Russia faces new US sanctions
A bill to tighten U.S. sanctions against Russia and Iran passed its second procedural vote in the U.S. Senate.
A bill to tighten U.S. sanctions against Russia and Iran passed its second procedural vote in the U.S. Senate.
U.S. President Donald Trump has supported a new bill to tighten sanctions against Russia and Iran drafted in the U.S. Senate.
US authorities have imposed sanctions against 10 more tankers and entities associated with Iran.
U.S. officials are of the view that pressuring Iran with sanctions would damage the country more than bombs, Axios reported Tuesday, claiming there is a deepening economic crisis inside Iran.
The U.S. administration has extended until August 22 the sanctions exemption allowing for the sale of Lukoil International GmbH (LIG), according to General License 131H released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
The policy of pressure and economic sanctions can no longer push Iran to make concessions, Iranian Ambassador to Turkmenistan Ali Mojtaba Rouzbehani said.
Late last month, the US and GCC countries imposed sanctions on several Hezbollah financial infrastructure entities
The next round of negotiations between Iran and the US could take place in either Pakistan's capital or Switzerland, according to media reports.
One of the issues to be raised during the consultations will be Iran's nuclear dossier
The department did not provide any comment, including a justification for this decision
The United States will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the deal to end the war, The Wall Street Journal reported.
A memorandum aimed at settling the conflict between the United States and Iran consists of 14 points, the Mehr news agency reported.
The United States issued new Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, targeting individuals and crypto exchanges, a notice on the U.S. Treasury Department website showed.
The United States will not unfreeze Iranian funds or lift sanctions against the Islamic Republic as a reward for signing a possible deal, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a hearing in the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested the U.S. administration could remove some sanctions on Iran depending on how matters proceed in the current standoff with Tehran.
The USA has intensified its pressure on Iran by imposing new sanctions on entities and tankers tied to Iranian oil exports, as the State Department seeks to undermine the IRGC's funding mechanisms.
Representatives from the US and Iran have reached a compromise on the text of a memorandum of understanding, according to media reports. However, it still needs to be approved by the leadership of both countries.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury said it has imposed sanctions on Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, a body created to review passage requests through the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington had no plans of easing its sanctions on Iran before a bilateral peace deal is concluded.
The US Treasury Department announced the expansion of its sanctions lists against Iran