Posts Tagged: economic sanctions
Venezuela Tries to Use US Energy Needs to Free Iran’s Super-Influencer
The Biden administration offered a license to allow Chevron to expand operations in Venezuela to enhance US oil supplies. In return, Caracas demands the release...
A Desperate Turkey Cozies Up to Iran and Russia
With inflation skyrocketing and Turkey's currency plummeting, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues trying to mend fences with countries he previously alienated. And his moves...
Iran Has Infiltrated and Corrupted Latin American Politics
The probe into the Venezuelan Emtrasur plane, seized by Argentina earlier this month for possible ties to Iran, has extended to Paraguay and Chile. But...
Iran Descends Into Outright Piracy and Confrontation With the West
Iran's defiance of the norms of international law and its subversion of the West continues with no relenting in its intensity and scope. Now, Iran...
Iran and Argentina Bolster a Dangerous Alliance
Argentina's seizure of a Venezuelan-flagged cargo plane arriving from Mexico last week exposed a joint venture between the regimes of Iran and Venezuela. It came...
Why Are Iranian Protestors Being Silenced in the West?
Iran's brave protesters have taken to the streets once again, and although they risk bullets, imprisonment, torture, and execution from the Islamic Republic's repressive forces,...
Iran Caught Off Guard by Surging Economic Protests
Iran's rulers are alarmed at the prospect of nationwide mass protests, as the hot summer months approach. Prices of some basic goods like bread, dairy...
Iranian Assistance Boosts Venezuela’s Oil Industry, Posing Threat to the US
Iran's malign alliance with Venezuela is growing stronger. After a golden period in which Iran provided $15 billion in loans and investments to Hugo Chávez's...
Iran’s New Interest in Nuclear Talks Is Nothing to Celebrate
Iran is signaling its willingness to return to talks with the P5+1 countries (the United States, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, plus Germany) over...
New Report Exposes Shadowy Network of Hezbollah’s ‘Weapons Point Man’
A Lebanese businessman with reportedly close ties to Hezbollah's weapons procurement network has established new "business shields" to disguise his activity, a new report released...
Biden’s Mixed Signals Over Iran Stoke Middle East Wariness
The prospect of a renewed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the formal name of the Iranian nuclear deal from which the United States withdrew...
Why Does Europe Continue to Appease Iran?
The American drone strike that killed the Iranian terror master Qassem Soleimani is without any doubt the biggest win against terrorism for the United States....
Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities Underscores Iran’s Weapons Proliferation Threat
The September 14 Iranian attack on a key Saudi Arabian oil facility serves as a warning about the Islamic Republic's radical intentions -- and its...
Turkey’s Alliance with the US Exists Only on Paper
This week, Turkey chose not to attend a US-sponsored summit chaired by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo because the meeting was "anti-Iran." The United States...
