The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad, several vessels and entities after the Trump administration sent a letter to the country. 

Araghchi says Iran will not engage in talks with the United States unless negotiations are free from pressure and threats.

Ayatollah Khamenei has once again rejected fresh nuclear talks with the US administration under Donald Trump.

President Pezeshkian has sharply rebuked the Trump administration’s maximalist approach toward Iran, declaring that the Islamic Republic is not Ukraine and it will not negotiate with the United States under threats or coercion.

Iran says the US continuation of its so-called maximum pressure policy amounts to violation of law and crime against humanity.

Iraq says the planned resumption of oil exports from Kurdistan has nothing to do with the US.

A report shows Iraq’s central bank will ban five more banks from accessing dollar-based transactions.