Kurdish Oil Smuggling to Iran Flourishes
By Timour Azhari
ERBIL, Iraq, July 11 (Reuters) - Heading for Turkey to the north and Iran to the east, hundreds of oil tankers snake each day from near Kurdistan's capital Erbil, clogging the Iraqi region's often winding and...
Empress Farah Pahlavi Is Focus of New Book By France’s Frédéric Mitterrand
By Firouzeh Nabavi
“Farah” is the title of the last book ever published by Frédéric Mitterrand, a onetime Culture Minister of France and a nephew of President François Mitterrand, who passed away on March 21....
Iran Is Exporting Crude Oil to 17 Countries, Minister Tells Mehr Newspaper
DUBAI, July 2 (Reuters) - Iran is selling crude oil to 17 countries, Oil Minister Javad Owji was quoted as saying by the semi-official Mehr News Agency on Tuesday, indicating some states may not be honouring...
US Issues Fresh Sanctions Against Iran Over Nuclear Escalations
By Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday issued fresh sanctions targeting Iran in response to "continued nuclear escalations," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.
"Over the past month, Iran has announced steps...
Two US Men Jailed for Conspiracy to Sell Iranian Oil to China
By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - Two Texas men convicted by a U.S. jury in November of trying to sell Iranian petroleum in violation of sanctions imposed by Washington and of conspiracy to commit money laundering were sentenced on Tuesday...
U.S.-Sanctioned Ex-officer Among Iranian Candidates to Replace Raisi
DUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) - U.S.-sanctioned former Revolutionary Guards commander Vahid Haghanian was among candidates who registered on Saturday to run for election as Iran's president after Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash, state media reported.
Haghanian, a close aide to Supreme Leader...
US Targets Enablers of Iran’s Drone Production in Sanctions Action
By Daphne Psaledakis
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Friday issued sanctions targeting entities it accused of enabling Iran's drone program, in Washington's latest action seeking to disrupt the production and proliferation of the unmanned aerial...
Iran Approves Plan to Raise Oil Output to 4 Mln Barrels per Day –...
DUBAI, May 26 (Reuters) - Iran has approved a plan to raise its oil output to four million barrels per day, Iran's Tasnim news agency said on Sunday, without providing a time frame.
(Reporting by Elwely Elwelly;...
EU to Sanction 9 Iranian Entities for Supplying Drones to Russia, Including Defence Minister
BRUSSELS, May 24 (Reuters) - EU governments agreed on Friday to put nine Iranian entities, including Iran's Defence Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani, on its sanctions list for supplying drones to Russia, which Moscow uses in its war against Ukraine,...
EU Countries to Add 10 New Individuals and Entities to Iran Sanctions
BRUSSELS, May 22 (Reuters) - EU countries have agreed to add 10 new individuals and entities to the Iran sanctions list, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
One of the sources...
