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UN sanctions on Iran to add inflationary pressure as currency crisis deepens
Iran's already-reeling economy is set to deteriorate further as inflationary pressure mounts and its currency continues to lose value against the dollar after the UN reimposed sanctions on Tehran. The sanctions took effect on Saturday after...

Iran's government announces new cap on stablecoin transactions and holdings
Iran has announced a new directive concerning stablecoin transactions, with the country dealing with the fall of its fiat currency, the rial. According to the new rules, stablecoin transactions will now be capped for individuals and firms amid the...

Iran slams reimposed sanctions 10 years after landmark nuclear deal
Iran has reacted furiously following the revival of “illegal” UN sanctions a decade after the landmark 2015 nuclear deal was first signed, slamming the E3 European powers for betraying the agreements terms. Tehran issued a strong statement on...

Iranians fear more economic pain, war as UN sanctions snapback
Tehran, Iran – After about a decade, Iran is once more subject to United Nations sanctions as the West piles pressure on Tehran, despite opposition from Russia and China. The sanctions were automatically reinstated at midnight GMT on Sunday after...

Iran, EAEU Sign 3-Year Roadmap on Free Trade
Sun 28 Sep 2025 | 12:32 PM Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have signed a three-year roadmap to strengthen free trade cooperation, during the first joint committee meeting held in Moscow, according to TV BRICS. The roadmap, covering...

Iran’s Clerical Leaders Face Crisis As Nuclear Deal Stalls
Home Iran Iran’s Clerical Leaders Face Crisis As Nuclear Deal Stalls The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran on Saturday after last-ditch talks between Tehran and European powers Britain, France and Germany failed to resolve the latest of...

Iran denounces 'unjustifiable' return of UN nuclear sanctions
Iran has condemned as "legally baseless and unjustifiable " the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, after failed negotations with Western powers and Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear sites. The measures, which...

Iran slams ‘illegal’ reimposition of UN nuclear sanctions, urges countries not to comply
Iran condemned the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program as “unjustifiable” on Sunday, after the collapse of talks with Western powers and Israeli and US strikes on its nuclear sites, and said it would weigh its...

Iran condemns UN sanctions return as unjustifiable and illegal
TEHRAN: Iran has condemned the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme as completely unjustifiable. The Iranian foreign ministry declared the reactivation of annulled resolutions legally baseless in an official...

Tehran residents react with worry to reimposed UN sanctions on Iran
Tehran residents said they were deeply worried about the return of United Nations sanctions and a nosediving local currency. The sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme were reimposed on Saturday at midnight. The sanctions, suspended under an...

Iran Insists Oil Exports Unaffected as Snapback Sanctions Return
Tehran maintains that its crude exports face no disruption, even as Britain, France, and Germany reimpose UN sanctions under the JCPOA snapback. Iran’s National Oil Company says exports remain steady despite the reimposition of UN sanctions....

Tehran characterized the Sanctions as legally unfounded and unjustified
Iran has called the reimposition of UN sanctions over its nuclear program baseless and unjustified. The measures, which ban business related to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile activities, came into effect overnight after Western powers...

Iran Condemns UN Sanctions Reinstatement, Warns of Regional Tensions
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi addressed a special session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Iran officially voiced criticism of the renewal of UN sanctions and stated that it...

Iran’s economic outlook after sanctions snapback
Recent geopolitical developments and the activation of the UN “snapback” sanctions on Iran have raised concerns, but many of these fears are driven more by perception than by immediate, tangible effects on the economy. While pro-Western media...

Iran weighs confrontation or diplomacy after UN sanctions reimposed over its nuclear program
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — (AP) — Iran's theocracy prepared Sunday for a possible confrontation with the West after the United Nations reimposed sanctions over its nuclear program, even as some pushed for continued negotiations to ease the...

Iran snapback sanctions officially reimposed, but what does it mean?
The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday, with Tehran warning of a response. /Reuters The United Nations reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran on Saturday, with Tehran warning of a...

Iranian leadership's dangerous overconfidence
Two hundred and twenty years ago, Iran was ruled by a king named Fath-Ali Shah from the Qajar dynasty. He reigned for approximately 37 years, was very corrupt and married hundreds of women, but was also very devout in Islamic commandments and...

Iranian rial sharply falls following sanctions
ALBAWABA - After the return of UN sanctions against Tehran, the Iranian rial fell to a record low against the US dollar on Sunday, AFP reported, citing currency-tracking websites. According to the Bonbast and AlanChand websites, in the black...

Iran Faces Renewed UN Sanctions Amid Nuclear Tensions
NEW YORK CITY, USA — Iran is under renewed United Nations sanctions designed to counter its nuclear program, as tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate. The sanctions, implemented on September 27, 2025, followed accusations from France,...

Iran Just Chose Russia’s MiG-29 Over China’s J-10C: Four Reasons Why
Following reports that the Iranian Air Force had received its first new fighter aircraft in over 30 years, with MiG-29 having been delivered to Shiraz Air Base from Russia. Iran’s future fighter procurements have long been in widely speculated,...