Mike Pompeo announced Thursday that the U.S. has imposed additional sanctions on Iran’s metal exports that supply revenue for the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
US Envoy Calls for Iran Arms Embargo Renewal, Terms Tehran’s Warning ‘Mafia Tactic’
The UN arms embargo so far has stopped Iran from purchasing fighter jets, tanks, warships and other weaponry, but has failed to halt its smuggling of weapons into war zones.
U.S. sanctions, coronavirus make for Iran’s toughest year, Rouhani says
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that his country is experiencing its toughest year because of U.S. sanctions coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virus-hit Iran says masks compulsory from next week
Iran said Sunday it will make mask-wearing mandatory in certain areas and has allowed virus-hit provinces to reimpose restrictions, as novel coronavirus deaths mounted in the Middle East’s worst-hit …
AP Interview: US envoy calls for Iran arms embargo renewal
An expiring United Nations weapons embargo on Iran must remain in place to prevent it from “becoming the arms dealer of choice for rogue regimes and …
Saudi Arabia intercepts three Iranian vessels entering its territorial waters
Three Iranian boats were seen entering Saudi territorial waters and failed to adhere to warnings from border guards, the agency cited the spokesperson as saying. Border guards …
IRGC commander threatens Israel in rare message from Syria – report
Ghaani said that Iran would continue to fight the “Zionist regime” and the US, and said the US and Israel were supporting ISIS.
Iran News Agency Reports Visit of New Quds Chief to Syria
An Iranian news agency on Saturday reported a visit by the chief of the elite Quds Force to eastern Syria, a rare public announcement of a trip to the battlefield by the successor of a commander …
A judge’s death highlights the moral rot and corruption in Iran’s legal system
Gholamreza Mansouri, a fugitive Iranian judge who was set to be extradited to Tehran, plunged to his death at a hotel in Bucharest. The death has been ruled a probable suicide by Romanian …
Satellite image: Iran blast was near suspected missile site
An explosion that rattled Iran’s capital came from an area in its eastern mountains that analysts believe hides an underground tunnel system and …