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September 21, 2020
U.S. Imposes New Sanctions On Iran Defense, Atomic Industries

The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on the Iranian defense ministry and others involved in Iran's nuclear and weapons program to support its assertion that all U.N. sanctions against Tehran are now restored.
September 20, 2020
U.S. Declares Return Of UN Sanctions On Iran Despite Opposition From Allies

The United States has unilaterally reimposed all UN sanctions against Iran, despite opposition from Washington’s closest European allies and uncertainty over the impact of the move.
September 19, 2020
Leading Iranian Rights Advocate Hospitalized With ‘Heart Problems’

Prominent Iranian human rights advocate Nasrin Sotoudeh has been hospitalized with heart problems, said her husband, Reza Khandan.
September 17, 2020
U.S. Charges Two Iranians Over ‘Cyberintrusion Campaign’

U.S. prosecutors say they have indicted two Iranians on allegations they were hackers connected with a “coordinated cyberintrusion campaign” that targeted American and foreign universities, a Washington-based think tank, and other organizations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
September 16, 2020
COVID-19: Iran Says It's Moving Toward 'Third Wave' Of Virus

A top Iranian health official has warned of a "resurgence" of coronavirus cases as the country continues to battle the Middle East's deadliest outbreak.
September 16, 2020
Iranian Journalist Begins Seven-Year Prison Term On 'National Security' Charges

Media freedom watchdogs have condemned the prison sentence handed to Iranian independent journalist Khosro Sadeghi Borojeni and urged the country's authorities to stop arbitrarily jailing members of the press.
September 15, 2020
Trump: Any Attack By Iran Against U.S. Would Provoke '1,000 Times Greater' Response

U.S. President Donald Trump says any attack by Iran would be met with a far greater response, in reaction to a news report that said Tehran planned to assassinate a U.S. diplomat to avenge the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
September 13, 2020
British MP: New Trial In Iran Of Dual-National Aid Worker Said To Be Delayed

A U.K. lawmaker on September 13 said the husband of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been imprisoned in Iran for four years.
September 08, 2020
U.K.-Iranian Zaghari-Ratcliffe Faces New Charge In Tehran

Iran's state television is reporting that jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is facing a new charge.
September 05, 2020
UN Nuclear Watchdog Says Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile 10 Times Over Limit

Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium has increased, and it now stands at more than 10 times the limit set down in the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, the UN nuclear watchdog said in a report on September 4.
September 02, 2020
Watchdog Describes Iran's 'Shocking' Rights Violations After November Protests

Amnesty International has accused Iran of committing “a catalogue of shocking human rights violations” against those detained in connection with the November 2019 antiestablishment protests, including children as young as 10.
September 01, 2020
Iran's Khamenei Says U.A.E. 'Betrayed' Islamic World With Israel Normalization Deal

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called the United Arab Emirates’ (U.A.E.) historic deal with Israel to normalize relations a “betrayal” that “won’t last for long."
August 22, 2020
Israel-U.A.E. Normalization On Agenda Of US Officials' Trips To Mideast

Mike Pompeo and Jared Kushner will be visiting Israel and the UAE to discuss normalization of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
August 22, 2020
Joint Commission On Iran Nuclear Deal To Meet September 1 In Vienna

The joint commission on the Iran nuclear agreement will meet in Vienna on September 1, the European Union has said, after the U.S. and its European allies sparred over Washington's bid to reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran.
August 21, 2020
US Formally Starts Procedure At UN To Reactivate Iran Sanctions

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will formally notify the UN Security Council on August 20 that the United States intends to begin the process of restoring UN sanctions on Iran.
August 20, 2020
Iran Says Ships Seized, Fishermen Killed In Persian Gulf Incident With U.A.E

Iran says it has it seized a United Arab Emirates ship for violating its territorial waters earlier this week and that U.A.E. coastguards killed two Iranian fishermen on the same day.
August 19, 2020
U.S. Poised For Diplomatic Wrangle At UN Over 'Snapback' Of Iran Sanctions

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on August 19 that the United States will "soon" seek a return of all international UN sanctions on Iran, in a move that could spell the end of 2015 Iran nuclear accord and plunge the UN Security Council into crisis.
August 19, 2020
Pompeo Set To Demand Restoration Of UN Sanctions, While Dispute On US Entitlement Continues

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is allegedly set to endorse the "snapback" mechanism of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran in a visit to the United Nations on Thursday.
August 16, 2020
Trump Says US Will Seek 'Snapback' Of UN Iran Sanctions Next Week

President Donald Trump said the United States will try to trigger a “snapback” of sanction on Iran at the United Nations next week, in a move that could kill the Iran nuclear deal and plunge the United Nations into a diplomatic crisis.
August 15, 2020
UN Security Council Rejects US Resolution To Extend Iran Arms Embargo

The UN Security Council has rejected a U.S.-sponsored resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October.

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