The Trump administration on Monday told five nations, including allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey, that they will no longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if they continue to import oil from Iran.
Read moreItalian bank UniCredit will pay $1.3 billion to settle charges by the U.S. government that it violated sanctions against Iran and other countries.
Read moreSome seven years after it forfeited $227 million for violating Iran sanctions, the U.K.-based Standard Chartered Bank agreed Tuesday to pay more than $1 billion for related conduct.
Read moreThe Trump administration is preparing to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization,” an unprecedented move against a national armed force that could have widespread implications for U.S. personnel and policy in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Read moreA federal judge ordered Iran to pay $353 million in damages to family members and survivors of the June 14, 1985, hijacking of TWA Flight 847 from Athens, Greece.
Read moreChinese telecommunications giant Huawei and U.S. a subsidiary pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges including conspiracy, fraud and money laundering.
Read moreIran’s judiciary has delivered a verdict against U.S. Navy veteran Michael White who was detained last July in Iran but there is no information as to what the ruling contained, a semi-official news agency reported Monday.
Read moreIranian President Hassan Rouhani was in Baghdad on Monday, making his first official visit to the nation that Tehran fought a bloody war against and later backed in the battle with the Islamic State group.
Read moreHuawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou’s defense team plans to take the Canadian government to task over what she calls abuse of process during her arrest at Vancouver International Airport last year.
Read moreThe Canadian government announced that formal extradition proceedings will go ahead against Huawei CFO Meng Wanzou, her next court appearance set for March 6 in Vancouver.
Read moreThe International Court of Justice ruled Wednesday it has jurisdiction to entertain most of Iran’s claims the United States violated a decades-old treaty in seizing $2 billion in assets from state-owned entities.
Read moreFederal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday against a woman who defected to Iran after working for the U.S. Defense Department on classified counterintelligence missions.
Read moreIran appears to have attempted a second satellite launch despite U.S. criticism that its space program helps the country develop ballistic missiles, satellite images released Thursday suggest. Iran did not immediately acknowledge conducting such a launch.
Read moreIraq’s most senior Shiite cleric on Wednesday joined a chorus of Iraqi politicians and clerics criticizing recent statements by President Donald Trump in which he said U.S. troops should stay in Iraq to keep an eye on neighboring Iran.
Read moreDefending his 2018 groundwork with Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump took aim at U.S. intelligence officials Wednesday for telling Congress that the North Korea’s nuclear arsenal will likely stay intact.
Read moreThe Trump administration is closely eyeing efforts in Europe to set up an alternative money payment channel to ease doing business with Iran and avoid running afoul of sanctions the U.S. has levied on the Islamic republic.
Read moreApparently satisfied with her cooperation, the United States released a prominent Iranian television anchor Wednesday night following a 10-day detention related to an unspecified criminal case.
Read moreThe Chinese government on Tuesday demanded that the U.S. drop its request for the extradition of tech giant Huawei’s chief financial officer from Canada, in a case that has strained Chinese relations with the Canadian and U.S. governments.
Read moreShe is largely unknown in the United States. But the American anchorwoman for Iran’s state-run broadcaster, detained last weekend by U.S. authorities, is a familiar face on its English-language channel.
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