Third Round ‘Teapot’ Refinery Sanctions: The U.S. Treasury Department issued sanctions targeting a Chinese “teapot” refinery on May 8 as part of the Trump administration’s...
To squeeze the Islamic Republic’s oil revenues, U.S. policy must understand that no Chinese company is too big to sanction.
U.S. Targets Funding of Tehran’s Malign Activities: The State Department announced on April 30 that it had sanctioned seven entities trading in Iranian petroleum and petrochemical...
Shortly after President Donald Trump started his second term, his new Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, promised, “We are committed to bringing the Iranians to going back to the...
Network Shipped Liquified Petroleum Gas: The Treasury Department issued new sanctions targeting the Iranian liquified petroleum gas (LPG) magnate Seyed Asadoollah Emamjomeh on...
A Unique Opportunity to Confront the Iranian Nuclear Threat
State Department Sanctions Chinese Oil Facility: The U.S. State Department has sanctioned a China-based crude oil storage terminal for receiving “at least eight Iranian crude...
When Iran’s supreme leader speaks, the world expects a predictable mix of praise for his Palestinian allies, blustery predictions of Israel’s demise, and bitter denunciations of...
Latest Developments Iran Fears U.S. Strikes: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei placed his country’s military on its highest alert level, fearing potential strikes by the United States,...
With a month-on-month increase of 3.3% and an annual rate of 37.1%, inflation reflects the struggles of millions of Iranians.
Australia must take decisive action: designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization and expand sanctions on Tehran’s cyber and illicit financial networks.
Iran Sends Response to Trump Letter: Iran responded on March 27 to a letter sent by U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this month proposing fresh talks between the two countries...
Value Halved Within 8 Months: Iran’s currency collapsed to a record low on March 25. The Iranian rial fell to 1,039,000 against the U.S. dollar, less than half its value in July...
False Shipping Manifests: Iranian oil tankers used forged Iraqi documents to smuggle oil, Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani said in a news conference on March 24. Abdel-Ghani...
Treasury Sanctions Chinese Refineries: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Chinese “teapot” refinery and its CEO on...
The Department of the Treasury’s sanctioning of Iranian Petroleum Minister Mohsen Paknejad marks a U.S. return to the “maximum pressure” tactic of targeting top Iranian economic officials. At the...
Iran and Russia said they will cooperateon searching for lithium resources in Iran and developing an indigenous Iranian lithium extraction and processing industry. The March 11 announcement could revive...
The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security
Treasury Sanctions Foxtrot Network: The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish transnational criminal organization...
Revocation Part of Trump’s Maximum Pressure Campaign: The Trump administration rescinded a waiver on March 8 that allowed Iraq to pay for the purchase of electricity from Iran....