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Iran Sanctions

US Republicans push E3 to enforce return of UN sanctions on Iran

US Republicans push E3 to enforce return of UN sanctions on Iran

Fifty Senate Republicans wrote to the foreign ministers of the UK, France and Germany, urging them to press ahead with the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions on Iran, Jewish Insider reported on Wednesday.

US designates four Iran-backed militias as terrorist groups

US designates four Iran-backed militias as terrorist groups

The United States on Wednesday designated four Iran-aligned militias as foreign terrorist organizations, a statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Europe presses Iran to act on nuclear deal as snapback sanctions loom

European foreign ministers on Wednesday urged Iran to resume nuclear talks, allow inspections of sensitive sites and curb its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, warning that sanctions suspended under the 2015 deal would be reimposed if Tehran fails to act in the coming days.

UN chief urges diplomacy to avert snapback of Iran sanctions

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on Iran and Western countries to intensify diplomatic efforts to prevent the so-called snapback of international sanctions on Tehran initiated by European states last month.

US issues new sanctions on individuals, firms funding Iran's military

US issues new sanctions on individuals, firms funding Iran's military

The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Tuesday on four Iranian nationals and more than a dozen companies and individuals in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates accused of helping Iran’s military move funds through oil sales and cryptocurrency.

Khamenei's office rejects calls to halt uranium enrichment, missile program

Khamenei's office rejects calls to halt uranium enrichment, missile program

Proposals to end uranium enrichment and halt the country’s missile program were misguided and unrealistic, said a senior member of the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei amid intensified internal debate over the country's policies.

Iranian lawmaker links mobile disruptions to power shortages

Iranian lawmaker links mobile disruptions to power shortages

Iran’s widening electricity shortage is the root cause of disruptions in mobile phone services, adding to a cascade of crises hitting the country’s infrastructure, a lawmaker said on Sunday.

Europeans will ‘lose it all’ if UN sanctions reinstated, Araghchi warns

Europeans will ‘lose it all’ if UN sanctions reinstated, Araghchi warns

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Saturday that Britain, France, and Germany risk “losing everything” if they move ahead with restoring UN sanctions on Tehran through the so-called snapback mechanism.

US seizes nearly $600k in crypto from Iranian tied to IRGC drones

US seizes nearly $600k in crypto from Iranian tied to IRGC drones

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts said on Friday they had seized $584,741 in cryptocurrency from an Iranian national tied to the Revolutionary Guards’ drone manufacturing program.

Defying 'maximum pressure', China uptake of Iranian oil hits pre-Trump high

Defying 'maximum pressure', China uptake of Iranian oil hits pre-Trump high

The uptake of Iranian oil at Chinese ports hit highs last seen before Donald Trump reentered the White House in early 2025 and revived his so-called maximum pressure campaign, tanker-tracking data obtained by Iran International reveals.

US offers $15 million reward over Iran's Revolutionary Guards network

US offers $15 million reward over Iran's Revolutionary Guards network

The United States offered a reward of up to $15 million for information to disrupt financial networks of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including its Qods Force, the State Department said on Wednesday.

Iran lawmaker calls Grossi a Mossad agent, urges arrest

Iran lawmaker calls Grossi a Mossad agent, urges arrest

UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi is “a Mossad agent” who should be arrested if he visits Tehran, Iranian lawmaker Javad Hosseini-Kia said on Wednesday, as Grossi and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi signed a cooperation deal in Cairo.

Iran says no IAEA access yet, warns pact hinges on avoiding snapback

Iran says no IAEA access yet, warns pact hinges on avoiding snapback

Iran said on Wednesday its new agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog does not currently allow inspectors into nuclear sites and will only move to define any access in later talks, adding the accord’s survival depends on Western powers refraining from restoring UN sanctions.

Iran’s law on restricting IAEA work cannot bind agency, Grossi says

Iran’s law on restricting IAEA work cannot bind agency, Grossi says

Iran’s suspension of cooperation under a new domestic law cannot override its binding international commitments, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told governors on Monday, opening the agency’s quarterly meeting in Vienna.

Iran rules out defense talks, weighs next steps with IAEA

Iran rules out defense talks, weighs next steps with IAEA

Iran’s foreign ministry said Monday it will never negotiate on its defense capabilities, even as a third round of talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency concluded and further exchanges with the European Union over snapback remain under review.

US targets Iran–Hezbollah narco network in Venezuela, officials say

US targets Iran–Hezbollah narco network in Venezuela, officials say

US counter-narcotics operations off Venezuela are part of a broader drive to dismantle an Iran- and Hezbollah-linked drug-finance network, officials told Fox News Digital on Sunday.

Chicken price turns into symbol of mismanagement in Iran, speaker says

Chicken price turns into symbol of mismanagement in Iran, speaker says

Chicken has become a measure of the Islamic Republic’s failure to stabilize basic goods, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Sunday, amid reports of a sharp drop in average meat consumption, with some citizens eating none at all.

Iran’s foreign minister urges Europe to reverse ‘big mistake’ on sanctions

Iran’s foreign minister urges Europe to reverse ‘big mistake’ on sanctions

Britain, France and Germany made a big mistake by triggering the snapback to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran, but Iran would be ready for an agreement if the Europeans reverse course, the Iranian foreign minister wrote in an opinion piece for The Guardian.

Baghdad orders probe after US sanctions network selling Iran oil as Iraq’s

Baghdad orders probe after US sanctions network selling Iran oil as Iraq’s

Iraq’s prime minister has ordered the formation of a high-level committee to investigate allegations of corruption and smuggling of Iran's oil after the US Treasury sanctioned a network accused of exporting Iranian crude under falsified Iraqi origin.

Power cuts kill at least five in Iran, daily says

Power cuts kill at least five in Iran, daily says

At least five people have died in recent months in incidents linked to electricity outages across Iran, the reformist daily Etemad reported on Saturday.

South Africa's MTN says Iran stake is now a frozen asset

South Africa's MTN says Iran stake is now a frozen asset

Billions of dollars belonging to South Africa’s MTN Group, the founding investor of Irancell, Iran’s second-largest mobile operator, remain blocked in Iran under US sanctions, the company confirmed in a recent financial update.

Exit from NPT would not trigger war, Iranian MP says

Exit from NPT would not trigger war, Iranian MP says

Exit from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty would not determine whether Iran faces war, an Iranian parliament member said on Thursday.