Sanctions against iran

Experts skeptical of Tehran's claim US will unfreeze $12 billion before talks begin

Mor stressed that the only favorable terms the US was likely to give Iran were terms that could be quickly retracted should the regime fail in its promises.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.
A MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defiance Systems) missile is detonated along the shore facing the Firing Range, east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, on December 11, 2011. A top U.S. official said that a team of U.S. and Libyan bomb-disposal specialists has secured about 5,000 surface-to-air missiles.

US sanctions 13 individuals, entities linked with Iran IRGC's missile procurement network

An Iranian flag flutters in the wind as ships remain anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on May 16. Negotiations between the US and Iran over opening this critical waterway have largely stalled.

US declares new sanctions on Iran, PGSA condemns US leadership

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How the IRGC's shadow economy keeps Iran's nuclear program alive - analysis


Canada imposes new sanctions against Iran over protests, drones

Canada's latest round of sanctions against Iran, the 10th since October, targets individuals including senior officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Law Enforcement Forces.

  People attend a protest in solidarity with the women in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Toronto, Canada, September 19, 2022.

US Treasury: Iran's actions not impacted by sanctions to the extent US would like

The US recently targeted Iran's unmanned aerial vehicle industry over its supply of drones to Russia.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before a Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on President Biden's proposed budget request for the Department of the Treasury for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, March 22, 2023.

Iran says oil exports hit highest level since reimposition of US sanctions - Tasnim

After US sanctions were imposed on Iran in 2018, Iranian exports have taken significant hits worldwide.

 Model of petrol pump is seen in front of US and Iran flag colors in this illustration taken March 25, 2022.

US targets Iranian petrochemicals, petroleum in fresh sanctions

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on six Iran-based petrochemical manufacturers, and three firms in Malaysia and Singapore, over the production, sale and shipment of Iranian petrochemichal

 IRANIAN PRESIDENT Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Tehran last month. Raisi plans to visit New York next month to address the UN General Assembly, despite US sanctions.

US imposes sanctions on individuals linked to Iranian drone maker

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated eight senior executives of Paravar Pars, the department said in a statement.

 ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY Guard Corps Commander-in-Chief, Maj.-Gen. Hossein Salami, reviews military equipment during an IRGC ground forces drill in Iran last year.

Iran, Russia link banking systems amid Western sanction

Similar limitations have been slapped on some Russian banks since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine last year.

 Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022.

Iran's economy: World's 11th-largest GDP is strong but in crisis

Iran is home to strong universities, advanced technology, and innovative start-ups. And a giant economy and population, whose size alone makes it formidable. 

 People at a co-working space in Tehran.

Netanyahu wants to stop Iran going nuclear - now he needs int'l support

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks international support for a credible military threat to stop Iran’s nuclear race.

 Focus on Iran, the Iranian flag in crosshairs (Illustrative).

EU to sanction 37 Iranians, its parliament asks it to target IRGC

"We believe we should already start working on the fifth [sanctions package] to list IRGC as a terrorist organization," said one EU diplomat.

 Flags of European Union and Ukraine flutter outside EU Parliament building, in Brussels, Belgium, February 28, 2022

Facing a very cold winter, gas-rich Iran shutters institutions to save gas

Iran lacks the technology and infrastructure to develop its massive natural gas reserves.

 A general view of Abadan oil refinery in southwest Iran, is pictured from Iraqi side of Shatt al-Arab in Al-Faw south of Basra, Iraq September 21, 2019.