World Sep 27 ‘Iran’s nuclear program can never be destroyed,’ country’s top nuclear negotiator says By John Yang, Satvi Sunkara
World Sep 27 What to know about the UN reimposing ‘snapback’ sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program will be reimposed Sunday, putting Tehran under new pressure as tensions remain high in the wider Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Here's what to know about Iran's nuclear sites,… By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
World Sep 26 UN Security Council rejects Russia and China’s resolution to delay sanctions on Iran The U.N. Security Council on Friday rejected another last-ditch effort to delay the reimposition of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program a day before the deadline and after Western countries claimed that weeks of meetings failed to result in… By Farnoush Amiri, Stephanie Liechtenstein, Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press
World Mar 14 China, Russia and Iran call for end to U.S. sanctions on Iran and restart of nuclear talks Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called Friday for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue. By Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press
Economy Apr 16 Yellen warns of more sanctions in response to Iran’s increasing activity “Treasury will not hesitate to work with our allies to use our sanctions authority to continue disrupting the Iranian regime’s malign and destabilizing activity,” she said. “I fully expect we will take additional sanctions actions against Iran in the coming… By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press
Apr 29 Bipartisan senators urge Biden to step up seizures of Iranian oil amid sanctions By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press A dozen senators are making a bipartisan appeal to President Joe Biden to reinvigorate the power of U.S. authorities to seize Iranian oil assets under an enforcement program they say has been allowed to languish. Continue reading
Oct 12 Protests and marches worldwide bring together Iranians living abroad By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press As anti-government protests roil cities and towns in Iran for a fourth week, tens of thousands of Iranians living abroad have marched in support of what many believe to be a watershed moment for their home country. Continue reading
Oct 18 UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States, which insists the ban… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 6:46 The international implications of new U.S. sanctions on Iran The Trump administration announced additional sanctions on Iran Monday, after declaring over the weekend that all United Nation sanctions initially lifted by the Iran nuclear deal had been reimposed. But that “snapback” of UN sanctions was rejected by much of… Continue watching
Sep 21 WATCH: Alone among nations, U.S. moves to restore U.N. Iran sanctions By Matthew Lee, Deb Reichmann, Associated Press President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday spelling out how the U.S. will enforce the measures, a step that was quickly followed by new sanctions announcements. Continue reading