Tag: Iran

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Iran's Supreme Leader announces the demise or Israel and US civilization

  

  Iran's youth will witness the demise of Israel and American civilization, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday in comments published on his official website.

• Monday, May 20th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  ”If Iran wants to fight, that will be the end of Iran”, Trump tells Teheran

  

  President Donald Trump issued an ominous warning to Iran on Sunday suggesting that if the Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 08:24 UTC

  Oil prices edge up on the Iran situation, but inventories are still very high

  

  Oil prices edged up on Thursday to extend gains into a third straight session, as tensions in the Middle East stoked fears of potential disruptions to supply. Brent crude futures were at US$72.04 a barrel at 0110 GMT, up 27 cents, or 0.4per cent, from their last close. Brent closed up 0.7per cent on Wednesday.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  Pompeo threatens Teheran with “swift and decisive” response to any attack by Iran

  

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday threatened a “swift and decisive” US response to any attack by Iran, in the latest of a series of escalating statements and actions.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  US threatens sanctions on countries that continue to purchase Iranian oil: crude hits six month highs

  

  The United States on Monday demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran's oil revenues which sent crude prices to six-month highs on fears of a potential supply crunch.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Standard Chartered fined US$ 1,1bn for helping Iran and £102m to Britain's Financial Conduct Authority

  

  Standard Chartered bank is being fined US$1.1bn for violating US sanctions against Iran and over inadequate financial crime controls The penalties, imposed in connection with a range of different investigations in the US and the UK, all date back to before 2014.

• Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:34 UTC

  France, Germany and UK agree on new channel to trade with Iran and avert US sanctions

  

  France, Germany and Britain have opened a new channel for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert U.S. sanctions, although diplomats say it is unlikely to allow for the big transactions that Tehran says it needs to keep a nuclear deal afloat. Washington’s major European allies opposed last year’s decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon the 2015 deal, under which international sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for Tehran accepting curbs on its nuclear program.

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 10:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro presents Netanyahu with Brazil's highest decoration for visitors

  

  Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Friday in Rio de Janeiro and sealed an alliance between the two countries, although moving the embasy to Jerusalem was reportedly not on the table. Bolsonaro presented Netanyahu with the highest national decoration for visitors in Brazil, granted in the past to former US President Dwight Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 21:19 UTC

  Socialist Pablo Iglesias regrets about Venezuela: “The political and economic situation is disastrous”

  

  The Spanish Socialist leader, Pablo Iglesias, appeared before the Spanish Senate on Thursday over the alleged illegal financing that his political coalition, Podemos, could have received from Venezuela and Iran. In a tense debate with a senator from the Popular Party (PP), Iglesias said that the situation in the South American country “is disastrous” and that he regrets things he has said in the past.

• Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Huawei's Meng arrest becoming a major diplomatic conflict

  

  Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s chief financial officer faces U.S. accusations that she covered up her company’s links to a firm that tried to sell equipment to Iran despite sanctions, a Canadian prosecutor said on Friday, arguing against giving her bail while she awaits extradition.