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Russia bans agricultural imports from west in tit-for-tat sanctions move
Kremlin decree restricts EU and American products for up to one year, while acknowledging move may lead to food price rises Vladimir Putin has banned the import of agricultural goods from countries that have imposed
Read More »US suspends Iran oil sanctions while Tehran exceeds crude export quota
The White House has announced that while negotiations are underway the US is suspending oil sanctions against Iran due to the fact that the Islamic republic is cooperating with the international community to dispel
Read More »Antagonizing Iran: West strategic mistake
Even though it was a major exporter of crude oil and held some of the world's largest natural gas reserves, Iran made a compelling case over half-a-century ago that it needed, almost immediately, to
Read More »US claim of forcing Iran to negotiate, lie: IRGC cmdr.
A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismissed US claims of forcing Iran to the negotiating table through sanctions and threats as mere lies. “The United States which used to boast
Read More »New Iran Sanctions Bill
Last July, House members overwhelmingly passed new Iranian sanctions. A companion Senate bill didn't follow. Members of both parties want one. On December 19, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez (D. NJ) headlined his press
Read More »McCain says Iran sanctions bill ‘very likely’
US Senator John McCain says the Senate is “very likely” to pass a new sanctions bill against Iran despite a deal that the US, Russia, France, China, Britain and Germany - the so-called P5+1
Read More »Anti-Iran plot: Scions of Zion at work
There is no remission to Washington’s belligerence towards Iran and no deal seems to be an antidote to this venom of spite secreted out on the part of the US officials on a daily
Read More »Iran warns nuclear deal falls apart if US approves new sanctions
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said the recent nuclear deal struck between his nation and world powers would evaporate should the United States Congress impose new economic sanctions on Iran, even those that would
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