Iran sanctions

Trump returns to an old weapon: Behind US's decision to economically choke Iran - analysis

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last month that the administration’s economic policy had sent the Iranian currency into "free fall" and pushed inflation into triple-digit rates.

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he disembarks Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, August 9, 2026.
An Iranian cleric walks past a billboard depicting a portrait of the former commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, on February 21, 2026.

US Treasury sanctions networks supporting Iran’s Mahan Air, IRGC from India, China, Russia

An illustrative image of Iran and Hezbollah's flags.

Israel sanctions IRGC-linked crypto accounts funneling millions to Hezbollah, other proxies

US President Donald Trump attends a bilateral meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16, 2026.

US, Qatar plan to unfreeze billions in Iranian funds for purchase of humanitarian goods - report


US convicts Iranian national of illegally shipping military items to Iran

Mehrdad Ansari, 39, who could face as much as 50 years in federal prison for his conspiracy to violate trade sanctions on Iran, along with other charges, is set to be sentenced on September 1.

A gavel in a court of law

Iran rejects EU, US offer to hold direct talks on nuclear deal

The US was "disappointed" with the Iranian response, a White House official reportedly to Walla News.

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Hassan Rouhani (right) and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Who wanted to pay the price of moral action to truly stop Iran?

US won’t unilaterally lift Trump era sanctions against Iran

“We’re prepared to reengage in negotiations with the P5+1 on Iran’s nuclear program,” Biden tells the Munich Security Conference.

U.S. President Donald Trump talks about the United States imposing fresh sanctions on Iran as Vice President Mike Pence looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2019

Biden: US will not lift Iran sanctions until it stops enriching uranium

Last quarterly estimates by IAEA show Iran's stock of enriched uranium has risen to 2.4 tons, more than 10 times the amount allowed under the JCPOA.

US President Joe Biden visits the State Department, Washington

Iran-based dissidents urge Biden to keep sanctions on Islamic Republic

"Maintaining maximum political, diplomatic, and financial pressure on the regime"

US President-Elect Joe Biden in this file photo from July 14 2020

Iran exports continue despite US sanctions

The Director of the Ports in Bandar Lengeh, had boasted about the continued exports despite US sanctions.

PROTESTERS BURN pictures of US President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump, in Tehran, Iran, in November.

United against the execution of Navid Afkari

Making sense of Iran’s murder of champion wrestler Navid Afkari and its boycott of Israeli athletes

Executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari

US imposes Iran-related sanctions on individuals, companies

The action freezes any US assets of those blacklisted and generally bars Americans from dealing with proliferators of weapons of mass destruction and their supporters.

A woman walks in front of new murals of the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran November 2, 2019

Ashkenazi: Russia should respect Iran arms embargo

“We must continue implementing the arms embargo and prevent Iran from undermining stability in the Middle East."

Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Athens on October, 26, 2020.

Iranian economy on verge of collapse due to American sanctions, pandemic

COVID-19 deaths continue to climb as Tehran accuses US of trying to starve it into surrender

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wears a protective face mask, during a virtual meeting with lawmakers in Tehran