Iran asks for billions of its frozen assets from South Korea
Iranian deputy chairman of Energy Commission urged South Korea to return 70 billion dollars of Iran’s assets, errand by selling crude oil to South Korea.
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European powers gather in Brussels to save Iran’s nuclear deal
European foreign ministers will look on Monday for possible ways to protect Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal and reduces tensions between Washington and Tehran, Reuters reported.
Top diplomat threatens retaliation over UK seizure of Iranian tanker
Iranian ambassador to UK warned late Saturday that if the Iranian oil tanker stay under Britain’s hands for longer, this action “cannot remain unanswered.”
UK to release Iranian tanker if Tehran guarantees it won’t go to Syria
UK Foreign Minister, Jeremy Hunt announced on Saturday that Britain would facilitate the release of detained Iranian Grace 1 oil tanker, if Tehran guarantees it won’t go to Syria, Reuters reported.
Tehran announces the ‘end of diplomacy’ as US sanctioned Supreme Leader
Iran on Tuesday responded to US sanctions of its Supreme Leader, called the move the “end of diplomacy” between the two countries, Reuters reported.
EU-Iran trade shrinks dramatically, says European Commission
The trade between Iran and EU countries has dropped from 3 billion and 790 million Euros to 260 million in the first four months of 2019, the European Commission reported.
US imposes new sanctions against Iran’s Supreme Leader
US President Donald Trump on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his office amid rising tensions between the two countries, Reuters reported.
UK: we are almost certain Iran is behind oil tanker attacks
British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday his country is “almost certain” that Tehran targeted the two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week.
Pompeo says Iran attacked oil tankers in Gulf of Oman
The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said based on the US examinations, Tehran is responsible for Thursday’s destruction of two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
US imposes new sanction, targeting IRGCs Qods Force in Iraq
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed on Wednesday new sanctions against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force financial conduit, South Wealth Resource Company (SWRC) based in Iraq.