US Issues Sanctions Targeting Iran’s Missile and Drone Program Facilitators
WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on five individuals and seven entities that the Treasury Department said were facilitators for Iran's missile and drones program.
The targeted individuals and entities - based...
Polish State Company Denies Its Parts Were Used in Iranian Drones
WARSAW, July 19 (Reuters) - A Polish state-owned engineering company denied on Friday that its parts were used in Iranian combat drones, saying an ongoing investigation only concerns whether it had the required export permits.
Private broadcaster Radio Zet reported...
Oil Tanker Carrying Sanctioned Iranian Oil Catches Fire Near Singapore, Crew Rescued
By Jeslyn Lerh, Florence Tan and Jonathan Saul
SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) - Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding near Singapore, the world's biggest refuelling port, with two crew members airlifted to...
Spanish, German Police Detain Four Suspected of Trafficking Drone Parts to Islamic-Republic Backed Hezbollah
MADRID, July 18 (Reuters) - Police detained four suspects - three in Spain and one in Germany - as part of an investigation into the sale of drone parts to Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon,...
US Targets Company Developing Chemical Weapons for Iran, State Dept Says
WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Hakiman Shargh Research, a company the State Department said is involved in weapons research and development for Iran, department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in...
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...
