Above Photo: Tehran, IRAN – Iran’s Vice-President for Economic Affairs Mohsen Rezaei has proposed formation of a union with participation of the resistant countries against the sanctions and the excessive demands of the bullying powers. All, with consolidation, should stand against the US sanctions and plots, Rezaei said in a meeting with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, according to the IRNA Saturday report. In his remarks, Rezaei said that the Iranian nation and government pay special respect to Nicaragua’s resistance against excessive demands. He went on to stress that the resistant countries should make further efforts to expand their relations and friendship because […]
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Red Lines Host Anya Parampil Speaks With Francisco R. Rodríguez, The Executive Of Oil For Venezuela, About A Study He Recently Published Which Analyzed The Impact Of US Sanctions On Venezuela’s Economy. Rodríguez shares data which prove sanctions have directly contributed to a major economic contraction in Venezuela, driven mainly by a significant drop in the country’s oil production as a result of the measures. Rodríguez also addresses common arguments made by individuals who seek to obscure the impact US sanctions have had on Venezuela’s economy. Read the study: https://sanctionsandsecurity.org/publications/sanctions-economic-statecraft-and-venezuelas-crisis/ The post ‘Smoking Gun’ Analysis: US Sanctions Produce ‘War Time’ Economy appeared […]
Above photo: Neighbors watch the inauguration of President Daniel Ortega, on a giant screen at a park in the Julio Buitrago neighborhood of Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, January 10, 2022. Imposed hours before Ortega presidential inauguration. Nicaragua has hit out at a new raft of sanctions imposed on the country just hours before President Daniel Ortega’s inauguration on Monday. The measures targeting a number of Nicaraguan officials were announced as Mr Ortega was sworn in for a fourth consecutive term of office in a ceremony in the capital Managua attended by dignitaries and guests from across the world. Sanctions were imposed by […]
Lee Camp looks at how the capitalist system sits at the heart of the worst problems facing society. In this history lesson, Camp takes you back to the feudal system, to the creation of corporations and currency, to the modern system that’s destroying the lives of the poor today. The ruling class don’t even try to hide the inhumanity that keeps the system running anymore, now that it has become almost impossible to ignore. This leaves it up to popular movements to end the capitalist system and create something new. Then, Camp reports on the police brutality victims who don’t […]
As the United States withdrew militarily from Afghanistan in August, US TV news interest in the plight of the country’s citizens spiked, often focusing on “the horror awaiting women and girls” (CNN Situation Room, 8/16/21) to argue against withdrawal (FAIR.org, 8/23/21). Four months later, as those same citizens have been plunged into a humanitarian crisis due in no small part to US sanctions, where is the outrage? Experts warned of an impending humanitarian crisis in the wake of the US withdrawal (IRC, 8/20/21). In recent months, the messages have become more urgent. A UN report (10/25/21) warned that “combined shocks of drought, conflict, Covid-19 and […]
Above Photo: A Man Looks At A George Floyd Statue At The Unveiling Of The SEENINJUSTICE Exhibit, Featuring Sculptures By Artist Chris Carnabucci At Union Square Park In New York, On Sept. 30, 2021. Bryan R. Smith / AFP Via Getty Images. An Iranian judicial official said the Islamic Republic is concerned about police brutality against Black people in the United States, citing the murder of George Floyd. The Iranian government vowed today to impose sanctions on the United States over racial and policing issues. Secretary-General of Iran’s Human Rights Office Kazem Gharibabadi said the Islamic Republic will publish a list of […]
At the Vienna talks on restoring the Iran nuclear deal, the US and EU are accusing Iran of refusing to compromise. Mohammad Marandi, a University of Tehran professor advising the Iran delegation in Vienna, says that the compromise was the nuclear deal itself, and the problem is the US refusal to abide by its own commitments and lift the sanctions that target Iranian civilians. Guest: Mohammad Marandi. Professor at the University of Tehran and adviser to the Iran delegation at talks on restoring the JCPOA in Vienna. Source link
“I Think Our Oil Industry Is Going To Grow And Be Maybe Even More Important Than It Was Before, Because Now We Know How To Do Many Things By Ourselves That We Thought That We Couldn’t. And The Sanctions Helped Us In That Sense.” — Jorge Arreaza, Venezuelan Minister Of Basic Industries. UN Special Rapporteurs estimate that 100,000 people have died in Venezuela in the last decade because of the lack of medicine brought on by U.S. sanctions. Nearly 60% of those deaths took place under the Trump administration after Washington escalated its economic warfare on the Bolivarian state. During the Trump era, […]
“Record numbers” of migrants are coming into the United States from Nicaragua, according to Newsweek (7/29/21), which blames the increase on “arbitrary arrests and human rights abuses” by the Nicaraguan government. Former Sandinista leader Sergio Ramírez, writing for El Salvador’s El Faro (8/20/21), claims that “repression” by President Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista government is causing a “dramatic growth” in migration by Nicaraguans. Reuters (9/2/21) agrees, describing the government “crackdown” as stirring a “fast-growing exodus” from the country. The Wall Street Journal (9/22/21) has also identified the “crackdown,” quoting a 19-year-old Nicaraguan who hopes to get asylum in the US as claiming that “in Nicaragua, our fate is prison or […]
Above Photo: Women have their blood pressure checked before receiving the first dose of the Cuban vaccine candidate Abdala against COVID-19, during a mass vaccination campaign at the Andres Blanco complex of Fuerte Tiuna in Caracas, Venezuela, on June 30, 2021. Yuri Cortez / AFP Via Getty Images. There was a sigh of relief for people who are concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic when President Biden took office in January. After a year of COVID denial, Biden promised to “follow the science” and put more effort into containing the virus than the Trump administration did. But 10 months later, a new report by […]
Above photo: Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters. New Treasury Report Ordered by President Biden Shows US is Intensifying its Economic Warfare Despite the COVID-19 Pandemic. Washington, DC – The 2021 Sanctions Review Report released by the United States Department of the Treasury on October 18 is an ominous warning. This unsigned report should set off international alarm bells among human rights organizations, international health agencies and peace, justice, and community groups , impacted countries and most countries in the United Nations. One of President Biden’s first actions in office was to call for a review of existing US and multilateral financial and economic […]
