on billions in arms sales ahead of Trump’s visit
By Sebastian Clark on May 7, 2021
Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, some new, others in the pipeline,...
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Iran’s foreign ministry denies having diplomatic contacts with US
By Sebastian Clark on February 26, 2022
Iran has not established any diplomatic contacts with the new US administration, Bahram Ghasemi, Iran Foreign Ministry’s spokesman, said Saturday. “Iran’s diplomatic contact with the US...
Iranian woman is fighting cancer in the US. Now her father can’t visit her.
By Sebastian Clark on January 29, 2022
Arina Yaghoubi is obsessed with Drake. She reminisces about the days she watched Hannah Montana as a kid. She tweets about pizza and drinking too...
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Iran to begin ‘direct’ carpets export to US in early 2017
By Sebastian Clark on November 7, 2021
Iran says it will begin ‘direct’ exports of its traditional hand-woven carpets to the United States in early 2017. “As of the calendar month of...
Iran tells banks US allowed dollar deals
By Sebastian Clark on October 17, 2021
Iran says the US Treasury Department has effectively opened the way for non-American banks and financial institutions to proceed with dollar-dominated transactions with Iranians. The...
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US further eases Iran sanctions after nuclear deal
By Sebastian Clark on October 8, 2021
The Obama administration is further easing sanctions on Iran, making it easier for foreign firms to do business with the country following last year’s nuclear...
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Countries queuing up to do business with Iran, US ‘wants to get in that queue’
By Sebastian Clark on September 24, 2021
Following the lifting of the Western sanctions regarding its nuclear program, Iran seems to be in the focus of European and Asian businesses; London-based political...
Iran’s President Rouhani slams US ‘lack of compliance’ with nuclear deal
By Sebastian Clark on September 23, 2021
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused the United States Thursday of “a lack of compliance” with the nuclear deal agreed between Tehran and world powers last...
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Airbus says US grants license for planes in Iran deal
By Sebastian Clark on September 21, 2021
Airbus announced Wednesday that the U.S. government has granted it a license to sell the first 17 airplanes involved in a landmark deal with Iran...
US will soon grant licences for Boeing, Airbus deals: Iran
By Sebastian Clark on September 19, 2021
Iran expects the U.S. Treasury to grant licenses by the end of this month that should help pave the way for the completion of the...
US made $1.7 billion transfer to Iran in foreign cash
By Sebastian Clark on September 7, 2021
The Obama administration acknowledged late Tuesday that its transfer of $1.7 billion to Iran earlier this year was made entirely in cash, using non-U.S. currency,...