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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 645

Iran Sanctions Act

Abolfazl Nahidian, of the Manassas Mosque in Manassas, Virginia, after a press conference in which he and other Muslim leaders asked the Biden administration to release a set of religious tiles that have been confiscated because the shipment was considered a violation of US sanctions on Iran, August 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Barakat)
August 11, 2021, 12:15 pm
US mosque denied shipment of religious tiles due to sanctions on Iran
Muslim leaders ask Biden administration to release custom-made tiles bearing Quran texts confiscated by customs officials, suggest anti-Islam sentiment may be behind move
By Matthew Barakat
Elliott Abrams (photo credit: Courtesy/Tikvah Fund)
December 4, 2020, 9:19 am
US envoy: Iran unlikely to avenge assassination of nuclear scientist 
Elliott Abrams argues Tehran’s response is likely checked by fears of jeopardizing potential sanctions relief from the incoming Biden administration
By ToI Staff
A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus carries her shopping in northern Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 7, 2020, 8:29 pm
Calls to reduce pressure on Iran’s regime are reckless and misguided
The desperate Iranian people must get humanitarian aid, but the maximum pressure policy against their corrupt, bumbling leaders must be maintained
By Amos Yadlin and Ari Heistein
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 ToI Staff
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
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