Above Photo: Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi. IRNA. The talks in Vienna between Iran and the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal stopped after six rounds following the election of Ebrahim Raisi in June. Iran said that it wanted to review the outcome of the rounds held so far In a televised address on Monday, October 18, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi asserted that a return to the nuclear deal should mean the end of all unilateral sanctions imposed by the US since it withdrew from the agreement in 2018. Raisi pointed out that lifting of sanctions would indicate the seriousness of the […]
NOTE: In April of this year, my family had a medical emergency that required most of my time and attention. The result is that I am now the sole legal and physical guardian of two young children with significant needs. I hope to return to writing a regular newsletter now that they are in school. There is a lot going on and a lot to do. Solidarity, Margaret Flowers This month, the Sanctions Kill coalition (Popular Resistance is a member) released its report: “The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions.” The 35-page report was written in response to the Biden administration’s […]
One of President Biden’s first statements included an intention to review the United States’ sanctions, which are actually unilateral coercive measures, to determine if they ‘unduly hinder’ the ability of targeted countries to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. That review, to be conducted by the US Treasury and State Department, has not been made public, if it has been done at all. The Sanctions Kill coalition conducted its own report on “The Impact and Consequences of US Sanctions,” which was released last week. Clearing the FOG speaks with two of the authors, John Philpot and David Paul, about what sanctions are, […]
Above photo: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet prepares to address the 48th session of the Human Rights Council. MPPRE. Caracas nonetheless took exception to the “politicization” of the High Commissioner’s report for its “use of sources with little credibility.” NOTE: Alena Douhan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Negative Impacts of Unilateral Coercive Measures, visited Venezuela in February of this year and recently published her report on that visit. Here is the summary: The Special Rapporteur undertook an official visit to Venezuela from 1 to 12 February 2021 to assess the impact of unilateral sanctions imposed by […]
Above photo: Venezuelans line up for water. Michael Fox/DW. NOTE: Sanctions Kill also created a toolkit that you can use to educate yourself and others about what sanctions are, why they are illegal and how they impact people within sanctioned countries and the United States. In recent decades, the US has increasingly used sanctions as an instrument of foreign policy. Some 39 nations and territories are under direct or indirect sanctions. Most of these sanctions are not authorized by the United Nations Security Council and many of them are enacted by the US alone. They are called “unilateral coercive measures” at […]
Venezuela Calls On UNSC To Reject Unilateral Sanctions November 30, 2020 Venezuela Calls On UNSC To Reject Unilateral Sanctions2020-11-302020-11-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/moncada-e1606768365217.jpg200px200px Above photo: Venezuela’s Ambassador Samuel Moncada, Nov. 25, 2020. Twitter/ @VTVcanal8. “All countries suffering from this type of aggression inflicted by economic means must cooperate to put an end to the suffering of our peoples,” Ambassador Moncada stressed. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday, Venezuela’s Ambassador Samuel Moncada proposed the formation of an “International Alliance Against Unilateral Coercive Measures” to halt the crimes against humanity committed by the U.S. government, which keeps arbitrary economic sanctions against 29 countries. “The U.S. claim to impose […]
Modern Piracy And US Sanctions October 31, 2020 Modern Piracy And US Sanctions2020-10-312020-10-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/gas-e1604163938527.png200px200px Above photo: Orinoco Tribune file photo. US Sells Seized Venezuelan Oil for $40 Million While Gasoline Scarcity Ramps Up. Washington announced in August that it had confiscated 1.1 million barrels of gasoline from four tankers en route between the two countries, which are both under illegal US sanctions. “We estimate that in excess of $40 million will be recouped by the United States related to the sale of petroleum from those four vessels,” Michael Sherwin, the acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, told reporters by telephone. […]
Sanctions, Elections And Tactical Opportunities By Cira Pascual Marquina, Venezuelanalysis. October 31, 2020 Sanctions, Elections And Tactical Opportunities2020-10-312020-10-31https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/oliver_va.png200px200px Above photo: Oliver Rivas. A Conversation with Oliver Rivas. A candidate to the National Assembly talks about the political landscape today and the agenda of popular Chavismo. Oliver Rivas is an organizer based in Caracas, and one of a handful of National Assembly PSUV-bloc candidates with deep roots in the popular movement. He is also a founder and member of La Otra Escuela [The Other School], a Chavista collective that offers political education to cadres with grassroots work. In this VA interview, we talk […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has imposed sanctions on an Australia-based individual, Ahmed Luqman Talib, and his company for having assisted or provided support to the al-Qaeda* terrorist group, the Treasury Department said on Monday. “Today, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Australia-based al-Qa’ida-associated facilitator Ahmed Luqman Talib for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Al-Qa’ida,” the Treasury said in a statement. “OFAC also designated one company, Talib and Sons, for being owned, controlled, or directed by Ahmed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/12/1080810012_0:0:1280:720_1200x675_80_0_0_578af4858f2b97c6b8d24176b779292d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sofia Chegodaeva. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202010181080809689-us-secretary-of-state-pompeo-warns-of-sanctions-for-any-arms-sales-to-iran/ On 18 October, all restrictions on the transfer of arms, related activities and financial services to and from Iran were lifted. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that arms sales to Iran would breach UN resolutions and lead to sanctions. “For the past 10 years, countries have refrained from selling weapons to Iran under various UN measures. Any country that now challenges this prohibition will be very clearly choosing to fuel conflict and tension over promoting peace and security,” Pompeo said, as quoted by AFP. Also in his statement, Mr […]
