By Tsvetana Paraskova | Oilprice.com | February 7, 2019 Iran’s oil customers should not expect new U.S. waivers in May, the U.S. Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, said this week, urging buyers to stop importing Iranian oil. “What we have announced is the policy to get to zero imports of Iranian crude as quickly […]
By Martin JAY | Strategic Culture Foundation | 08.02.2019 At the end of September, the European Union unveiled plans to help Iran bypass sanctions imposed by the US, so that it could sell oil and even trade with EU countries. The move followed Trump finally losing his patience over the so-called Iran Deal – a […]
Sputnik – 07.02.2019 According to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, Moscow and Tehran will be advancing ways in which to defend their economies from US sanctions. “We must — and many have already spoken about this, including our ambassador in Tehran — complete the transition process of economic interaction in the national currency as the […]
RT | February 5, 2019 Despite being granted exemptions from US sanctions against Iran to enable them to buy Tehran’s oil, some European countries fully cut off crude imports from the Islamic Republic, according to Iran’s oil minister. Washington agreed to give temporary waivers to several Iranian oil buyers when it imposed an embargo on […]
Sputnik – 05.02.2019 Iran regrets the European Union “groundlessly” accusing it of hostile activities, such as alleged assassination plots in several EU states, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. “The unsubstantiated accusations, such as with regard to assassination attempts and attempted terrorist attacks in Europe, have been groundless and surprising from the very beginning. […]
Press TV – February 4, 2019 Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani says the Islamic Republic will never give in to humiliating conditions set by Europe for the enforcement of its new non-dollar mechanism aimed at facilitating trade with the Islamic Republic. Addressing a meeting of high-ranking judicial officials on Monday, Iran’s top judge […]
RT | February 1, 2019 A new mechanism to allow “legitimate trade” with Iran, which was set up by France, Germany, and the UK this week, doesn’t change anything for European companies, according to independent journalist Luc Rivet. He told RT that European companies and others cannot feel confident that they could do business with […]
Sputnik – January 26, 2019 Iranian authorities have said repeatedly that the country’s rocketry and missile testing activities were in full compliance with international treaties, including the UN Security Council resolution governing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Tehran will be forced to reconsider its relations with European powers if they impose any new sanctions against Iran over its missile […]
Press TV – January 26, 2019 The US has failed to create a crisis in Iran’s cooperation with the UN atomic agency which has repeatedly confirmed the peaceful nature of the country’s nuclear program, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg said the US was pushing to open “a special investigation” into Iran’s past nuclear work, but “it’s not […]
Press TV – January 12, 2019 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has criticized the French Foreign Ministry’s provocative comments about Iran’s ballistic missile program, urging Paris to avoid repeating such “irresponsible and incorrect” claims regarding the Islamic Republic’s defensive programs. “It is expected from France to stop echoing incorrect claims made by those who […]
