Sanctions against iran

Behind Tehran’s calm, Iran faces deepening economic collapse

While the streets are full of people, their pockets are empty. The Iranian rial has become a liability that citizens are desperate to offload.

A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump salutes during the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, last week.

Why Trump’s sanctions strategy on Iran is different and working - opinion

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine speaks next to a map showing a blockade line on the Strait of Hormuz, during a briefing on the Iran war at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, US, April 16, 2026.

Trump's Op. Economic Fury pressure campaign on Iran expands beyond Hormuz blockade - report

IRGC Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri stands in front of a map depicting the Strait of Hormuz, pictured in 2020; illustrative.

IRGC Navy chief warns ships must seek permission to transit Hormuz strait to avoid being hit


The paradox of Iranian wealth: Why high exports are failing the people - opinion

The Iranian economy is entering a dangerous phase of stagnation and inflation, despite securing revenue streams, signalling the nation's lack of wealth.

This picture shows new Iranian bank notes of one million, 500,000, and 100,000 rials on August 3, 2025. The economic commission of Iran's parliament revived long-delayed plans on August 3 to cut four zeros from the counrty's plunging currency, as part of efforts to simplify financial transactions.

Israel has limited time to act against Iranian regime, senior official warns

A senior Israeli official suggests the need to act before Trump's presidency concludes, as tensions rise over Iran's nuclear and missile programs.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with students in Tehran, Iran, November 3, 2025

US sanctions official: Time is right to cut Iran's Hezbollah funding

The US has adopted a "maximum pressure" campaign on Tehran meant to curb its uranium enrichment and regional influence, including in Lebanon

A Hezbollah supporter holds a Palestinian flag and a cutout image of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025.

Iran's Pezeshkian says Tehran seeks peace, but will not bow to coercion

Iranian President Pezeshkian will not hold talks if not allowed nuclear science or missiles for defense.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visits the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2025.

Stop Iran's oil shipments: The US must enforce snapback at sea - opinion

Every time Washington issues sanctions without follow-through, Tehran learns that defiance pays.

IRAN’S PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September. Every time Washington issues sanctions without follow-through, Tehran learns that defiance pays, the writer argues.

New Zealand insurer kept Iran, Russia sanctioned oil flowing - report

New Zealand insurance, Maritime Mutual, aids in the trade of billions of dollars of Iranian and Russian oil.

A sailboat sails as a boat approaches to the boarding ladder of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 as it sits anchored after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory on suspicion of violating sanctions against Syria, in the Strait of Gibraltar,

How Iran is rebuilding its nuclear program, learning from past Israeli strikes - analysis

The Mossad’s efforts to keep surveillance of Tehran’s nuclear facilities and, if necessary, act against them, may become more crucial than ever.

A billboard with Iranian centrifuges illustrations and portraits of nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes is displayed on a street in Tehran, Iran August 29, 2025

New Zealand reimposes sanctions on Iran over nuclear non-compliance

New Zealand will reintroduce UN sanctions on Iran, citing nuclear non-compliance, as well as ties to antisemitic attacks. Restrictions take effect Oct. 18.

The current New Zealand flag flies on Parliament buildings in Wellington's Central Cusiness District on March 24, 2016.

EU confirms it has reinstated sanctions against Iran

The sanctions included freezing the assets of the Iranian Central Bank and other Iranian banks, as well as travel bans on certain Iranian officials.

An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.

UN reinstates arms embargo, other sanctions on Iran

The E3, Britain, France, and Germany, confirmed that the sanctions will return over accusations that Iran violated the 2015 deal that aimed to stop it developing a nuclear bomb.

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025.