‘Distraction Mechanism’: NYT’s Crocodile Tears Over Iran Sanctions By Morgan Artyukhina, Sputnik News. October 18, 2020 ‘Distraction Mechanism’: NYT’s Crocodile Tears Over Iran Sanctions2020-10-182020-10-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/iran-e1603041924315.jpg200px200px Above photo: Vahid Salemi/AP. What seems to be a compassionate plea for mercy from Washington by a major US newspaper is actually just a furthering of the US propaganda war against Iran that’s responsible for the strangling sanctions that frustrate its ability to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a doctor and activist told Sputnik. An op-ed by the New York Times Editorial Board on Tuesday urged: “Iran’s Covid-19 Death Toll Is Rising. Show Mercy, Mr. Trump.” However, while the article […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010171080798409-moscow-sanctions-navalny-eu-measures-envoy/ Earlier this week, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pledged that Moscow will respond in kind to the EU’s sanctions against Moscow over the case of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Russia’s Envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov said on Saturday that Moscow sees the bloc’s anti-Russian sanctions over the Navalny case as unilateral and unlawful measures, just like the EU’s previous retributions againts Moscow. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
What seems to be a compassionate plea for mercy from Washington by a major US newspaper is actually just a furthering of the US propaganda war against Iran that’s responsible for the strangling sanctions that frustrate its ability to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a doctor and activist told Sputnik. An op-ed by the New York Times Editorial Board on Tuesday urged: “Iran’s Covid-19 Death Toll Is Rising. Show Mercy, Mr. Trump.” However, while the article noted the extensive and deliberate damage US President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policies toward Tehran have had on that country’s economy and the impact this has […]
Trump Administration Imposes Crushing New Sanctions On Iran By Josh Marcus, Independent. October 9, 2020 Trump Administration Imposes Crushing New Sanctions On Iran2020-10-092020-10-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/pomp-e1602244158344.jpg200px200px Above photo: The US president has authorised Mr Pompeo to sanction ‘any part’ of Iran’s economy. Pool/AFP via Getty Images. NOTE: It is important to remember that what the United States is doing to Iran is economic warfare. The economic measures are not technically “sanctions” and are illegal under international law. The United States tried to get approval for them by the United Nations recently and was rejected. This economic warfare is just as deadly as dropping bombs. […]
Washington has announced a new sanctions package against Iran, hitting the country’s financial sector and targeting 18 major banks. Tehran has branded the move a “crime against humanity” and an attempt to starve the country out. The new sanctions were announced by the US Treasury Department on Thursday. The move was made to further “isolate the Iranian economy from the global financial system,” which the Treasury claimed is necessary to stop Tehran from advancing its alleged “malign agenda.” “Our sanctions programs will continue until Iran stops its support of terrorist activities and ends its nuclear programs. Today’s actions will continue to […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States is planning to impose new sanctions on Iran’s financial sector aimed at diminishing Tehran’s ability to import humanitarian goods, such as food and medicines, media reported, citing informed sources. According to The Washington Post, the new sanctions will affect several banks that are not currently subject to secondary sanctions. EU officials have warned that this move could result in devastating humanitarian consequences for Iran that has been severely hit by the coronavirus pandemic and financial crisis. The new sanctions are expected to be announced on Thursday, the publication said. In late September, media reported, citing […]
PARIS (Sputnik) – France and Germany will send proposals to European countries on sanctions in connection with the case of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, the foreign ministers of the two countries said in a joint statement. “Drawing the necessary conclusions from these facts, France and Germany will share with European partners proposals for additional sanctions. Proposals will target individuals deemed responsible for this crime and breach of international norms, based on their official function, as well as an entity involved in the Novichok programme”, it says. The communique notes that France and Germany have repeatedly called on Russia to shed […]
China Leads Call In UN For US To End ‘Coercive’ Sanctions By David DeCamp, Antiwar.com. October 7, 2020 China Leads Call In UN For US To End ‘Coercive’ Sanctions2020-10-072020-10-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/chinaforeignmin-e1602076350344.jpg200px200px Above photo: Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian. US sanctions devastate the civilian population of target countries. New York – China, Russia, and 24 other countries called for an end to unilateral sanctions by the US and other Western countries on Monday. Chinese envoy Zhang Jun read a statement at the UN that said the sanctions have made it harder for governments to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. “The response to and recovery […]
Armenian Americans for Human Rights (AAHR), Belmont, MA 02478, [email protected] Accompanying regional map AAHR calls for immediate end to aggression against Artsakh and Armenia [ Editor’s Note: Western militaries role play conflicts as their normal course of training general staff to deal with emergencies. Much of that work is preliminary, such as maintaining a current order of battle for the military forces of all countries, including friendly ones. In country military attachés, along with CIA station chiefs are tasked with keeping their ears to the ground to give their respective leaderships some advance warning of military conflicts so they can be […]
