Iran Sanctions

The foreign minister said sanctions have made difficult for the country to export oil and impossible to import medicine and medical equipment, including to identify and treat coronavirus patients

We have no evidence that India is running afoul of US sanctions, Special US Representative to Iran, Brian Hook, told reporters at the Foreign Press Centre

Gilbraltar's government said it could not seek a court order to detain the ship because US sanctions against Iran were not applicable in the European Union

Iran has long been secretly 'enriching,' in total violation of the terrible $150 billion deal made by John Kerry and the Obama Administration, Trump said

The White House had earlier said that 'the United States and its allies will never allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons'

A photo handout showed five of the jets flying above the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar

Trump told reporters the sanctions were in part a response to last week's downing of a US drone by Iran, but would have happened anyway

Iran suggests that the country may be willing to hold talks if Washington showed it respect.

Strains have increased between Iran and the United States after this month's attack on oil tankers in the Gulf region.

India says it has also ended all imports from Venezuela because it considered itself a partner of the United States.

Trump was responding to questions on US military build-up against Iran and if he was at war with Tehran

In June, Saudi Arabia will supply an additional 250,000 tonnes (2 million barrels) of oil to Mangalore Refinery (MRPL) on top of its normal requirement of about 320,000 barrels

The Saudis are closely monitoring oil-market developments after the US announcement regarding export sanctions on Iran, Al-Falih said in a statement

The move threatens to squeeze supplies further in a market that's already facing supply disruptions from Venezuela to Libya and Nigeria

Iran's crude exports will be severely curtailed for a third month in January as it struggles to find new buyers amid US sanctions even though its traditional customers secured temporary waivers

Rouhani last threatened to close the Gulf in July when he warned the US 'should not play with the lion's tail'

Trump said the sanctions may get tougher as time goes by, but he does not want them to have any effect on the global oil prices

The Chabahar Port is considered a gateway to golden opportunities for trade by India, Iran and Afghanistan with central Asian countries

Since Monday, the United States has aimed to end all of Iran's sales of oil, its crucial export

Hook declined to give details of the confidential bilateral deals with the countries, which include China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Greece, Italy and Turkey