An American writer and former professor has said that the United States sanctions on Iran are promoting the increase of domestic production.

Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh says the Iranian gasoline delivered to fuel-starved Venezuela last month was sold to Caracas at market price.

Iran slams the US sanctions against the captains of five Iranian oil tankers which delivered fuel to Venezuela in defiance of US bans, saying such moves will not keep Tehran and Caracas from defying Washington’s sanctions against both nations.

Former US diplomat J. Michael Springmann says "totally irrational" US sanctions against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba are attempts to destroy them without invasion.

The US economic embargo​​​​​​​ against Syria which doesn't have the approval of the UN Security Council is a “crime against humanity," a Canadian political commentator has said. 

The Venezuelan government has vowed to take the US to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on the Latin American country.

The Iranian Navy has staged a military exercise on the Oman Sea and north of the Indian Ocean aimed at testing homegrown military equipment and enhancing preparedness against potential threats.

Moscow, Tehran, Beijing and Damascus rap the US for imposing new crippling sanctions against war-ravaged Syrian economy.

The Secretary General of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has censured US sanctions against Syria, saying the restrictive measures are the “last American weapon” to pressure Damascus.

Many Iranian knowledge-based firms are working to boost production of medicine and medical equipment amid the coronavirus pandemic.