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The blockchain-based exchange comes as part of new measures announced by President Nicolas Maduro in a big to sidestep tough U.S. sanctions. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010021080638780-belarus-mulling-viability-of-maintaining-diplomatic-relations-with-eu-amid-sanctions/ The European Council has made a political decision to introduce sanctions on Belarus and will work on technicalities, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has said that Minsk may reconsider the level of its diplomatic presence in the EU and is mulling the viability of maintaining diplomatic relations with the bloc. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/01/1080635556_0:125:3320:1993_1200x675_80_0_0_18fb231b851441980a11a444f0a68626.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010011080635535-leaders-of-eu-countries-agreed-during-eu-summit-on-sanctions-against-belarus–reports/ EU politicians have declined to endorse Alexander Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus, despite him winning the August election with over 80 percent of the popular vote. The leaders of the EU countries have reached an agreement on sanctions against the Belarusian government, Agence France-Presse reported on Friday, citing its diplomatic sources. Mass opposition protests broke out across Belarus following the presidential election on 9 August that saw President Alexander Lukashenko reelected for a sixth term. While electoral authorities maintain that Lukashenko collected over 80 percent of the vote, the opposition insists that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107978/44/1079784436_0:86:3288:1936_1200x675_80_0_0_0a255455d342ed792a4f90e98cdfb2bd.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202010011080633372-eu-includes-2-more-russian-citizens-4-entities-on-list-of-sanctions-over-ukraine/ BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The European Union has included two Russian individuals and four organisations in the list of sanctioned individuals over Ukraine. Alexander Ganov, Leonid Ryzhenkin, as well as JSC Lenpromtransproekt, JSC Directorate for the construction of the Berkakit-Tommot-Yakutsk railway, FSUE Crimean Railway and Crimean First Insurance Company have been added to the list. Alexander Ganov is the CEO of Grand Service Express, a long-distance train operator for transportation between mainland Russia and Crimea. In March 2020, Leonid Ryzhenkin was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree, for the construction of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/62/1079196215_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_3d2ddede157d7be0a67693b05495a423.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009301080623781-us-targets-3-persons-13-entities-in-new-syria-sanctions/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has targeted three people and 13 entities, including the Syrian Tourism Ministry, in new round of Syria-related sanctions, the US Department of the Treasury announced in a release on Wednesday. “Today, as part of the US government’s continued effort to achieve a peaceful, political resolution of the Syrian conflict, the Department of the Treasury is taking action against key enablers of the Assad regime that are associated with the Fourth Division of the Syrian Arab Army, the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate, and the Central Bank of Syria”, the […]
US Sanctions Opposition Parties In Venezuela Ahead Of Elections September 28, 2020 US Sanctions Opposition Parties In Venezuela Ahead Of Elections2020-09-282020-09-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/vz-1-e1601302635914.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man passes a mural of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, July 22, 2020. Ariana Cubillos | AP. US hoping to force an outcome. Sanctions on Venezuela are nothing new. But Secretary of State Pompeo recently took the unusual step of sanctioning leaders of local opposition parties in an attempt to pressure them to pull out of upcoming elections. Elections for Venezuela’s National Assembly are fast approaching. But the United States does not want them to go […]
Author with the Syria election commission just befor the 2014 vote – Jim Dean Archives Muallem: U.S. sanctions inhumane, are aimed at suffocating Syrian people by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The US coalition plans to Balkanize Syria have ramped up, obviously as part of the Israelis establishing formal relations with the Arab states that lost in round one, hoping for better results in round two. The Syrian Kurds are now in full bore betrayal mode, having joined in completely with the US plans to use them as a puppet state, carving off northern and […]
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuela is working out a new law that will help overcome the effects of US sanctions imposed on the country, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced. “We are working on a new anti-sanctions law … It is a constitutional law against US criminal sanctions. We will submit it to the National Assembly on Tuesday,” Maduro said on Sunday, as broadcast on his Twitter account. According to the Venezuelan president, a new poll will be carried out to find out what kind of damage various sectors of the country’s economy have suffered because of US sanctions. The new […]
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has called on all countries targeted with sanctions to unite and take joint political and economic action to resist the measures. “Unilateral coercive measures imposed by some countries clearly violate international law. The humanitarian exemptions they repeatedly invoke do not exist on the ground. […] We call on all affected countries and those that reject such measures to close ranks against them and alleviate their impact on our peoples. This should happen through cooperation, coordination and concrete political, economic and commercial means,” Muallem said at the UN General Assembly. He said that […]
UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – Sanctions and foreign interference in the internal affairs of Belarus will have the opposite effect, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said at the UN General Assembly, warning against attempts to bring chaos to Belarus. “We note with regret the increasing attempts by a series of countries to abuse the UN platform including the Security Council, to further their own narrow political interests. This includes some western nations focusing their attention on the situation Belarus,” Makei said. Makei stressed that in August, the people of Belarus made their choice during the presidential elections. “They chose a stable and […]
In outright rejection of US unilateralism, E3 tells UNSC Iran sanctions relief to continue beyond Sep. 20 …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: I would like to be able to say that, with this latest plain English statement from the E3, the US JCPOA agreement reneging saga would be behind us, but as long as Trump and gang are in power, I doubt that will be the case. With the US going trillions in debt year after year, it has to stay on full offense to keep the American house of cards from falling down. China, Russia, S. Korea and Japan […]
On 21 September, Washington imposed sanctions against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claiming that “for nearly two years, corrupt officials in Tehran have worked with the illegitimate regime in Venezuela to flout the UN arms embargo”. A senior Venezuelan official has described the US as the greatest threat to the international community after it decided recently to slap fresh sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other individuals because of their dealings with Iran, reported Newsweek. “Venezuela’s trade with Iran and with any other country is done in exercise of our sovereignty and under all legal […]
