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Turkey’s $20-billion plant project, the first ever by the country, is being threatened as Western sanctions heap up on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Operations of the first reactor of the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant, located on the Mediterranean Read more
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Tuesday said Tehran will engage in talks with the USA only on condition that President Donald Trump lifts all sanctions he has imposed on Iran after ripping off this year the 2015 nuclear agreement. “The step Read more
The Trump administration confirmed it has imposed sanctions on Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for defending the Iranian regime on the international front. The move, according to the US administration, targets Zarif’s asset in the US or controlled by US Read more
The US Treasury Tuesday put a group of Iranian, Russian and Syrian companies and individuals on its international blacklist over their network for allegedly shipping barrels of oil to the Bashar al-Assad regime and for funneling the returns of the Read more
Russia and Spain Tuesday lambasted fresh sanctions on Iran by the US, which is bullying countries to stop buying the Iranian oil. US President Donald Trump and his administration enacted Monday another tranche of sanctions against Iran targeting its oil Read more
The United States is planning to impose on Turkey fresh sanctions should Turkish authorities not release the detained American Pastor that President Donald Trump qualified as a “great patriot hostage”. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a meeting with President Trump Read more
The visit Iraqi Prime Minister was to pay to Tehran later this week will not take place as planned after Iranian authorities cancelled the trip over the Iraqi leader’s comments that he will abide by U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Saturday said if Washington continued threats to double tariffs on Turkey’s imports of iron and steel as a tool to secure the release of American Pastor, Ankara will look for new markets, Daily Sabah reports. Read more
The United States has rejected the European Union’s plea to spare European companies from sanctions as the Trump ad-ministration tightens grip around Iran. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told European allies, in a letter, that the White House has Read more
French car maker Renault has announced it will keep its operations in Iran unlike many multinationals despite new US economic sanctions following the US exit from the 2015 nuclear deal. The Company’s CEO Carlos Ghosn at the annual shareholders’ meeting Read more