The mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the United Nations declared in response to the new US sanctions that this is part of the economic war that the US has unjustly waged against the Iranian people.

The United States has imposed a raft of new sanctions on nearly 50 entities, companies and people that it claims have been helping the Iranian military transfer billions of dollars worth of funds between various countries.

The United States has imposed sanctions on four entities and three individuals over their alleged involvement in a procurement network that purportedly supports Irans unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program. The US Department of the Treasury claimed that the network "operates on behalf of" Irans Ministry of Defense. According to the report, those ...

Washington has imposed Iran-related sanctions on three individuals and 16 entities, according to a posting on the Treasury web site on Wednesday. The three individuals are Ahmad Marvi and Mohammad Mokhber, both from Iran, and Abd al-Aziz Malluh Mirjirash Al-Muhammadawi from Iraq, the statement said. Among the entities that have been included on the ...

The outgoing administration of US President Donald Trump has imposed more Iran-related sanctions on an entity and an individual, as Iran reasserts its position that the 2015 nuclear deal is not open to renegotiation and that the next US administration has to observe the agreement and the UN resolution that endorses it. The US Treasury Department ...

Reuters - The United States has imposed sanctions on 15 Iranian individuals and five companies in Iran under a counter-terrorism program, according to a post on the Treasury web site on Thursday. The sanctions were tied to shipping, trading and construction companies, as well as a chemical firm, according to the post.

Reuters - The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on one of two units of the Chinese tanker company COSCO, the U.S. Treasury said, partially reversing its punishment on the company for transporting Iranian oil after China complained about the measure in trade talks with Washington. President Donald Trumps administration on Sept. 25 blacklisted ...

Press TV - The US Treasury Department has stressed that Washington's newly announced sanctions targeting Iran's air and maritime transport industries will lead to the restriction of trade related to humanitarian goods. "US persons will be prohibited from engaging in transactions involving Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) or E-Sail,...

Sputnik - Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has blasted the United States for what he claims is a policy failure in the Middle East and has urged its president to engage in diplomacy. Zarif urged US President Donald Trump to reject the "thirst for Forever War" of his national security adviser, John Bolton, and choose the path of diplomacy,...

Tasnim The Trump administration has delayed its new sanctions on Irans petrochemical sector, said people familiar with the matter. The US Treasury had planned to implement new sanctions in mid-May that for the first time detailed which Iranian petrochemical entities are off limits to foreign companies, the people familiar with the matter said, ...

Press TV - The US government has imposed new sanctions on an Iranian bank and its subsidiaries, accusing them of using front companies in three countries to evade the previous sanctions -- allegations which the lender has dismissed as sheer lies. The US Treasury said it had targeted 25 people and firms for allegedly helping Irans Ansar Bank evade ...

Reuters - The United States on Tuesday imposed fresh sanctions on a network of companies and people in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates it said was helping to raise billions of dollars to fund the operations of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards. The U.S. Treasury blacklisted 25 people and organizations, including a clutch of front companies ...

MNA The United States has imposed new sanctions on nine Iranian citizens and two entities that it says are engaging in malicious covert actions that have targeted Americans at home and abroad, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement on Wednesday. In contiuation of the US anti-Iran policies, the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced ...

IRNA Some 1784 Iranian historic objects will be repatriated from US, Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Ali Asghar Munesan said. Munesan made the remarks while visiting Pars tourism exhibition in Shiraz, Fars province on Wednesday night. The permission to repatriate these clay tablets which belong ...

Sputnik - The US announced the re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran that were previously lifted under the JCPOA on 5 November. Prior to this date, Washington had warned the Belgium-based organization working with interbank transactions that it would also fall under sanctions if it continued to work with Iranian banks. Deputy Secretary ...

Washington Free Beacon - An internal battle is being fought inside the Trump administration to save Iran's access to international financial markets, providing Tehran with a critical lifeline ahead of the implementation of harsh new economic sanctions, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to theWashington Free Beacon. Top officials in ...

Al Monitor | Saeed Jalili: Questions have emerged about whether the US Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued new licenses to Canadian plane manufacturer Bombardier Inc. to sell passenger aircraft to Iran. If true, it would be the first such approval since President Donald Trump took office and comes at a time when ...

Washington Examiner - The House passed legislation Thursday that would require Treasury Department officials to report to Congress on Iranian purchases of U.S. aircraft and how those sales are financed, and certify that they would not aid Iran's effort to distribute weapons. The bill is another effort by lawmakers to highlight how U.S. sales of ...

Press TV- In yet another hostile measure against Tehran, the US has slapped sanctions on several individuals and companies for their alleged links with Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). According to a statement issued by theUS Treasury Department on Monday, two Iranian companies and their directors were placed on the latest sanctions ...

MNA The US Treasury Department on Tuesday announced the expansion of sanctions on Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, which were imposed on October 13. Several branches of Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were placed on the sanctions list by theUS Treasury Department, under the pretext of supporting terrorism, RT reported. The new ...