Iran sanctions

US imposes new sanctions on Iran in response to violent crackdown on protesters

In response to Iran’s crackdown on protesters, the US Treasury has announced a new set of sanctions targeting key officials and financial networks linked to the regime’s oppression.

A demonstrator protesting the deadly crackdown in Iran gathers outside the White House in Washington, DC on January 17, 2026.
Brig.-Gen. Amir Vahidi, the new IRGC deputy commander-in-chief.

Iran appoints US-sanctioned general wanted for role in AMIA bombing as new IRGC deputy

An Iranian soldier holds an RPG on Quds Day, in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2024

Iran’s shadow aviation network keeps weapons flowing under sanctions

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025

US Treasury issues Iran-related missile and drone sanctions


US sanctions imposed on Iranian shipping over proliferation take effect

Pompeo in a statement on Monday warned commercial and maritime industries, governments and others that they risked US sanctions if they did business with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.

A Spanish Civil Guard boat sails past 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, southern Spain August 13, 2019

Iran dismisses new US sanctions as 'fruitless and repetitive'

"Washington's fruitless and repetitive sanctions against Iranian officials is a sign of weakness, despair and confusion of the US administration."

No sanctions relief for Iran.

Germany allows US sanctioned Iranian 'terror' banks to operate

A number of the banks were sanctioned by the US in a bid to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions are operating within Germany.

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US opposes IMF loan to Iranian regime

The regime in Tehran has a long-documented history of using aid for illicit purposes.

A medical aid worker sets up and installs a bed at a shopping mall which has been turned into a centre to receive patients suffering from the coronavirus disease, in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2020.

Will the US ease its sanctions on Iran due to coronavirus?

“We are constantly re-evaluating all of our policies, including our sanctions policy,” says Pompeo.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a news conference in the Press Briefing Room at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 7, 2020

Iran's health minister says no shortage of special drugs

"Although it is hard to fight the coronavirus under sanctions, since the beginning [of the outbreak] we have not faced a shortage of special drugs," Iran's health minister said.

Members of firefighters wear protective face masks, amid fear of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they disinfect the streets, ahead of the Iranian New Year Nowruz, March 20, in Tehran, Iran March 18, 2020.

Bosnian gov’t stops illegal sale of nuclear-usage material to Iran

Illicit export slated to go through Turkish and Pakistani companies

Alumina plant

US to Iran: Coronavirus won't save you from sanctions

"Washington's increased pressure against Iran is a crime against humanity," an Iranian official said. "All the world should help each other to overcome this disease," he added.

A cleric man wears a protective mask amid concerns over the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread, at Najaf airport in the holy city of Najaf upon his arrival from Iran

Iran blacklisted by 200 member nations of Financial Action Task Force

Until this decision, the only other country blacklisted on the task force was North Korea.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018

Iran's FM: Iranian accused of violating US sanctions returns from Germany

Detained in Germany, he has been freed and has returned to Iran after diplomatic efforts by Tehran announced Iran's foreign ministry

FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow, Russia December 30, 2019.