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This photo from March 12, 2017, shows an Iranian laborer walking the platform of the oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf. (AFP/Atta Kenar)
November 4, 2018, 9:12 am
Saudi Arabia readies to boost supplies over Iran oil sanctions
Analysts expect Iranian exports of some 2.5 million barrels per day to plunge by 1-2 million bpd when US sanctions take effect November 5
By Omar Hasan
An illustrative photo of an electricity company control room. ( Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
September 14, 2017, 10:45 pm
US extends nuke sanctions relief but hits targets accused of cyber attacks
Economic sanctions slapped on 11 individuals and companies accused of supporting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, involvement in cyber attacks against US banks
By AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Chinese Ambassador Cheng Jingye, bottom left, US Energy Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Palais Coburg Hotel in Vienna, Austria, in the early morning hours of July 14, 2015. (US State Department)
January 10, 2017, 5:53 pm
Iran, world powers hold final nuclear talks before Trump takes office
Russians doubt US president-elect will keep to his election threat to tear up atomic accord
By Simon Sturdee
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini hold a joint press conference during the E3/EU+3 and Iran talks at the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna on January 16, 2016. (AFP/Joe Klamar)
December 23, 2016, 7:36 pm
New clarifications to nuke deal allow Iran to enrich more uranium
Documents issued by EU foreign policy chief reduce the amount of material currently held by Iran that is counted as enriched uranium
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this March 2, 2008 file photo, two passenger planes of Iran's national air carrier, Iran Air, are parked at the Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
December 22, 2016, 5:32 pm
Iran finalizes $18b deal for 100 planes from Airbus
Islamic Republic seeking to upgrade aging air fleet; deliveries to begin early next year
By AP
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano from Japan speaks to the media after returning from Iran at the Vienna International Airport, Austria, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
December 19, 2016, 5:29 pm
Watchdog warns Iran it could soon bust cap on nuke-making material
Diplomats say IAEA officials have told Tehran it needs to slow down uranium enrichment or risk breaching agreement
By AP and AFP
File photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with UN nuclear chief Yukiya Amano during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, September 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
December 18, 2016, 11:46 am
Iran discusses nuclear ships plan with IAEA chief
Construction of boats, which would likely breach permitted uranium-enrichment level, seen as retaliation over renewed US sanctions
By AFP
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini hold a joint press conference during the E3/EU+3 and Iran talks at the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna on January 16, 2016. (AFP/Joe Klamar)
December 17, 2016, 2:57 pm
Iran seeks meeting of nuclear deal powers to protest US sanctions
Tehran argues the Iran Sanctions Act, symbolically renewed this week, is a breach of the accord reached in 2015
By AFP
Workers prepare the stage before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the AIPAC 2015 Policy Conference on March 2, 2015. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/JTA)
December 15, 2016, 10:24 pm
AIPAC’s 2016 roundup lauds military aid deal and renewal of Iran Sanctions Act
Email to members stresses lobby’s work with ‘current and prospective political leaders from both parties’
By Eric Cortellessa
US President Barack Obama speaks on counterterrorism at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida on December 6, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN)
December 15, 2016, 12:19 pm
Obama allows Iran sanctions renewal, but doesn’t sign bill
In surprise move, president decides to let law take effect without putting ink to paper after White House calls legislation unnecessary
By AFP
An Iranian woman walks past a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran, November 9, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
December 4, 2016, 10:14 am
Rouhani threatens ‘response’ if Obama extends sanctions
Iran’s president urges Obama urged to veto bill that would extend penalties for 10 years, as Tehran simmers over Senate passage of measure
By AP and TOI staff
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to a question during a press briefing, Tehran, Iran, February 20, 2016. (AP/Vahid Salemi, File)
December 3, 2016, 4:49 pm
Iranian FM: US sanctions vote shows lack of American credibility
Tehran fumes after Washington legislators vote to renew a decades-old anti-Iranian law which is set to expire at year’s end
By AP
US President Barack Obama walks from the residence to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, July 27, 2016. (AFP/Jim Watson)
December 2, 2016, 9:59 pm
White House: Obama expected to sign renewal of Iran Sanctions Act
After Senate approval, spokesman Eric Schultz says president believes extending law is ‘not necessary’ but won’t ‘interfere with Iran deal’
By Eric Cortellessa
A general view shows a building bearing anti-US graffiti in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 9, 2016. (AFP/Atta Kenare)
December 2, 2016, 4:14 pm
Trump said exploring fresh non-nuclear sanctions on Iran
President-elect’s team reportedly looking into measures that would put the screws on Tehran without violating 2015 accord
By TOI staff and Agencies
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after the UN atomic watchdog verifies that Iran has met all conditions of the July 2015 nuclear deal, in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 2016. (AFP/Kevin Lamarque/Pool)
December 2, 2016, 10:13 am
Iran: US renewal of sanctions violates nuclear deal
Tehran says it has stuck to 2015 agreement, will respond ‘appropriately’ to Senate passage of bill
By TOI staff and Agencies
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