The interim deal aims to alleviate some sanctions on Iran, allowing oil sales but leaving the country with extensive ...

With negotiations in full flow over its next package of sanctions, the EU's Sanctions Envoy David O'Sullivan explained in an ...

Draft US-Iran agreement outlines 14-point framework for ceasefire, sanctions relief, Hormuz Strait reopening and nuclear ...

Oil surged after new U.S. sanctions on Russian energy firms, but the size of the move reflects more than geopolitics. Tight positioning in the futures market left traders primed for a sharp reaction.

The US has extended by another month its sanctions waiver for Russian crude already loaded on tankers, aiming to stabilise global oil supply amid disruptions caused by the Strait of Hormuz crisis and ...

Britain, France and Germany have threatened to trigger a "snapback mechanism" to reintroduce UN sanctions over Tehran's atomic programme that were lifted under a now moribund 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

In the modern context, sanctions are supposed to act as a line of defense, measures designed to dissuade adversaries before a conflict even begins. But for sanctions to carry weight, they must be seen ...

Already suffering a 40 percent inflation rate and critical shortages of power and water, many in Iran expect conditions to get worse. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi has lived and worked in Iran, has ...

Ten years after wide-ranging UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme were lifted under a landmark deal with world powers, the economic measures are likely to be reimposed Saturday evening. The ...