These are external links and will open in a new window/ The Adrian Darya 1 left Gibraltar in August, despite a last-minute US effort to keep it detained The US state department has confirmed it offered millions of dollars to the captain of an Iranian oil tanker which is at the centre of a ...
In this photo released by the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. Rouhani reiterated a threat that Tehran would take additional steps away from the 2015 nuclear accord on Friday and accelerate its ...
A crew member checks the new name of Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar in August 2019/ A crew member checks the new name of Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya, formerly known as Grace 1, off the coast of Gibraltar in August 2019 (AFP Photo/Johnny ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday blacklisted an “oil for terror” network of firms, ships and individuals allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for supplying Syria with oil worth hundreds of millions of dollars in breach of U.S. sanctions. ...
Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Tehran in July. The Treasury Department placed sanctions on individuals and entities affiliated with the corps’s Quds Force./ WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an elaborate shipping network that Iran ...
U.S. Treasury is nothing more than a 'jail warden'/ FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif speaks during a news conference with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (not pictured) after their meeting in Moscow, Russia, September 2, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/ DUBAI (Reuters) - ...
DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran on Wednesday said it would take another step away from a 2015 nuclear deal by starting to develop centrifuges to speed up its uranium enrichment but it also gave European powers two more months to try to save the multilateral pact./ Iranian President Hassan ...
The United States will pay people up to $15 million for information that disrupts the finances of an elite Iranian military force, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. The reward program — unusual in that it targets a foreign state entity — is the latest of many moves the U.S. has taken ...
Satellite image shows failed Iranian rocket launch at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Semnan, Iran (AFP Photo/Handout)/ Washington (AFP) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Iran's space program, saying that a recent explosion on a launch pad was a sign of missile work. "The ...
This satellite image from Planet Labs Inc., that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, shows a fire at a rocket launch pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan province, Thursday Aug. ...
Iran's top diplomat issued his latest condemnation of the United States as President Donald Trump's administration resorted to offering cash to sailors in exchange for exposing the Islamic Republic's activities. published a report Wednesday quoting an alleged August 26 email from U.S. special ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday sanctioned an “oil for terror” network of firms, ships and individuals allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that supplied Syria with oil worth hundreds of millions of dollars in breach of U.S. sanctions./ FILE PHOTO: ...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin walks to a working breakfast at the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday sanctioned a sprawling network of firms, ships and individuals allegedly directed by ...
State Department said technologies used to launch rockets are virtually identical to those used to test ballistic missiles/ WASHINGTON—The State Department imposed sanctions against Iran’s space program on Tuesday following a failed attempt to launch a rocket last week, which the U.S. suspects ...
TV/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran rejected on Wednesday as “ineffective” U.S. sanctions imposed on Tehran’s civilian space agency and two research organisations for allegedly being used to advance the country’s disputed ballistic missile programme. “Americans are addicted to sanctions. These sanctions ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on the three Iranian space agencies on Tuesday, the Treasury Department said, as Washington ramps up pressure over Tehran’s nuclear program. Treasury targeted the Iran Space Agency, Iran Space Research Center and the Astronautics ...
47PM [Updated: Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:50PM ]/ Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has taken to task the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as the main force behind imposition of Washington’s sanctions against Tehran, saying that it only serves the role of a jail warden ...
34AM [Updated: Thu Sep 5, 2019 12:35AM ]/ Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned the latest moves and comments by the US administration, especially its Iran representative Brian Hook, to increase pressure against the Iranian nation as part of an "economic terrorism campaign." ...
06PM [Updated: Wed Sep 4, 2019 06:16PM ]/ Iran has decided the next measures in the third stage of its response to the violation of the 2015 nuclear deal by the United States. (File photo)/ Iran has decided the next steps in the third stage of its response to the violation of the 2015 nuclear ...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a US policy of enticing and threatening is becoming a pattern, as reports emerged that Washington had sought to blackmail the captain of an Iranian-operated tanker to receive bribe for the vessel or face sanctions. “Having failed at piracy, the ...
20PM [Updated: Wed Sep 4, 2019 05:21PM ]/ The United States has imposed sanctions on an Iranian shipping network – several tankers, companies and insurance firms -- accusing it of supplying millions of barrels of oil to Syria. The US Treasury Department announced the illegal sanctions on ...
10PM [Updated: Tue Sep 3, 2019 08:10PM ]/ The United States has imposed new sanctions on Iran this time to target its space program. The administration of US President Donald Trump introduced the illegal sanctions Tuesday as Washington continued its campaign of “maximum pressure” against Tehran ...
Hamas says it needs specialised equipment to recover the remaining bodies of the hostages/ The US has downplayed claims that Hamas is violating the ceasefire deal with Israel by not returning all the bodies of dead hostages. Only nine of the 28 dead hostages have been returned, with Hamas saying ...
Traders in Gaza have been hoarding food items to create shortages and drive up profits after Israel threatened not to reopen the Rafah crossing/ The UN humanitarian chief has urged Israel to open more crossings into Gaza to allow a surge of aid, after Israel warned it would limit supplies into ...
'We want to raise our children': Life in Gaza after hostages and prisoners released/ Donald Trump's quick trip to Israel and Egypt was the victory lap he wanted. Anyone watching the speeches he made in Jerusalem and Sharm el-Sheikh could see a man luxuriating in his power - enjoying the applause ...
'Peace in the Middle East': Trump signs ceasefire deal in Egypt/ Israelis and Palestinians have celebrated as a major hostage and prisoner exchange on Monday marked a significant step towards ending two years of war in Gaza. In a crucial first phase of the US-brokered plan to end the war, Hamas ...
Families embraced loved ones who were returned from Israeli prison/ Hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been welcomed with tears and screams of joy as they were released by Israel to be reunited with their families in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The release involved ...
affiliated security forces have been deployed across Gaza to oversee the transition following Israeli withdrawal/ At least 27 people have been killed in fierce clashes between Hamas security forces and armed members of the Dughmush family in Gaza City, in one of the most violent internal ...
The Israeli military says it has partially withdrawn troops from parts of Gaza after a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday morning. Israeli forces said they had pulled back to an agreed position within the territory - though troops still occupy half of the ...
A ceasefire deal has taken effect in Gaza that should see Hamas release all the 48 Israeli and foreign hostages it is still holding after two years of war, 20 of whom are assumed to be alive. All but one were among the 251 people abducted during the Palestinian group's attack on southern Israel ...
Even for Donald Trump, a president who revels in his place at the centre of world events, it was a dramatic moment. The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio interrupted a televised meeting Trump was chairing in Washington DC on Wednesday. He handed over a message that the President needed to tell ...
Palestinians react to Gaza peace deal announcement/ The ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, announced after intense negotiations in Egypt, is a long-awaited breakthrough that brings them closer to ending the two-year-old war in Gaza. But, despite the momentum, there is no ...