Islamic Republic State Oil Company’s Bank Accounts Frozen Over Debt, Fars News Agency Reports
#IslamicRepublic, #StateOilCompany, #BankAccounts, #Debt, #FarsNewsAgency
DUBAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The National Iranian Oil Company's bank accounts have been frozen by a state-owned lender over mounting debt, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday, underscoring the strain...
EXCLUSIVE: UAE to Unlock Billions of Dollars for Iran, Sources Say
By Andrew Mills, Marwa Rashad and Ahmad Ghaddar
DUBAI/LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the...
Bessent Urges More Disruption to Iran’s Financing, Will Review US Sanctions List
By David Lawder
PARIS, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday called on allies to more forcefully disrupt Iran's financing networks and said the Treasury would scrub its sanctions list of outdated designations to...
Iran Vows ‘Devastating’ Response as US Threatens Toughest Ever Economic Hit
#Iran, #US, #EconomicPressure, #Sanctions, #DevastatingResponse, #Tehran
By Jana Choukeir and Susan Heavey
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Iran said on Friday that its response to any new U.S. threats would be "devastating" after Washington pledged to impose the toughest...
Stocks Rise on Lower Oil Prices, Though Iran Conflict Clouds Outlook
By Lawrence Delevingne and Lucy Raitano
BOSTON/LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Friday after recent heavy selling, helped by lower oil prices, although uncertainty over the Iran war continues to disrupt energy supplies which is driving concerns...
US STOCKS – Wall Street Indexes Rally After Iran Says Strait Of Hormuz...
By Sinéad Carew and Niket Nishant
April 17 (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq traded at record highs on Friday, while the blue-chip Dow hit its highest level in over two months, as...
Pressure on Iran Starting to Tell, as Sanctions and Blockade Bite
#Iran, #Sanctions, #Blockade, #EconomicPressure, #IranEconomy
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall
DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. campaign to throttle Iran's economy by blockading its oil exports and stopping sanctions evasion is growing increasingly difficult to withstand, three senior Iranian sources...
US Issues Fresh Iran-Related Sanctions, Treasury Website Shows
#Iran, #US, #Sanctions, #USTreasury, #IranSanctions
By Andrea Shalal and David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday issued 36 fresh Iran-related sanctions targeting Iran's aviation sector and other companies as part of a broad push to escalate economic...
Iran’s Rial Drops to Record Low as Ceasefire Prompts Rush for Hard Currency
DUBAI, April 29 (Reuters) - Iran's currency dropped to a record low of 1,810,000 rials to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) said, as demand for foreign exchange that built up during six...
U.S. Threatens Countries Doing Business With Iran, but Holds Off on Penalties for Now
#US, #Iran, #BusinessTies, #Sanctions, #Penalties
By David Lawder and Humeyra Pamuk
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Monday announced a possible expansion of sanctions on countries doing business with Iran as part of what it billed...
