The European Parliament on Tuesday named Iran among countries it said were involved in hybrid attacks targeting Europe, including cyberattacks, sabotage, espionage and signal jamming.
US prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of about $61 million in cryptocurrency that came from black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products and was intended to finance Iran's government and military, including the Revolutionary Guards.
The United States on Monday imposed new Iran-related sanctions on Russia’s VTB Bank on Monday, accusing the already heavily sanctioned lender of helping Tehran evade restrictions through banking relationships and payment arrangements.
Iranians are struggling to afford basic food as bread prices rise sharply and citizens describe soaring costs for vegetables, snacks and other everyday purchases, according to an local media report and messages sent to Iran International on Monday.
The United States on Thursday sanctioned networks it said were helping Iran finance and support allied armed groups across Iraq, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
Iran routed an estimated $2 billion to $2.5 billion through a China-based trade mechanism over the past year, using proceeds from oil sales to pay for Chinese goods and, at least once, contracts for military equipment, Reuters reported on Thursday.
A new Iranian oil trading network has been entrusted with selling millions of barrels of sanctioned crude even though its members still owe billions of dollars from earlier sales, according to documents obtained by Iran International and Oil Ministry sources.
Iran's exports to Afghanistan have fallen by at least 25% since the US-Iran war began this year, while competitors have moved quickly to expand their share of the Afghan market, the head of the Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce said on Wednesday.
The US Treasury on Tuesday imposed fresh Iran-related sanctions on one individual and 35 entities, including all 27 remaining Iranian airlines, as Washington expanded pressure on Tehran’s aviation sector and networks supporting sanctioned carrier Mahan Air.
Britain said on Tuesday it was expanding sanctions on Iran, targeting key sectors including energy, metals, banking, insurance and shipping as part of efforts to restrict Tehran's nuclear program and other hostile activity.
Canada’s Federal Court has ordered the government to decide within 60 days on a visitor visa application from a former project manager at Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant after the case remained in security screening for more than 900 days.
The Trump administration may be overstating Europe’s formal role in its “Economic D-Day” campaign against Iran, but years of economic and political convergence have increasingly aligned Europe with Washington.
Satellite imagery reviewed by Iran International shows a sharp fall in visible shipping activity at Shahid Rajaee and Imam Khomeini ports since the US naval blockade was reimposed in mid-July, underscoring the growing squeeze on Iran’s imports and exports.
The United States on Friday sanctioned Turkey’s Golden Global Bank and two subsidiaries over alleged financial dealings with Iran, escalating a campaign targeting foreign institutions accused of helping Tehran move money around sanctions.
A bank owned by the Iranian state is still open in London, operating on a temporary permission from the British Treasury that expires on October 22. Renewing it, or letting it lapse, is Britain's answer to Washington's campaign to shut Iran's banks for good.
Iran’s shadow banking network runs far deeper and wider than the network targeted by US sanctions last month, an Iran International investigation found, showing that Tehran used more than a dozen banks in China and the United Arab Emirates to access the global financial system.
Iran has enough foreign currency to keep paying for essential imports and is ready to put as much as $2 billion into the market to stabilize the rial, Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Tuesday.
Iran’s foreign trade has contracted sharply since the conflict with the United States began, with non-oil exports and imports falling by around a quarter or more, according to customs data released after months of delay.
Iranians described cancelled language tests, soaring costs, visa hurdles and internet restrictions as obstacles increasingly putting study abroad beyond reach, in messages sent to Iran International following new US sanctions.
Iranian students seeking admission to universities abroad are facing new uncertainty over access to tests such as TOEFL, GRE and Duolingo after Washington suspended a 12-year sanctions authorization covering academic exchanges, admissions services and standardized exams.
The Treasury Department’s opener for Operation Economic Outcast, launched Monday to cut Iran’s remaining income, suggests Washington sees Dubai, Istanbul and Baghdad — not Beijing — as the critical channels for Tehran’s money.
Iran’s trade with Dubai is showing growing signs of strain under the war and Washington’s new economic campaign, but sanctioned Iranian banks, flights and some commercial routes continue to operate despite calls for a sweeping cutoff, the Financial Times reported Saturday.