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China Friday urged Iran to reconsider its threats after the powerful Revolutionary Guards suggested that the Islamic Republic could hamper navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, which is critical to China’s vital oil and gas imports. Thursday, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Read more
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled a trip to Teheran because of mounting pressure from US President Donald Trump on allies around the world. Official sources, on condition of anonymity, told Japan Times that Abe’s scheduled meeting with Read more
United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities in charge of security and commodities regulations have instructed companies to report on and freeze assets of nine Iranian individuals and organizations appearing on the country’s terror list. Securities and Commodities Authority has ordered all Read more
The trip the Iranian President Hassan Rohani is to pay to Switzerland and Austria this week to seek assurances on the continuation of the nuclear deal is being compromised by the alleged involvement of an Iranian diplomat positioned in the Read more
US President Donald Trump vowed, in an interview aired Sunday on Fox News, to slap sanctions on European allies looking to maintain trade ties with Iran as he is pushing for increasing economic pressure on the Islamic Republic. President Trump Read more
Saudi Arabia has agreed to increase its oil production up to 2,000,000 barrels, US President Donald Trump said on Twitter Saturday as he requests OPEC members to make for Iran and Venezuela’s oil production deficit. “Just spoke to King Salman Read more
Jan Egeland, Senior Adviser to the UN Special Envoy for Syria, detailed in a statement to journalists in Geneva the “heart-wrenching” effect of the renewed violence in the governorates of Dera’a and neighbouring Quneitra. “The reports from our colleagues are Read more
Six people were wounded late Wednesday after a refinery in Abadan, south-west of the country, caught fire. The fire-fighters tackled the damage in which six people were wounded, one in critical conditions, sources told semi-state media Tasnim news agency. Causes Read more
The White House has embarked on a global campaign to bring allies to dry up Iran’s money sources with cutoff importations of Iranian oil by November 4. “Yes, we are asking them to go to zero,” a US official told Read more
Iraq’s outgoing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has tied an alliance with May election winner Moqtada al-Sadr to form a government amid political tensions. Abadi’s Victory alliance finished third in the election right behind Sadr’s Marching Towards Reform and Iran-backed Shia Read more