On Monday, the Trump administration announced that it was imposing “UN” sanctions on the Iranian Defence Ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for what Washington called aiding Tehran’s weapons programmes. Iranian analyst Mani Mehrabi has explained what’s behind the failure of the US to gain international support for its Iran policy. “Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide: No matter who you are, if you violate the UN arms embargo on Iran, you risk sanctions,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated on 21 September. On 19 September, the US unilaterally re-imposed UN sanctions on Tehran through […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009231080551668-trump-us-imposes-more-sanctions-on-imports-of-cuban-alcohol-tobacco/ The trade restrictions against Cuba have been prolonged for another year “in the national interest of the United States”, according to a US presidential determination issued by the White House on 10 September. US President Donald Trump has announced new sanctions on Cuba. “Today, as part of our continuing fight against communist oppression, I am announcing that the Treasury Department will prohibit US travellers from staying at properties owned by the Cuban government. We’re also further restricting the importation of alcohol and Cuban tobacco”, Trump said in a statement. The statement comes after US […]
A large group of shipping insurers will refuse to insure vessels participating in the construction of Nord Stream 2, as companies worry that providing services for builders puts them at risk of violating US sanctions. The decision made by the thirteen members of the International Group of P&I Clubs, who collectively provide marine liability cover for approximately 90% of the world’s ocean-going tonnage, will seriously complicate the pipeline’s construction process, which is already 90% complete. On Monday, a circular sent by the group announced that they would no longer insure “activity involving or related to the Nord Stream 2 or TurkStream […]
Work to begin soon on linking Iran power grid to Russia, Azerbaijan: Report …from PresssTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: I had known that Iran has been investing in electric generation, in what seemed far in excess of its projected domestic needs as a way to use its huge gas deposits to earn foreign revenue with long term electric exports. Despite the hostile Arab governments west of Iran in the Persian Gulf, Iran continues to nail down the security of its borders by becoming an economic hub for its neighbors that it can help develop in multiple ways. If Iran gets caught […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009221080541258-macron-europe-will-not-compromise-with-washington-on-iran-sanctions/ French President Emmanuel Macron called for a “modern new consensus” on tackling global challenges in his speech to the 75th UN General Assembly on 22 September. Europe will not compromise with the United States on Iran sanctions, French President Emmanuel Macron told the UN General Assembly by video. “We will not compromise on the activation of a mechanism that the United States is not in a position to activate on its own after leaving the agreement. This would undermine the unity of the Security Council and the integrity of its decisions, and it would […]
Speaking at the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the UN Security Council “should be more inclusive of the interests of all countries as well as of the diversity of their positions”. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that scrapping sanctions and restrictions may add to boosting the world economy and reducing unemployment rates amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Putin also touched upon the role of the UN Security Council, which he said should take into account the interests of all states more broadly. […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US energy services giant Baker Hughes is interested in expanding its presence in the Russian market despite the regime of sanctions between the US and Russia, Elena Akoltseva, the president at Baker Hughes in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), told Sputnik in an interview. “Our full-stream technology portfolio and expertise, local assets, relationships and experience in Russia make us well-positioned to partner with key operators for any new and potential oil & gas projects in Eastern Siberia, the Far East, and on the Baltic and Caspian seas. We are interested in strategic projects, subject to […]
Venezuela has slammed a new round of US sanctions on President Nicolas Maduro and Iran as aggressive and illegal, while also contesting a new UN report alleging official abuses, saying it used “human rights as a political weapon.” “Venezuela denounces the new US aggression to the international community, announcing alleged unilateral sanctions against President Nicolas Maduro, as part of a sustained campaign of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran and our country,” Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza wrote in a tweet on Monday. Also on rt.com Pompeo announces new US sanctions on Iran’s defense ministry Caracas said Washington’s actions showed it […]
US diplomacy is turning into the not-so-subtle art of making demands and ultimatums, Sergey Lavrov has lamented, as the Americans go it alone in restoring anti-Iran sanctions under a 2015 deal that no longer legally applies. Washington’s reasoning behind bringing back the UN sanctions against Iran looks “funny,” as the majority of UN Security Council members – 13 out of 15 – do not support activating the ‘snapback’ mechanism, the Russian Foreign Minister said, in an exclusive interview with the Al Arabiya news channel. The council “clearly stated that there is no legal position or moral reasons for anything close to […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/17/1079191708_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_6d60462159b904abeda55a74fde54046.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009211080526622-us-secretary-of-state-pompeo-addresses-media-on-anti-iranian-sanctions—video/ The official previously stated that the UN sanctions against Tehran are coming into force, including an arms embargo, after the US triggered a 30-day snapback mechanism. However, the EU and Russia, as well as Iran, denied it, stressing that Washington can’t unilaterally restore international restrictions against the Islamic Republic. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is delivering remarks concerning the announcement of anti-Iranian sanctions. There are also several top American officials present, including Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of Defence Mark Esper, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, US Representative to the United […]
