Sanctions against iran

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio bans senior Iranian officials, families from being in US

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio revokes US entry privileges for senior Iranian officials and their families, citing human rights abuses.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled "US Policy Towards Venezuela", on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2026.
 The Iranian ship Khark at an undisclosed location in Iran, September 10,2020.

US offers up to $15 million in rewards for information that leads to capture of IRGC-linked vessels

Iranian flags with Reza Pahlavi and the Eiffel Tower in the background, in Paris, France, January 18, 2026

European Parliament adopts resolution condemning Iran’s brutal treatment of protesters

Iran's Hadid 110 suicide drone

US issues sanctions related to Iran and Venezuela weapons trade


Sanction relief for Iran is a double-edged sword - opinion

Any sanction relief Iran experiences in return for reducing its nuclear program will allow it to strengthen its proxy organizations across the globe.

 AN IRANIAN woman holds a Hezbollah flag during a rally in Tehran in support of the Palestinians, last year.

Iran MPs set conditions for reviving 2015 nuclear deal amid stalled talks

Negotiations have now stalled as Tehran and Washington blame each other for failing to take the necessary political decisions to settle the remaining issues.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi gestures as he speaks at Tehran's Friday prayer on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2022.

IRGC chief threatens Israel, US with Iranian missiles

On American sanctions, IRGC Hossein Salami claimed they have strengthened the IRGC "in every way."

Hossein Salami, deputy head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard

Can Israel get anything out of Iran-US deal on IRGC? - analysis

From Israel’s perspective, the deal seems to be an unmitigated disaster.

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) sails, at undisclosed place off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019.

Reaching a nuclear deal will benefit Iran’s economy, region

The Biden administration believes the time is running out for negotiations on reining in Iran's nuclear program.

 Fireworks are set off on the occasion of the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution around Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2022.

Iran ‘society set to explode’ while Biden unfreezes $29 billion for regime

Social discontent in Iran has risen by 300 percent in the past year according to an IRGC document obtained from Edalat-e Ali.

Members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) navy participate in a joint exercise called the 'Great Prophet 17', in the southwest of Iran, in this picture obtained on December 22, 2021.

US grants Iran sanctions exemption to South Korea

The US has granted South Korea a license to pay damages owed to an Iranian company, possibly a gesture from the US to Iran to move nuclear talks forward.

 KAZEM GHARIB ABADI, Iran’s permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, leaves a meeting in Vienna on following up the Iran nuclear agreement.

World powers to test Iran's good faith over commitment to June texts

Talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal resumed with the US and Israel ramping up the rhetorical pressure on Tehran on consequences.

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

US sanctions Iranians over alleged plot to kidnap NY-based journalist

The sanctions come after US prosecutors in July charged the four with plotting to kidnap the New York-based journalist who was critical of Tehran.

Masih Alinejad, 37, a Britain-based Iranian journalist, poses for a portrait in London October 8, 2013

Iran pressuring US on sanctions ahead of rejoining nuclear agreement

Many of the sanctions imposed by the administration of then-President Donald Trump after the 2018 US withdrawal from the JCPOA hobbled the Iranian economy, punishing the regime.

RUSSIA’S GOVERNOR to the IAEA Mikhail Ulyanov waits for the start of talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna, Austria, last month.