Sanctions against iran

IRGC Navy chief warns ships must seek permission to transit Hormuz strait to avoid being hit

Iran has deployed about a dozen mines in the Strait of Hormuz, two sources familiar with the matter said.

IRGC Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri stands in front of a map depicting the Strait of Hormuz, pictured in 2020; illustrative.
A Bitcoin is seen on the background of the Iranian flag (illustrative)

DOJ probing Iran's use of Binance crypto-exchange to avoid US sanctions

A VIEW of an oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf, March 12, 2017.

Iran triples oil loading rate as tensions rise with US, oil accumulating offshore - WSJ

A sailboat sails as a boat approaches to the boarding ladder of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 as it sits anchored after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory on suspicion of violating sanctions against Syria, in the Strait of Gibraltar,

US expands Iran sanctions, targets illegal petroleum 'shadow fleet,' weapon production


US seizes Iranian crude oil linked to IRGC smuggling

 The Liberian-flagged oil tanker Ice Energy transfers crude oil from the Iranian-flagged oil tanker Lana (former Pegas), off the shore of Karystos, on the Island of Evia, Greece, May 26, 2022.

Iran’s Raisi demands return of $7 billion in frozen assets from S. Korea

South Korean banks are holding onto $7 billion Iran says it is owed for the sale of oil products, according to the Mehr News Agency. 

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi looks on during a TV interview, in Tehran, Iran June 20, 2023.

E3 planning to keep Iran sanctions despite sunset

The Foreign Office did note that Iran’s repeated development and testing of ballistic missiles violates the UN Security Council resolution banning them from doing so.

 A billboard with a photo of a new hypersonic ballistic missile called "Fattah" and with text reading "400 seconds to Tel Aviv" is seen on a building in Tehran, Iran June 8, 2023.

Europeans plan to keep ballistic missile sanctions on Iran

Keeping the EU sanctions would reflect Western efforts to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them despite the collapse of the 2015 deal.

 Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian meets with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, in Tehran, Iran June 25, 2022

US sanctions IRGC members involved in Iranian assassination plots

The US Treasury Dept. said the move targeted three Iran- and Turkey-based individuals and a company affiliated with the IRGC-Quds Force and two senior officials of the IRGC's Intelligence Organizatio

 An IRGC Ground Forces commando.

EU sanctions Tehran Police unit and secretary of cyberspace for human rights abuses

The Council said “Restrictive measures now apply to a total of 216 individuals and 37 entities."

Members of a special IRGC force attend a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022

US charges Chinese national with providing weapons materials to Iran

Qiao is in China and has not been arrested, prosecutors said. He faces charges including sanctions evasion, bank fraud and money laundering.

 An undated handout picture shows a missile being launched during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, obtained by Reuters on February 28, 2023.

US confiscates Iran oil cargo on tanker amid Tehran tensions

Tit-for-tat seizures are on the rise as Tehran and Washington clash in the Middle East.

An oil tanker loads gas in Assaluyeh seaport at the Persian Gulf, 1,400 km (870 miles) south of Tehran, Iran May 27, 2006.

US, EU sanction Iran over rights violations, censorship

This means a freeze on any assets they hold inside the EU and a ban on travel to the bloc. EU companies are also banned from making funds available to those under sanctions.

 Ayatolla Ali Hosseini Khamenei and IRGC commander Ali Fadavi

US imposes sanctions on network supporting Iran's drone, military programs

"Treasury will continue to enforce its sanctions against Iran’s military procurement efforts that contribute to regional insecurity and global instability."

 A drone is launched during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on August 25, 2022