ANALYSIS: Iran’s Hormuz Gamble Ushers In A Tense New Normal For the Persian Gulf...
By Ron Bousso
LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - The Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have shattered a status quo that prevailed among Middle East oil and gas producers for decades. Even if the current, shaky ceasefire holds, the...
Iran’s Shattered Economy Means Any Success in War May Be Fleeting
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall
DUBAI, April 8 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities see the truce with the United States and Israel as a strategic victory, but they emerge battered and isolated with an economy in tatters, little prospect of rapid...
Oil Tankers Burn Near Iraq as Iranian Strikes Defy Trump’s Claim to Have Won...
By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Bo Erickson
DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Iran appeared to have set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, warning...
US Imposes Sanctions On 35 Individuals, Entities For Aiding Iran’s Sanctions Evasions
By Andrea Shalal
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday said it was imposing sanctions on 35 entities and individuals for their role in Iran's shadow banking architecture, accusing them of facilitating the movement of...
U.S. Threatens Countries Doing Business With Iran, but Holds Off on Penalties for Now
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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...
Trump Says India Will Buy Oil From Venezuela, Not Iran
By Trevor Hunnicutt
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said India will buy Venezuelan oil, as opposed to purchasing oil from Iran.
"We've already made that deal, the concept of the...
ANALYSIS – The Iran War Has Revealed Trump’s Pressure Point: The Economy
By Matt Spetalnick and David Brunnstrom
WASHINGTON, April 18 (Reuters) - Seven weeks of war have failed to topple Iran’s theocratic rulers or force them to meet all of President Donald Trump's demands, but for U.S. adversaries and...
Maersk Cautious on Strait of Hormuz Shipping Despite US-Iran Ceasefire
COPENHAGEN, April 8 (Reuters) - Maersk MAERSKb.CO said on Wednesday the two-week ceasefire agreed between the U.S. and Iran could open some opportunities for vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, but did not yet provide enough security certainty to resume normal...
Iran Says $6 Billion of Iranian Assets in Qatar to Be Released, State Media...
DUBAI, June 29 (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that, after an agreement with the United States lifted oil and petrochemical sanctions, $6 billion out of $12 billion of assets frozen in Qatar...
Treasury’s Bessent Says Iran Facing Precarious Moment, Economy in Trouble
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran's economy is facing high inflation and other challenges, partly due to U.S. sanctions, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, underscoring Washington's concerns about Tehran cracking down violently...
