... for China (to put this into perspective, there are at least three such programmes for Russia). The number of Chinese individuals and companies on the US sanctions regulators’... ... is in the offing for China. First, Chinese telecom companies were the first to come under pressure. They were hit by secondary US sanctions for delivering products containing US parts to Iran. That was the case with ZTE, which ended up with huge fines that were paid to US... ... operations [
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]. The Huawei case was even more high-profile. It also began with accusations of supplies to Iran and could well have ended in fines. But the Trump administration...
With western media continuing to blame Russia and its allies for the escalation of violence in Syria and elsewhere, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told participants at the Munich Security Conference-- itself a relic of the Cold War designed to promote defense spending-- that “all sides in Syria ... ... “maximum” production levels( no reduction in production). But this initiative can't move forward without the approval of Iran, who want to increase production and earn hard currency. What the media claimed to be a "done deal" will never ...
An American and two Russians have landed safely in Kazakhstan after 5 ½ months ... ... there is no cooperation toward a more peaceful world between the United States and Russia.
Meanwhile, private citizens of Qatar,... ... fighting. Obama calls it “ISIL”. The New York Times and USA Today call it “ISIS.” Others just call it “IS.... ... “ISIS” is a US-led attempt to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Iran.
But the question that analysts aren’t discussing ...
... the scope of the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. The Regulation did not contain any provision, allowing for the delivery of light-water reactor equipment to Iran.
In 2011-2012, the EU and the U.S. tightened unilateral sanctions pressure on Iran. The tightening was due to frustration over the lack of progress in the negotiations of the six international mediators (Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, China, USA, France) with Tehran over its nuclear program (INP), and concern derived from purported research, mentioned in the
Annex to the IAEA Director General Report
of November 8th, 2011. On November 21st, 2011 the U.S. Department of the Treasury informed ...
