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Despite sanctions, Iran’s oil exports rise in early 2019
By Sebastian Clark on February 20, 2019
Iran’s exports of crude oil were higher than expected in January and are at least holding steady this month, according to tanker data and industry...
Read: Full transcript of Zarif’s speech at Munich Security Conference 2019
By Sebastian Clark on February 17, 2019
What follows is a full transcript of Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s speech at the 2019 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2019 in Munich,...
Iran says Riyadh, UAE ‘involved’ in attack
By Sebastian Clark on February 17, 2019
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has threatened to take unprecedented action against Saudi Arabia and the UAE over a suicide attack...
Iran rejects ‘laughable’ anti-Semitism allegations by Pence
By Sebastian Clark on February 17, 2019
Iran has rejected accusations of anti-Semitism levelled against it by US Vice President Mike Pence, saying it respects Judaism but opposes Israel. Foreign ministry spokesperson Bahram Qasemi...
The US held a global summit to isolate Iran. America isolated itself instead.
By Sebastian Clark on February 16, 2019
A US-led conference in Warsaw this week that was intended to isolate Iran has ended up isolating America instead — highlighting one of the central problems of...
America’s effort to isolate Iran will backfire
By Sebastian Clark on February 13, 2019
By Trita Parsi As the celebrations of the fortieth anniversary of the Iranian revolution comes to an end in Tehran, Secretary Mike Pompeo and National...
Photos: Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution with mass rallies
By Sebastian Clark on February 12, 2019
Various Iranian cities and towns were the scene of mass rallies celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution on Monday. The revolution toppled the US-backed...
By Sebastian Clark on February 12, 2019
Iranians have taken to the streets across the country to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1979 revolution, renewing their allegiance to the country’s Islamic...
Lebanon to boycott Warsaw conference on Mideast, Iran
By Sebastian Clark on February 12, 2019
Lebanon will not take part in a conference that Poland is holding this week on the situation in the Middle East and Iran. Foreign Minister...
Four decades of Iranian revolution
By Sebastian Clark on February 10, 2019
By Asif Durrani Iran is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic revolution amidst the worst kind of American sanctions. It is a nation under stress...
Poll shows Iranian attitudes towards Europe becoming more negative
By Sebastian Clark on February 10, 2019
A new survey conducted by research firm IranPoll offers the first insights into Iranian public sentiment following the reimposition of US secondary sanctions on Iran....
Trump claims he’s thwarting Iran. He’s not.
By Sebastian Clark on February 6, 2019
During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed that his decision to pull the US out of the Iran nuclear deal and...
Iraq angered by Trump idea to watch Iran from US base
By Sebastian Clark on February 5, 2019
Iraq’s President Barham Saleh has rebuked Donald Trump over his comments that he wanted to maintain a US military presence there to watch Iran. Mr...
EU starts scheme to bypass US sanctions on Iran
By Sebastian Clark on February 4, 2019
France, Germany and Britain have opened a new channel for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert US sanctions, although diplomats say it is unlikely to...
Thousands of German SMEs eager to trade with Iran: German official
By Sebastian Clark on February 4, 2019
Thousands of German companies are eager to trade with Iran, an official with the Iran-Germany Chamber of Commerce told WirtschaftsWoche – a German weekly business...
Iran’s Rouhani slams ‘hegemonic’ U.S. over Venezuela
By Sebastian Clark on February 3, 2019
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday accused the United States of seeking “world hegemony” and denounced Washington for trying to topple Tehran’s ally, Venezuelan President...
Zarif: Iran ready for constructive engagement with Europe
By Sebastian Clark on February 2, 2019
By Trend Iranian foreign minister in a message hailed implementation of Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), saying Iran is ready to maintain constructive engagement...
New mechanism for European trade with Iran is legitimate: Germany’s BGA
By Sebastian Clark on February 2, 2019
A new channel for non-dollar trade with Iran that France, Germany and Britain have opened to avert U.S. sanctions is legitimate and sends an important...
Persia Is Back, but in a Different Form
By Sebastian Clark on January 30, 2019
By Kayhan Barzegar, Atlantic Council A powerful trend at the international level—led by the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia—is trying to sell the idea that...
Defying U.S., European powers set up company to trade with Iran
By Sebastian Clark on January 30, 2019
France, Britain and Germany, defying threats from Washington, are this week executing their plans to set up a special-payments company to secure some trade with...