Sanctions against Iran
Greek shipper pleads guilty to smuggling Iranian crude oil and will pay $2.4 million fine
A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty to smuggling sanctioned Iranian crude oil and agreed to pay a $2.4 million fine, newly unsealed US court documents seen Thursday by The Associated Press show.
US confiscates Iran oil cargo on Greek-managed tanker amid Tehran tensions
The US confiscated Iranian oil on a tanker at sea in recent days in a sanctions enforcement operation, three sources said, and days later Iran seized another oil-laden tanker in retaliation, according to a maritime security firm.
The vessel is managed by Greece-based Empire Navigation.
Supreme Court: Iran sanctions-evasion case against Halkbank to proceed
Expert Jonathan Schanzer, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Senior Vice President for Research, joins Thanos Davelis to look into the Supreme Court decision this week that the Turkish state-owned Halkbank remains subject to criminal prosecution in US courts for conspiring to evade US sanctions against Iran.
Top US Treasury official to warn UAE, Turkey over sanctions evasion
The US Treasury Department's top sanctions official on a trip to Turkey and the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose US market access if they do business with entities subject to US curbs as Washington cracks down on Russian attempts to evade sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine.
AHI reiterates opposition to F-16 sale to Turkey
The Washington-based American Hellenic Institute issued a statement on Monday "strongly reiterating" its opposition to the sale of F-16 fighter jets and upgrade kits to Turkey, just as US President Joe Biden is expected to ask Congress to green-light the deal.
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US imposes more Iranian sanctions over Mahsa Amini’s death
The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on members of Iran's intelligence agency, leaders of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, prison wardens and others, acting 40 days since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while being held by the morality police.
A 20-member crew supplies Roman Abramovich’s $600 million superyacht with provisions in Turkey as the Ukraine war wages on
The yacht is docked in Turkey, a country that hasn’t yet imposed sanctions on Russia over the war
Hungary agrees to build a pipeline that will channel Russian oil to Serbia
Oil shipments to Belgrade via Croatia fall under EU sanctions
European Parliament brands Hungary as ‘no longer a democracy’
Hungary responded by saying the European Parliament “would do better to focus on energy prices that have tripled and quadrupled due to the failed sanctions
US sanctions Iranian company over drone shipment to Russia
The Treasury Department also announced sanctions against three companies & one individual involved in drones used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps