04 Dec, 2024 German company caught smuggling chemical plant to Iran A German company has been penalised for industrial-scale sanctions evasion after being caught smuggling a decommissioned petrochemical plant from Australia to Iran. Aiotec GmbH agreed to pay ...
04 Dec, 2024 Iran’s Oil Smuggling Network and Its Proxies in Iraq Generate $1 Billion Annually Five intelligence sources have told Reuters about the activities of a complex oil smuggling network in Iraq that has been operating during the tenure of Prime Minister ...
04 Dec, 2024 US imposes sanctions on 35 entities The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 35 entities and vessels, including two from India, for transporting Iranian oil to other countries. The two India-based entities ...
04 Dec, 2024 US Treasury Tightens Focus on Iran’s Oil Networks The U.S. Treasury Department announced a new wave of sanctions on Iran’s energy sector, focusing on oil exports and financial networks that enable Tehran to bypass existing ...
04 Dec, 2024 IRGC’s ‘Butcher of Aleppo’ returns to Syria as Assad feels the heat An Iranian commander who led the battle to retake Aleppo from Syria’s opposition forces in 2017 has returned, Iran’s state media said, as President Bashar al-Assad faces ...
04 Dec, 2024 Kash Patel target of Iranian hacking effort President-elect Donald Trump's FBI director nominee, Kash Patel, was the target of an Iranian hacking effort. Several sources reported that the FBI notified Patel and Trump's team ...
04 Dec, 2024 Iranian president sounds alarm on depleted foreign reserves Iran’s president warned on Monday that the state is short of foreign currency and without parliamentary allocation of dollars for imports, gasoline prices would rise amid the ...
04 Dec, 2024 Iranian regime change likely to be focus of Trump Middle East policy Countering Iran is likely to be the primary focus of Middle East policy in U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s forthcoming term, according to a report published Tuesday. The ...
03 Dec, 2024 Iran sends fresh troops into Syria as Assad goverment prepares counterattack Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have deployed to Syria to back President Bashar Assad’s counteroffensive against Sunni jihadi insurgents who have captured large portions of northwestern Syria, including most ...
03 Dec, 2024 Iran’s Influence in Ecuador In recent years, Iran’s strategy of penetration has changed in Ecuador. Following the strengthening of government relations during the presidency of Rafael Correa (2007-2017) and the closure ...
03 Dec, 2024 Syria, Assad, Takfiris, and the fight for Iran’s influence At a time when Hezbollah and Israel have signed a shaky ceasefire and Hamas is seriously weakened in Gaza, one of Iran’s other proxy strongholds in the ...