Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said in a televised address that Iran will expand its nuclear program and will not negotiate with the United States, doubling down on Continue Reading
The steady rise in U.S. strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over trade and the South China Sea already has so many dimensions that it is sometimes Continue Reading
Iran, creaking under the impact of U.S. sanctions, a collapse in oil sales and a severe COVID-19 epidemic, is scrambling to buy food and medicine to avoid a supply crunch. Continue Reading
Iran’s foreign ministry said on Thursday foreign governments may have been behind recent cyberattacks on Iranian facilities, but played down the possibility of them having a role in a series Continue Reading
The U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil and other industries are scaring foreign firms which are unwilling to sign any deals in any sector with Iran and are even rescinding existing Continue Reading
Iran signed on Monday a US$1.3-billion deal with domestic companies to double the production capacity at the massive Azadegan oilfield, expecting the rise in production to boost its oil revenues Continue Reading
If presumptive Democratic candidate Joe Biden wins the presidential election in November, Iran could suddenly turn from a bullish driver for oil prices into a bearish factor if it resumes Continue Reading
Iran’s Petropars Ltd. signed a contract to more than double output at the South Azadegan oil field, the second deal this month to boost production at a deposit shared with Continue Reading
Iranian security forces fired tear gas on Thursday to disperse demonstrators gathered in the southwestern city of Behbahan, witnesses told Reuters, and there was a heavy presence of forces in Continue Reading
Iranian authorities are investigating a blaze that damaged seven ships at a southern Iranian port, the latest in a string of fires and explosions that have raised suspicions of coordinated Continue Reading
An oil tanker tied to a sanctioned Iranian individual and under arrest in UAE waters has recently left the UAE port in violation of a Prohibition to Sail notice and Continue Reading
The autocratic regimes in Beijing and Tehran are feeling the heat from Washington. The former is locked in a bitter, damaging trade war with the United States; the latter has seen its country’s Continue Reading
As Iran’s center for advanced nuclear centrifuges lies in charred ruins after an explosion, apparently engineered by Israel, the long-simmering conflict between the United States and Tehran appears to be escalating Continue Reading
Iran is expanding its oil-production capacity in anticipation that an eventual end of sanctions would allow it to wrest back its share of the global crude market, according to Oil Continue Reading
Iran’s Persia Oil and Gas Industry Development Co. signed a $463 million agreement with state-run National Iranian Oil Co. to operate and further develop Yaran oil field close to the border Continue Reading
An explosion at the heart of Iran ‘s nuclear programme in the dead of night. An obscure group called the Cheetahs of the Homeland takes credit for it. Then there Continue Reading
The amount of oil that Iran currently has in storage may have come off its May peak, according to industry sources, but it is still forcing the oil producer to Continue Reading
An explosion rocked western Tehran early Friday, state media reported, causing widespread power failures in two residential areas and unnerving Iranians awakened for the third consecutive week by an early-morning Continue Reading
A massive explosion and fire at a highly sensitive Iranian nuclear facility last week was likely an act of sabotage, intelligence officials and weapons experts said Monday, but analysts were Continue Reading
Last August, Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif, paid a visit to his China counterpart, Wang Li, to present a roadmap on a comprehensive 25-year China-Iran strategic partnership that built upon Continue Reading
Tehran has built underground “missile cities” along the Gulf coastline, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy chief said on Sunday, warning of a “nightmare for Iran’s enemies”. “Iran has established underground onshore Continue Reading
Iran said a fire that broke out at its Natanz nuclear facility last week had caused “significant damage” to a building that was used to develop advanced centrifuges. A number of Continue Reading
An Iranian conglomerate owned by the country’s military and tied to its missile program has established a retail foothold in Venezuela, according to officials and records detailing the move, deepening Continue Reading
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation released a photo purportedly showing the damaged building A fire that broke out on Thursday at a key Iranian nuclear facility has caused “significant damage”, a Continue Reading
Iran on Sunday instituted mandatory mask-wearing as fears mount over newly spiking reported deaths from the coronavirus, even as its public increasingly shrugs off the danger of the COVID-19 illness Continue Reading
