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A customer shops in a supermarket at a shopping mall in northern Tehran, Iran, September 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
October 21, 2025, 9:42 pm
Iran risks severe economic downturn, unrest as renewed UN sanctions bite
Tehran’s strategy of self-sufficiency and closer trade with allies China and Russia may not be enough to shield nation of 92 million from imminent economic blow
By Parisa Hafezi
People walk in front of a billboard depicting slain Lebanese Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah (C) and his successor Hashem Safieddine (R) as well as the late Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, in Tehran, Iran, on September 28, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
September 28, 2025, 11:13 am
Iran slams ‘illegal’ reimposition of UN nuclear sanctions, urges countries not to comply
Foreign ministry promises ‘a firm and appropriate response,’ lawmaker says Tehran could pull out of nuclear proliferation treaty; European powers warn Iran against escalation
By Agencies and Nava Freiberg
Two women walk past a huge banner showing the late commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone attack in 2020, and two late Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah, center, and Hashem Safieddine, who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in 2024, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square, in Tehran, Iran, September 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 28, 2025, 5:11 am
UN arms embargo, other sanctions reimposed on Iran; West says diplomacy still possible
Tehran recalls its ambassadors to Britain, France, Germany for consultations, as country’s currency hits record low amid nuclear deal’s collapse; US demands direct talks
By Michelle Nichols
This combination of pictures shows (from top L to down R) German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot, and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi .(AFP)
September 21, 2025, 12:33 am
Iran halts IAEA cooperation after Europe triggers UN sanctions snapback
Tehran says European powers’ decision to reimpose UN sanctions derails recent monitoring deal and deepens nuclear standoff
By AFP
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the Iranian Consulate, where Iranian diplomats meet counterparts from Germany, Britain and France for renewed nuclear talks, in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 25, 2025. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
August 13, 2025, 1:54 pm
European powers say they’re ready to snap back Iran nuclear sanctions at end of August
Britain, France, and Germany say measure will be imposed if no nuclear solution reached; Iranian lawmaker warns Tehran would leave Non-Proliferation Treaty
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield during a news conference at United Nations headquarters, on March 1, 2021. (Mary Altaffer/AP)
February 8, 2022, 10:34 am
US clashes with Russia, China over usefulness of UN sanctions
Moscow’s representative at Security Council meeting argues that measures imposed by individual countries may be unlawful; US rejects claim
By Edith M. Lederer
Photo composite: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Hadi Mizban, Petros Karadjias/AP Photos)
September 20, 2020, 10:50 am
Iran, Russia pan ‘illegitimate, reckless’ US claim UN sanctions back in force
Tehran’s rial drops to new low as Moscow says Washington’s ‘theatrics don’t correspond to reality’; White House isolated in its unilateral assertion measures have snapped back
By Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. Trump is en route to Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
September 18, 2020, 1:05 pm
Trump said preparing executive order to sanction any who break Iran arms embargo
With arms ban set to expire on October 18 and UN Security Council rejecting an extension, White House reportedly readying punitive measures against all who resume weapons sales
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is flanked by US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft as he speaks to reporters following a meeting with members of the UN Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal and calling for the restoration of sanctions against Iran at United Nations headquarters in New York, August 20, 2020. (MIKE SEGAR / POOL / AFP)
September 17, 2020, 9:09 am
US to declare UN sanctions on Iran are back, setting up showdown with the world
Move forcefully opposed by most countries, except for Israel and Gulf, and expected to be ignored by rest of Security Council, which could undermine credibility of world body
By AP
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi attends a meeting with head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, in Tehran, Iran on August 25, 2020. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)
August 25, 2020, 1:24 pm
Iran hails ‘constructive’ talks with visiting IAEA chief
Spokesman for Iran’s nuclear body says Tehran may grant UN agency approval to inspect two sites, provided it does not subsequently demand to see more
By Amir Havasi
Screenshot from footage of what Iran says was the unprecedented launch of a ballistic missile from underground, July 29, 2020 (Twitter)
July 29, 2020, 4:19 pm
Iran fires ballistic missiles from underground for 1st time, during major drill
‘Great Prophet 14’ maneuvers, held as US pushes to renew UN weapons sanctions on Tehran, include fast attack boat and drone attacks on a mock American carrier
By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell
A satellite image of the FSO Safer tanker moored off Ras Issa port, in Yemen, June 17, 2020. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
July 27, 2020, 4:29 pm
Rights group calls for sanctioning Yemen rebels over moored oil tanker
Potential leak from FSO Safer, loaded with 1.1 million barrels of crude, would significantly exacerbate country’s humanitarian crisis, says Human Rights Watch
By AP
US President Donald Trump speaks from the White House on January 8, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
January 8, 2020, 11:02 pm
Trump vows immediate new sanctions on already heavily sanctioned Iran
Observers say that even though little in Iran is left to be sanctioned, US could boost existing penalties or demand reimposition of UN measures lifted in nuke deal
By Matthew Lee
A North Korean cargo ship, Wise Honest, middle, that was towed into the Port of Pago Pago in the late morning on May 11, 2019, in Pago Pago, American Samoa. (AP Photo/Fili Sagapolutele)
May 14, 2019, 8:44 am
North Korea demands return of cargo ship seized by US
Pyongyang calls seizure of vessel involved in banned coal deliveries a ‘daylight robbery,’ says it betrays the spirit of Trump-Kim summit
By AP
Members of the UN Security Council attends a meeting over North Korea's new sanctions at the UN Headquarters in New York, September 11, 2017. (AFP/Kena Betancur)
September 12, 2017, 6:03 pm
North Korea says will it make US suffer over ‘vicious’ UN sanctions
Pyongyang’s UN ambassador Han Tae-Song warns of retaliation over latest restrictions on oil, textile trade
By AFP
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