On Sunday, Tehran called on Washington to “return to the international community and stop the rebellion” following the US’ claims about the reinstatement of all UN anti-Iran sanctions. Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has lashed out at the US in light of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent move to declare “the return of virtually all previously terminated UN sanctions” against the Islamic Republic. “Today Iran is still fighting a war. America has waged a war against Iran with no blood”, Zanganeh was cited as saying by the Iranian news agency SHANA, in an apparent nod to the US’ anti-Iran sanctions. […]
France, Germany and UK say Washington does not have the authority, setting up clash European leaders have warned the US that its claim to have the authority to reimpose sweeping UN-mandated sanctions on Iran has no effect in law, setting up a major legal clash that could lead to Washington imposing sanctions on its European allies. In a joint statement on Sunday, France, Germany and the UK (E3) said any attempt by the US to impose its own sanctions on countries not complying with the reimposed UN ones was also legally void. On Saturday, the US moved to reinstate a range […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106827/37/1068273784_0:266:5098:3133_1200x675_80_0_0_04121059d36c2c5c3a7b2ab60ea9c6b5.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009201080520474-pompeo-slams-european-countries-for-failing-to-support-reinstating-un-sanctions-on-iran/ MOSCOW, September 20 (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday has slammed European countries for failing to support Washington’s efforts to reinstate United Nations sanctions on Iran. On Saturday, Pompeo stated that UN sanctions against Iran were being reinstated after the US triggered a 30-day snapback mechanism. Following the announcement, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that Washington cannot unilaterally restore international sanctions on Tehran. During an appearance on the Fox News broadcaster, Pompeo accused European countries of failing to put the work in to punish Iran. “The Europeans […]
TEHRAN (Sputnik) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry called on the United States on Sunday to reconcile with the international community and get back to observing its legal commitments following the controversial statement on the restoration of UN sanctions on Tehran. “Tehran’s message to Washington is clear — return to the international community, act in accordance with your obligations and stop the rebellion. In this case, the international community will accept you [Washington]”, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a press statement, as quoted by Iran’s ISNA news agency. Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107919/31/1079193136_0:0:3073:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_baef435a6861e37b395bbfcba4f302a4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009201080517309-moscow-slams-us-statement-on-restoration-of-iran-sanctions-as-theatrical-performance/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States’ claim that the UN sanctions on Iran were restored is misleading as the UN Security Council (UNSC) took no steps leading to the restoration of restrictions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. “The US continues to mislead the international community by speculating that the UN Security Council conducted some sort of procedures to restore the effect of UNSC resolutions on Iran sanctions, which were cancelled after the signing of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)”, the official statement from Russia read. […]
Ankara earlier accused France, and the EU at large of hampering solving problems in the disputed Eastern Mediterranean, where both Turkey and Greece claim energy exploration rights. French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Turkey to restart bona fide talks over the Eastern Mediterranean region, shortly after threatening with sanctions and calling on the European Union to rise jointly against Ankara. “In Ajaccio, we sent a clear message to Turkey: let’s reopen a responsible dialogue, in good faith, without naivety. This call is now also that of the European Parliament. It seems to have been heard. Let’s move on,” Macron tweeted in […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0a/1080414700_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_c7a33d3a47d0d194a527f89e1d8b9779.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009201080516569-pompeo-says-un-sanctions-on-iran-have-been-restored/ MOSCOW, September 20 (Sputnik) – The Trump administration is expecting UN sanctions to be reinstated on Iran at 00:00 GMT on Sunday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced back in late August that Washington had triggered the 30-day process to restore almost all UN sanctions on Tehran, due to Iran’s failure to “uphold its mission” to maintain peace and security. Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams reiterated these sentiments on Wednesday, telling reporters that Washington expects all the measures to be reimposed. The UK, France, and Germany have come out against […]
TUC Calls For Israel Sanctions To “End Apartheid” By Asa Winstanley, Electronic Intifada. September 18, 2020 TUC Calls For Israel Sanctions To “End Apartheid”2020-09-182020-09-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/trades-union-congress-2020_0-e1600440109463.png200px200px Above photo: The Trades Unions Congress held its 2020 conference online only. TUC. The British Trades Union Congress has condemned Israel’s annexation plan, calling it “another significant step in the creation of a system of apartheid” in the West Bank. Passed on Tuesday, the motion is thought to be the first time the British trade union umbrella body has described Israeli policies as apartheid. The TUC motion calls for the UK to “take firm and decisive measures, including sanctions” against Israel […]
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Israel and the US, which pulled out of the WHO this year, tried to reverse a UN call on member states to join forces in battling Covid-19, including by halting hostilities and sanctions that hinder the pandemic response. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has overwhelmingly supported a comprehensive resolution for “intensified international cooperation and solidarity to contain, mitigate and overcome the pandemic and its consequences.” The draft was adopted by 169 countries, with Ukraine and Hungary abstaining. Washington was only backed by Tel Aviv in voting against the document. Notably, the US is the worst-hit country in the world, having reported […]
The US. Treasury Department sanctioned on Thursday one of Rudy Giuliani’s Ukrainian allies for interference in the U.S. elections. Andriy Derkach worked closely with the president’s personal attorney—and with the Trump-friendly cable network, OANN—to push accusations of political misconduct against Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. Derkach, a member of Kyiv’s parliament, has also been supplying documents to Republicans on Capitol Hill, where Sen. Ron Johnson as part of his election-eve investigation into the Bidens’ conduct in Ukraine. This is a developing story. Check back for further updates. Source link
