EXCLUSIVE—How a Billion-Dollar Sanctions Dodge Kept Chinese Goods Flowing to Iran
#Iran, #China, #Sanctions, #SanctionsEvasion, #Trade
By John Irish, Parisa Hafezi and Joe Cash
PARIS, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Iran has used a barter-like arrangement to bypass sanctions on its oil sales and buy billions of dollars’ worth of goods...
Trump Says Activity Seen at Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain, Urges Tehran ‘Not to Get Cute’
#Trump, #US, #Iran, #PickaxeMountain, #MilitaryThreat, #MiddleEast
By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh
DALLAS/WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States may hit Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, urging Tehran to be cautious.
"We...
Iran and US Hit Tankers in Biggest Wave of Attacks on Shipping Since War...
#Iran, #UnitedStates, #OilTankers, #ShippingAttacks, #MaritimeSecurity, #PersianGulf, #IranUSWar
By Enas Alashray, Idrees Ali and Jana Choukeir
CAIRO/WASHINGTON/DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian...
ANALYSIS – Why Is US Ally Iraq Unable to Disarm Iran’s Militia Allies?
#Iraq, #Iran, #IranianMilitias, #UnitedStates, #MiddleEast, #Security, #Disarmament
By Michael Georgy and Ahmed Rasheed
DUBAI/BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi could face a credibility crisis if Iran-backed Shi'ite militias fail to heed his call to hand...
IAEA Board Passes Resolution Reporting Iran to UN Security Council
https://kayhanlife.com/news/iran/trump-says-us-may-hit-irans-pickaxe-mountain-soon/
#IAEA, #Iran, #UNSecurityCouncil, #NuclearProgramme, #NuclearDiplomacy, #UnitedNations
By Francois Murphy
VIENNA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's 35-nation board of governors has passed a resolution reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years for breaching...
EXCLUSIVE-Pakistan Warns Iran to Rein in Houthis as Riyadh Strikes Back
https://kayhanlife.com/special-reports/a-new-wave-of-protests-in-iran-is-likely-warns-tehran-based-anthropologist/
#Pakistan, #Iran, #Houthis, #SaudiArabia, #Riyadh, #MiddleEast, #RegionalTensions
By Samia Nakhoul, Mubasher Bukhari and Parisa Hafezi
ANKARA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Pakistan has delivered a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after they stepped up attacks...
Trump Says Iran War Will End Right After U.S. Midterm Elections
#Trump, #Iran, #UnitedStates, #IranWar, #USMidtermElections, #MiddleEast, #USIranRelations
WASHINGTON , Sept 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday predicted that the war with Iran will end "immediately after" the U.S. midterm elections in November because Tehran was trying to influence the...
UK Publishes Legislation for Tougher Sanctions on Iran Over Nuclear Program
#UK, #Iran, #Sanctions, #NuclearProgramme, #BritishGovernment, #NuclearPolicy, #IranNuclearProgram
By Sam Tabahriti and Sam Tobin
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday published legislation to introduce tougher sanctions on Iran, expanding trade restrictions and powers to target ships as part of what it described as...
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 Warns US Energy Assets in the Persian Gulf Are Vulnerable After Latest Clashes
#Iran, #UnitedStates, #PersianGulf, #EnergyAssets, #RegionalTensions, #MaritimeSecurity, #USIranRelations
By Nayera Abdallah and Eman Abouhassira
DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate against any new U.S. attacks on its assets, warning that energy infrastructure across the ...
