۲ TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s ambassador to the Netherlands said the US president’s personal decision to re-impose sanctions against the Islamic Republic after withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal undermined trust in international treaties and organizations. “The re-imposition of the cruel and unilateral (US) sanctions (on Iran) is in clear breach of the United Nations […]
۲ TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) gave Iran a final deadline of February 2020 to tighten its rules against money laundering in compliance with the global watchdog’s financial standards. “If before February 2020, Iran does not enact the Palermo and Terrorist Financing Conventions in line with the FATF Standards, then […]
۲ TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – US prosecutors on Tuesday charged Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank with taking part in a multibillion-dollar scheme to evade US sanctions against Iran. The charges unsealed in federal court in Manhattan mirror those against one of Halkbank’s former executives, Mehmet Hakan Atilla, who was found guilty and sentenced to prison […]
۲ TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said that US President Trump’s measures do not have lasting effect, hence nations should prevent those adverse measures from affecting relations among them. “Trump’s behavior will not be permanent so we should not let amicable ties between nations be overshadowed by such behaviors; of course, […]
۲ TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – The US has imposed new sanctions against Turkish officials and institutions over the country’s incursion into northern Syria, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and VP Mike Pence announced on Monday. Specifically, Mnuchin said the US has sanctioned three Turkish ministers along with their department of defense and ministry of energy, […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council highlighted the failure of all American plans for West Asia, saying even the US’ regional allies have arrived at the conclusion that the Middle Eats would be a safer place without the US. In an article published on Monday, Ali Shamkhani said three open admissions […]
۲ TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Hossein Salami highlighted Iran’s recent military advances against the US and said given the reality on the ground, the Islamic Republic has been defeating the enemy. “We do not allow the enemy’s will to affect our destiny and so far, we have done […]
۲ TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – The Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Americans helped increase the esteem and glory of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps with their hostile behavior and “aggressive faces”. This morning October 13, 2019, a graduation ceremony was held for the student officers and guards trainees at Imam Hussain […]
۲ TEHRAN, Oct. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei says Tehran is thoroughly investigating the Friday explosions on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea with no haste. In a note released on Saturday, Rabiei wrote that at a time when the region is in dire need of peace as a remedy […]
۲ TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani deplored an attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia on Friday and pledged that such “evil deeds” will not go unanswered. “Piracy and evil deeds in international waterways, which are carried out with the aim […]