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Rights group accuses IRGC office

Justice for Iran says the IRGC’s Center to Investigate Organized Crime should be put on the international list of human rights violators.

Iran ready to halt oil exports to Europe

Iran is prepared to cut off oil exports to Europe, the executive director of Iran’s National Oil Company announced today.

Oil Ministry official snipes over sanctions

Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Ahmad Ghalebani has dismissed France’s boycott of Iranian oil, saying: “Iran does not export crude oil to France.”

Russia says sanctions against Iran "ineffective"

As the European Union prepares to consider further economic sanctions against Iran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday that sanctions against Iran are “not effective.”

Statoil canceling its oil agreement with Iran

Norway’s Statoil is pulling out of its Iranian oil operations and will pay a penalty for foregoing its commitments, as stipulated in its agreement with Iran.

Iran wants Russia to press for end to sanctions

The head of the Iranian Parliament’s Foreign Policy Commission says that in the spirit of Russia’s “step by step” plan, that country should take a step of its own: pressuring the U.S. to end sanctions against Iran.

Iran: EU sanctions diversion from internal problems

Iran says the recent EU sanctions against the country is part of a policy to divert attention from Europe's internal crises.

Iranian media name five US blacklisted officials

Iran’s Mehr news agency has revealed the names of five of the 26 U.S. officials to be blacklisted by the Islamic Republic.

Iran to blacklist 26 US officials for rights violations

Iran is planning to impose sanctions against 26 US officials for “human rights violation”, an Iranian MP announced yesterday.

Kazem Jalali, a spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said yesterday: “Twenty-six US officials who have committed human rights violations across the world, such as in Iraq and Afghanistan, and supported terrorism and engaged in drug smuggling, will be sanctioned by the Islamic Republic."

EU to expand sanctions against Iran

The European Union indicated yesterday that it will increase sanctions against Iran in response to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear activities.