Report: Huawei Sanctions Would Destroy US Chip Industry By Hispan TV, Orinoco Tribune. September 9, 2020 Report: Huawei Sanctions Would Destroy US Chip Industry2020-09-092020-09-09https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/huawei-e1599660157697.jpg200px200px Above photo: General view of a Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei manufacturing factory in China. Huawei will build its own manufacturing factories in China to address US sanctions with production lines with zero US components. The Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei plans to build its own manufacturing factories to face the US restrictions imposed against it with production lines with zero US components, according to a report published in the Hong Kong digital medium Asia Times. The online newspaper, quoting […]
European nations have expressed concerns over the fate of Maria Kolesnikova – one of Belarus’ leading opposition figures, apparently kidnapped in Minsk – threatening sanctions and demanding the release of detained protesters. The EU, as well as Germany and the UK, have accused Minsk of quelling protests that have gripped Belarus for almost a month with “repressions” on the heels of reports of Kolesnikova’s disappearance in Minsk on Monday. The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell did not mince words as he accused Belarusian authorities of “unabating arbitrary and unexplained arrests and detentions on political grounds” in a […]
The alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny could see Berlin cancel the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and press the EU to consider other sanctions against Moscow, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said. In an interview published on Sunday by Bild, a popular pro-American Berlin tabloid, Maas said: “I hope the Russians don’t force us to change our stance on Nord Stream 2, we have high expectations of the Russian government that it will solve this serious crime.” The German diplomat claimed to have seen “a lot of evidence” that the Russian state was behind the poison attack. […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been under increased pressure to stop the construction of the nearly complete joint pipeline project of numerous European energy companies and Russian Gazprom ever since Berlin claimed to have found traces of nerve agent from the Novichok group in the blood of a hospitalised Russian opposition figure. German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has said that the possibility of sanctions being imposed against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project will depend on how Moscow reacts to the situation with political activist Alexei Navalny, who had purportedly been poisoned with a Soviet-era military-grade nerve agent. She noted that […]
EU And France Call On US To Reverse ‘Unacceptable’ Sanctions Against ICC’s War Crimes Investigators September 5, 2020 EU And France Call On US To Reverse ‘Unacceptable’ Sanctions Against ICC’s War Crimes Investigators2020-09-052020-09-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/icc-prosecutor-fatou-bensouda-left-was-sanctioned-wednesday-by-us-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-right-by-bas-czerwinski-for-pool-via-reuters-nicholas-kamm-for-pool-via-reuters-e1599327575710.jpg200px200px Above photo: ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (left) was sanctioned Wednesday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) By Bas Czerwinski for Pool via Reuters, Nicholas Kamm for Pool via Reuters. US sanctions against two International Criminal Court officials are “unacceptable and unprecedented” and should be reversed, said the EU’s top diplomat, while the French foreign minister called them “a grave attack” on the court. The sanctions are “unacceptable and […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The European Union is still underway with finalizing the scope of sanctions and the individuals to which they will apply over the situation in Belarus, European Commission spokesman Peter Stano said on Friday following reports that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko might not end up on the list. “The member states are discussing the final list of those who will be sanctioned, so the scope, extent and those who would be sanctioned are subject of ongoing discussions,” Stano told a briefing when asked to comment on whether Lukashenko should be expected to be on the list. The spokesman did […]
US sanctions against two International Criminal Court officials are “unacceptable and unprecedented” and should be reversed, said the EU’s top diplomat, while the French foreign minister called them “a grave attack” on the court. The sanctions are “unacceptable and unprecedented measures that attempt to obstruct the court’s investigations and judicial proceedings,” EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell said in a statement on Thursday. The US should “reconsider its position and reverse the measures it has taken,” Borrell added. His comments came shortly after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned the sanctions as “a grave attack against the court,” […]
Fatou Bensouda is the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court. Photograph: Eva Plevier/Reuters Mike Pompeo says ICC ‘continues to target American War CriminalsFatou Bensouda and Phakiso Mochochoko have assets blocked What doe these people have in common? Myanmar generals accused of atrocitiesSaudi officials linked to Jamal Khashoggi’s murderPresident Assad for mass abuses in SyriaICC prosecutors investigating war crimes The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on all of them. pic.twitter.com/Xdb0Za9U63 — Human Rights Watch (@hrw) September 2, 2020 Guardian: The US has imposed sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, Fatou Bensouda, in the latest of a series of […]
LONDON—The poison that struck down Vladimir Putin’s nemesis Alexei Navalny has been identified as Novichok—a nerve agent concocted by Soviet scientists during the Cold War. German authorities say they’ve found “unequivocal” evidence that the notorious chemical weapon, which is stored only in Russia’s state-controlled laboratories, was used against Putin’s number one foe. There was no conclusive proof that the deadly agent had ever been used—or even existed—until Putin’s GRU intelligence agents deployed it in the British city of Salisbury in 2018 on former spy Sergei Skripal. The reckless use of the nerve agent against a former KGB agent ended up killing […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/104761/75/1047617596_0:109:2048:1261_1200x675_80_0_0_3cfd787539c0c8f0d8cf4e4aac99e165.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009031080352622-venezuelan-foreign-minister-describes-us-sanctions-against-icc-as-confession-of-guilt/ MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called the US sanctions against the International Criminal Court the “confession of guilt” of crimes against humanity. “The International Criminal Court judges crimes against humanity. The US commits them frequently. US ‘sanctions’ the Court’s Prosecutor and threatens all judges to avoid investigation on its atrocious crimes: an illegal practice that amounts to a confession of guilt”, Arreaza wrote on his Twitter page on late Wednesday. La Corte Penal Internacional juzga crímenes de lesa humanidad. EEUU los comete con frecuencia. EEUU “sanciona” a la Fiscal de […]
