US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran despite severe Coronavirus outbreak
Several countries have appealed to the Trump administration to lift the existing sanctions against Iran to enable the government to fight the Coronavirus outbreak in the country
How US sanctions are worsening the Covid-19 pandemic
The imperialist bloc led by the United States continues to impose and implement debilitating sanctions on countries such as Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba. This is only worsening the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sanctions against Iran and Venezuela during a pandemic are cruel
Is this not the time for the imperialist bloc, led by the United States of America, to end the sanctions against Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, and a series of other countries?
In Iran’s parliamentary elections, conservative sections have the advantage
The elections to the Majlis that are scheduled for February 21 are taking place at a time of intense diplomatic and political aggression by the US. This has strengthened the conservative sections in the country
US deports Iranian student amid protests
The case of Iranian student Hossein Abadi marks the tenth such deportation in less than a year. The news of his deportation led to a protest at the international terminal of the Logan airport in Boston
Iran threatens to leave nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The announcement comes after the UK, France and Germany proposed the invocation of the dispute settlement mechanism in the UNSC – a move that Iran alleges is based on US diktats
UK, France and Germany push Iran to the brink
Newsclick’s Prabir Purkayastha talks about the decision by three major European countries to activate the conflict resolution mechanism for the Iran nuclear deal which could lead to further sanctions on Iran.
Iran accuses EU of adhering to Trump’s policy, asks its troops to leave the region
Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif said that Germany, France and the UK, which are signatories to the deal, had failed to provide necessary safeguards to Iran against the illegal sanctions imposed by the US
Iran admits it accidentally shot down Ukrainian plane on January 8
The Iranian government admitted on Friday that the plane was accidentally shot down a few hours after its attacks on bases housing US soldiers in Iraq on January 3
US House passes resolution restricting Trump’s powers to declare war on Iran
Besides being of some symbolic and political significance, the resolution does not have any legal value and is non-binding
Retaliatory attack by Iran heightens tensions with the US
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has called the move a “slap in the face for US” and has demanded the end of US presence in the region
Iran confirms strike on US airbase in Iraq
The attack on US airbase Ain al-Assad is seen as the first retaliatory measure after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani on Friday January 3 by the US
- War-ravaged Syria records its first COVID-19 death
- US troops vacate K1 base in Iraq’s Kirkuk province
- Former Venezuelan soldier reveals plan to assassinate Nicolás Maduro
- Dakota Access Pipeline is cancelled in an important victory for Standing Rock Sioux tribe
- Plea to lift sanctions amid COVID-19 outbreak taken to the UN
