Trump threatens to slap sanctions on Iraq ‘like they’ve never seen before’
Published Sun, Jan 5 2020 by Joanna Tan CNBC @tan_joanna Key Points Tensions in the Middle East spiraled last week after Trump called for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad […]
Trump Imposes Sanctions to Stop North Stream 2 – but it is too late
by Dave Keating, Contributor Donald Trump last night signed into law sanctions from the U.S. Congress against companies involved in constructing a new gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. But […]
No nation, including Malaysia, safe from sanctions, Dr M says after Iran, Qatar hit
Saturday, 21 Dec 2019 BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 ― Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad cautioned a gathering of Muslim world leaders here today of the threat […]
Muslim nations consider gold, barter trade to beat sanctions
Dec 21, 2019 – 08:06 By Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Iran, Malaysia, Turkey and Qatar are considering trading among themselves in gold and through a barter system […]
Furious with Turkey, EU threatens sanctions, arms embargo
Oct 11, 2019 – Swissinfo.com By Robin Emmott and John Irish BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – EU governments threatened sanctions against Turkey on Friday over its offensive in Syria, angrily rejecting President […]
U.S. should honour nuclear deal if it wants talks – Iran foreign minister
Aug 29, 2019 By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday the United States must observe the 2015 nuclear deal and […]
Iran says new sanctions show US ‘afraid’ of top diplomat Zarif
US says to freeze Zarif’s assets, squeeze his ability to function as globe-trotting diplomat By AFP – Aug 01,2019 – JORDAN TIMES TEHRAN — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday […]
Sanctions only serve a lose-lose game
KILIÇ BUĞRA KANAT @KilicKanat Published 27.07.2019 Last week, one of the most significant developments in regards to Turkish-American relations was the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump with dozens […]
Iran’s president hints at quid pro quo for seized UK ship
By NASSER KARIMI and AYA BATRAWY, Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Hassan Rouhani suggested on Wednesday that Iran might release a U.K.-flagged ship if Britain takes similar […]
No more waivers: The United States will try to force Iranian oil exports to zero
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a briefing on Iran at the State Department in Washington on April 8. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) By Josh Rogin Columnist April 21 at 5:00 […]
Western powers’ sanctions on Syria harm its people rather than its government
Apr 17,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN After losing the war on Syria’s battlefields, the US and the EU are prosecuting the war by economic means. Although they imposed sanctions […]
A view from Turkey: Did Trump really threaten Turkey?
BURHANETTIN DURAN @burhanduran Published January 15, 2019 Despite threatening economic sanctions against the Turks on Twitter, U.S. President Donald Trump still remains committed to withdrawing from Syria and working together […]
The hypocrisy of world leaders at WWI’s 100th anniversary
Nov 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN During the solemn commemoration in Paris of the end of World War I, French President Emmanuel Macron urged the 71 other world […]
Sanctions on Iran likely to boost Turkey-Iraq commercial ties
DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL While the implications of the second round of U.S. sanctions against Iran on the regional economy are being discussed, experts said that Turkish goods could dominate the Iraqi market with the decline in imports of Iranian goods due to the sanctions. Turkey-Iraq Business Council Chairman […]
Will Europe fold under US sanctions against Iran?
KAMRAN GASANOV Published November 7, 2018 Europe’s stance on the U.S. sanctions against Iran will reveal whether the continent can be independent from Washington or not and, secondly, will […]
SWIFT system to disconnect some Iranian banks this weekend
SWIFT said that suspending Iranian banks’ access to the messaging system was a ‘regrettable’ step but was ‘taken in the interest of the stability and integrity of the wider […]
Trump’s sanctions on Iran might well achieve regime change – but not to the kind of regime the US would like
Iran’s deteriorating economic situation will likely bolster the power of the country’s most reactionary forces Kim Sengupta The Independent Voices Donald Trump’s reintroduction of sanctions on Iran – overwhelmingly deplored […]
‘Not fair to expect all countries to obey US sanctions’: VP Oktay
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Published 5th November, 2018 It is not reasonable to expect countries like Turkey to forfeit their own interests to abide by United States sanctions on Iran, Vice President Fuat Oktay said Monday. “It’s not meaningful or fair to expect all countries to obey (U.S.) sanctions upon a […]
Iranian oil – 40 years of revolution, war, sanctions and bans
Nov 2, 2018 – 17:48 FILE PHOTO: A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian […]
Iran sanctions may end dollar’s domination of world economy
SADIK ÜNAY @sadikunay 3rd November, 2018 Washington’s hasty decision to abandon the Iran nuclear deal and impose comprehensive sanctions on companies trading Iranian crude as of Nov. 4 seems to […]