Lawmaker vows firm response to new U.S. sanctions

TEHRAN – The Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee will make a firm response to Washington’s recent sanctions against Iran, committee chairman Alaeddin Boroujerdi has said, IRIB reported on Friday.

Legal action against Apple on agenda: Iran’s telecom minister

TEHRAN – Iran’s telecommunications minister has said the country will legally pursue a recent decision by Apple for removing Iranian apps from its App Store.

U.S. shipping firm to pay over $500,000 for violating Iran sanctions

TEHRAN – The U.S. shipping firm Blue Sky Blue Sea has agreed to pay more than half-a-million dollars for violating sanctions against Iran 140 times, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement on Thursday.

Russia could hold meeting on Iran nuclear deal: senator

TEHRAN – A Russian senator says his country could convene a meeting with the U.S., China, France, Britain and Germany to protect the Iran nuclear deal as the moves by the U.S. is threatening the international agreement. 

Iran VP: U.S. sanctions on Iran, Russia unjustified 

TEHRAN – The Iranian first vice president has said the recent U.S. sanctions on Iran and Russia are unjustified, noting the U.S. keeps implementing its inimical policies.

Majlis to discuss details of anti-U.S. measure on Sunday

TEHRAN – Iran’s Majlis is going to start discussing the details of a general plan to counter the United States sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Amazon says under probe over trade with Iran

TEHRAN – Amazon, the American electronic commerce and cloud computing company, has said it is under federal investigation for possibly violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.

Russia expels 755 U.S. diplomats in retaliatory move

Russia has retaliated against new U.S. sanctions by ordering 755 American diplomats to leave - a move that will create a fresh crisis in the relationship between the two countries.

U.S. sanctions a mistake, Iran should be circumspect: ex-diplomat 

TEHRAN – The U.S. plans to return to a former state of tension with Iran, but Tehran should be cautious and control the current political turmoil, Iran’s former ambassador to the UN office in Geneva has said.

By STEVEN ERLANGER & NEIL MacFARQUHAR

EU is uneasy, and divided, about U.S. sanctions on Russia

European Union officials are worried about a move to toughen United States sanctions against Russia, saying they may cause upheaval in Europe’s energy market.

IRGC to receive $600m as offset to U.S. legislation

TEHRAN – Iran’s parliament, the Majlis, is preparing a legislation to grant 20 trillion rials (over $600 million) to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in response to the new U.S. sanctions moves.

Majlis committee finalizing bill to confront U.S. measures

TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has announced that the finalization of the bill to counter adventurous and terrorist acts of the U.S. in the region has been discussed in the committee.

by Leonid Bershidsky

The U.S. sanctions Russia, Europe says 'Ouch!'

The U.S. sanctions Russia, Europe says 'Ouch

Velayati says Senate sanctions are breach of nuclear deal

TEHRAN - The U.S. Senate's decision to impose new sanctions on Iran is an "unquestionable" violation of a nuclear deal reached in 2015 between Tehran and six major powers including the United States, a senior Iranian official said on Friday.

Zarif calls new U.S. sanctions ‘destructive’ and ‘obstructive’

TEHRAN – The new U.S. sanctions against Iran are “destructive” and will be “obstructive”, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters on Wednesday.

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U.S. Senate approves new sanctions on Iran

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved on Thursday the most sweeping sanctions against Iran since a nuclear deal was reached in 2015.

How the U.S. and China can find common ground on North Korea

For the moment, fear of U.S. retaliation appears to have dissuaded North Korea from conducting another nuclear test. But the respite is only temporary.

Germany’s Robert Bosch Foundation seeking partners in Iran: CEO

TEHRAN- “Resources of Iran and Germany are amazing, so we are looking for partners for cooperation”, Joachim Rogall , the CEO of Germany’s Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH (Robert Bosch Foundation) , told the Tehran Times in an exclusive interview.

China protests U.S. sanction list on Iran 

China on Monday said it had “lodged representations” with the U.S. over Washington’s new sanctions list targeting Iran, which includes Chinese companies and individuals, Reuters reported.

New U.S sanctions violates JCPOA: MP

TEHRAN – The chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has denounced the U.S. administration’s move to impose new sanctions on the Islamic Republic as a violation of the JCPOA.

U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran

The U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Iran as President Donald Trump shows to have been infuriated by Tehran’s missile program after warning the Islamic Republic that it is “playing with fire.”

By Ebrahim Fallahi

Sanctions lift opens door to €10b of energy projects in Iran

TEHRAN – After the removal of sanctions against Iran, once again the country has become an attractive market for the world’s renowned energy companies so that more than €10 billion worth of energy projects has been proposed by foreign companies, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said on Sunday.

Hawkish GOP senators reintroduce Iran non-nuclear sanctions bill

In the first session of the new Congress, U.S. Republican Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Todd Young (R-IN) and John Cornyn (R-TX) reintroduced the Iran Non-nuclear Sanctions Act, a legislation that would impose harsh financial and economic sanctions countering Iran’s non-nuclear activities.

‘Rouhani personally pursuing U.S. confiscation of Iran’s $2b assets’ 

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani is personally pursuing the confiscation of Iran’s 2 billion dollar assets by the United States, the government spokesman said on Tuesday.