A new report says Iranian state television has broadcast the suspected coerced confessions of at least 355 people over the last decade as a means to both suppress dissent and frighten activists in the …
Pompeo says if UN doesn’t extend arms embargo on Iran, US will seek sanctions
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a press conference on Wednesday that if the U.N. Security Council doesn’t agree to extend the arms embargo against Iran, then the U.S. will seek to “snap back” …
The Fruits of ‘Maximum Pressure’: An Increasingly Isolated Iran | Opinion
Quite predictably, in this election year, Iran has also become a partisan campaign issue. Democratic Party presidential contender Joe Biden has argued publicly that the Trump White House has “no …
US says if no arms embargo on Iran it will seek UN sanctions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened to seek to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran if the U.N. Security Council does not approve a resolution that would …
US says Iran is ‘world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism’ in annual report on terrorism
The United States called Iran the “foremost state sponsor of terrorism” in its annual Country Reports on Terrorism.
Turkmenistan Reopens Another Border Checkpoint for Iran Trade
After being held up behind Incheh Boriun border checkpoint for around four months due to the outbreak of Covid-19, 30 wagons loaded with Iranian commodities were given permission to cross the border …
Iran, Venezuela will not change position on countering U.S. sanctions- Iran spokesman
Iran and Venezuela will not back down from countering American sanctions, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote in a tweet. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday …
Pompeo hopeful world will understand need to extend Iran arms embargo
The United States is hopeful the entire world will understand the need to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and said Washington was willing to talk to Tehran when the time was right, U.S. Secretary …
Iran warns exporters as it seeks to stabilise falling rial
Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, warned exporters that they risk prosecution if they keep their foreign currency earnings offshore as Tehran struggles to stabilise the plummeting rial. The Iranian …
A Pandemic Opportunity With Iran
Iran has been extraordinarily hard hit by the virus, creating an unexpected opportunity for Washington to leverage aid and sanctions relief in exchange for strategic concessions from Tehran.