Iran said it was looking at possible sabotage following recent blasts at several key Iranian sites, including the country’s main nuclear facility, a senior official said Friday, deepening the mystery Continue Reading
Iranian investigators have found the “main cause” of a fire that tore through a building at the country’s biggest uranium enrichment facility on Thursday but won’t yet release details, the Continue Reading
Iran will retaliate against any country that carries out cyber attacks on its nuclear sites, the head of civilian defence said, after a fire at its Natanz plant which some Continue Reading
Iran’s financial and military support for Shi’ite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, a linchpin of its regional foreign policy, has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. sanctions, Continue Reading
A fire ripped through a building at Iran’s main nuclear-fuel production site early Thursday, causing extensive damage to what appeared to be a factory where the country has boasted of Continue Reading
Iran recorded its highest number of deaths from COVID-19 within a 24-hour period, official health ministry figures showed on Monday. The 162 deaths reported on Monday exceed the previous record Continue Reading
Iran has exported gasoline to Venezuela under a “commercial deal” and none of the trades was for free, news agency IRNA reported on June 28, citing Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Continue Reading
Iran on June 25 officially started building a 1,000-km (620-mile) pipeline to avoid the disputed Strait of Hormuz for its future oil exports, state television reported. The Goureh-Jask route will bring Continue Reading
Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, warned exporters that they risk prosecution if they keep their foreign currency earnings offshore as Tehran struggles to stabilise the plummeting rial. The Iranian currency has fallen Continue Reading
Iran would be open to talks with the United States if Washington apologises for exiting a 2015 nuclear deal and compensates Tehran, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, cautioning Continue Reading
Britain, France and Germany said on Friday they would not back U.S. efforts to unilaterally trigger the reimposition of United Nations sanctions on Iran, but said they wanted talks with Continue Reading
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that “an agreeable solution is possible” for the United Nations nuclear watchdog’s request for access to two nuclear sites in the country. France, Continue Reading
Qatar’s recent decision to go ahead with bold plans for the North Dome , its supergiant non-associated gas reservoir, together with corollary deals to secure massive new liquefied natural gas Continue Reading
The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog agency said Monday that Iran must provide inspectors access to sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared Continue Reading
Iran expects gas exports to Turkey to resume by mid-July at the latest, a senior Iranian gas official said June 7, following an explosion on a pipeline in Turkey that Continue Reading
Amirhossein Zamaninia, Iran’s deputy oil minister for trade and international affairs, was appointed the country’s OPEC governor, replacing the recently deceased Hossein Kazempour, the oil ministry’s news service Shana reported Continue Reading
The United Nations atomic agency expressed “serious concern” Friday about Iran’s failure to cooperate with its probe into undeclared nuclear material in the country, adding to calls from opponents of Continue Reading
A dramatic surge in coronavirus infections in Iran has rekindled the largest outbreak in the Middle East, just weeks after the country appeared to have tamed its epidemic. Iran is Continue Reading
A wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday but insisted the country had no option but to keep its Continue Reading
(Reuters) – Iran’s president warned the public on Wednesday that restrictions may have to be reimposed to fight the coronavirus if the country is hit by a second wave of Continue Reading
Highlights Previously, both signed a one-year agreement Iraq paid $400 mil, or half of cost of electricity supply US extends Iraq’s sanctions waiver for Iranian electricity on May 7 Tehran Continue Reading
As Iran fought to contain the coronavirus epidemic, governments including Saudi Arabia and Iraq closed some of the world’s largest religious sites and canceled prayers. Iran is rolling back coronavirus Continue Reading
Iranian tankers carrying at least $45.5m worth of gasoline sailed into Venezuela without incident [Marcos Moreno/AP] Iran has said it will continue fuel shipments to Venezuela if Caracas requests more Continue Reading
Iran and Venezuela have been moving closer together for years. The relationship began to flourish after Venezuela hosted the 2006 OPEC summit when then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez formed a personal Continue Reading
France, Germany, and Britain on Saturday criticized a U.S. decision to end sanctions waivers allowing work on Iranian nuclear sites designed to prevent weapons development. “We deeply regret the U.S. Continue Reading
