Despite the failed US effort to extend the Iran arms embargo last week and the … effect — a range of penalties that cover oil sales, financial transactions as well as arms sales, and would …
Hizbollah is on shaky ground as Lebanon implodes
Yet this week the Special Tribunal for Lebanon set up by the UN to try in absentia four members of Hizbollah, the Iran-backed and Syria-allied paramilitary movement implicated in the killing, …
Global report: Iran surpasses 20,000 official deaths from Covid-19
Experts fear true death toll in Islamic Republic is significantly higher than official figures …
US readies controversial Iran sanctions ‘snapback’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the US would “soon” activate a controversial mechanism aimed at reimposing UN sanctions on Iran, despite opposition from its European allies.
US hits UAE-based aviation firms with sanctions over Iran
The Trump administration is slapping sanctions on two aviation companies in the United Arab Emirates over their work for an Iranian airline …
UAE-Israel agreement followed many years of discrete talks | Charlotte Observer
small business and energy/environment. At the summit, diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain spoke of the threat Iran posed to their security and its use of Shiite proxies in Iraq, Syria, …
Coronavirus: Iran’s death toll goes past 20,000
Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has surpassed 20,000 with 153 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the country’s health ministry. Iran is one of the worst-hit countries from the …
UN crisis looms as US readies demand for Iran sanctions
After a resounding defeat in the U.N. Security Council, the United States is poised to call for the United Nations to reimpose sanctions on Iran under a rarely …
The Latest: Iran passes 20,000 coronavirus deaths
Iran has surpassed 20,000 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus. Wednesday’s announcement comes as Iran struggles with the largest outbreak in the Middle East with 350,200 confirmed cases. But despite …
Despite U.S. sanctions bid, Iran aims to keep nuclear deal alive until U.S. election
DUBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The fate of a fragile 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers hinges on the result of the U.S. presidential election in November, not a planned U.S. bid this week to …