International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, seen here in 2018, has been added to the U.S. Treasury’s sanctions list. She is leading the court’s investigation into alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan. Bas Czerwinski/AP hide caption toggle caption Bas Czerwinski/AP International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, seen here in 2018, has been added to the U.S. Treasury’s sanctions list. She is leading the court’s investigation into alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan. Bas Czerwinski/AP The Trump Administration has leveled sanctions against the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, who is investigating allegations that U.S. troops committed war crimes in Afghanistan. […]
US Sanctions Russian Institute That Developed COVID-19 Vaccine By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. August 30, 2020 US Sanctions Russian Institute That Developed COVID-19 Vaccine2020-08-302020-08-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/russias-blacklisted-civilian-facility-is-the-state-research-institute-of-organic-chemistry-and-technology-in-moscow.-from-radio-free-europe-e1598730513429.jpg200px200px Above photo: Russia blacklisted research institutes from Radio Free Europe. The US Commerce Department blacklisted a Russian research institute that helped create the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine. Russia won the race to develop the first vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The United States has responded by slapping sanctions on a Russian research facility involved in creating it. The US government has blacklisted several Russian scientific institutes, including the Russian Defense Ministry’s 48th Central Research Institute, which has […]
Already fraught relations between Greece and Turkey worsened this month after Ankara dispatched its Oruc Reis oil and gas seismic survey vessel to a disputed area of Mediterranean Sea also claimed by Athens. Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has attacked as “hypocritical” a threat by the EU to impose sanctions on Ankara over its soaring tensions in the eastern Mediterranean with neighbour Greece. In a Tweet, Oktay issued a scathing rebuke of the EU’s position, saying that, “It is hypocritical for the European Union to call for dialogue and, simultaneously, make other plans regarding Turkey’s activities within our continental shelf in […]
According to estimates by the economic research agency Fitch Solutions, the future looks particularly bright for Russia’s gold reserves, which may see the country soon lead the rating of the top producers of the precious metal. Russia is likely to step up its gold production in the next couple of years amid increasing risks of more US sanctions that could push the Russian Central Bank to boost the existing precious metal reserves, as follows from a Fitch Solutions report cited by CNBC. The potential economic restrictions will “paradoxically” support the gold market in the country, the report said. “The rising risk […]
Tehran has poked fun at Mike Pompeo after the top US diplomat set a deadline to ‘snap back’ sanctions on Iran under JCPOA, which he branded a “foolish” deal, and despite the UN Security Council refusal to back the US initiative. “The clock is ticking just in Pompeo’s parallel alternate universe!” exclaimed Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry. “This happens when an ex-spymaster leads US diplomacy,” he opined, referring to the secretary of state’s previous career in the CIA. This week, UN Security Council (UNSC) president Dian Triansyah Djani said the return of the sanctions, the so-called snapback, is unlikely, as 13 out of 15 […]
As Moscow announced the beginning of post-registration trials of anti-COVID vaccine Sputnik V on 26 August, the US added a group of Russian research institutes, including the one testing the anti-coronavirus drug, to its sanctions list. International observers have discussed the US move unveiled amid the global effort to curb the pandemic. According to a statement, released by the US Department of Commerce on Wednesday, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by adding sixty entities under the destinations of nine countries to its sanctions list. These entities have been determined “to be acting contrary […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Wednesday it is imposing sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for Beijing’s military buildup in the South China Sea. The move is the latest salvo in the U.S. pressure campaign against China that has picked up steam ahead of November’s presidential election over a variety of contentious issues. The State Department announced it had hit an unspecified number of Chinese officials and business executives responsible for the militarization of disputed South China Sea areas with travel bans. Immediate family members of those targeted may also be barred from travel to the United States, the department said. […]
US Sanctions Are Starving Syria By Aaron Maté , The Grayzone Project. August 25, 2020 US Sanctions Are Starving Syria2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/stopusmurderinsyria-e1598365202191.jpg200px200px Leading Syria scholar Joshua Landis on how crippling US sanctions are devastating Syria’s people and hindering post-war reconstruction. In a new article for Foreign Affairs, scholar Joshua Landis and former Obama administration official Steve Simon write that US sanctions on Syria “further immiserate the Syrian people, blocks reconstruction efforts, and strangles the economy that sustains a desperate population during Syria’s growing humanitarian and public health crises.” Landis, a leading expert on Syria, joins Pushback. Guest: Joshua Landis, Sandra Mackey Professor of Middle […]
– First aired … August 21, 2020 – …by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: I don’t know now if Pompeo enjoys his own bullshit so much that he is literally addicted to it, or whether he has been getting Trump DNA shots to make him keep pushing the snap back sanctions fairy tale that the US has no legal right to do. Trump’s EU prestige has been down the tubes for some time, but Pompeo, who has been whispered to be Trump’s heir after his second term, (no I am not kidding), is degrading his […]
US efforts to trigger the return of UN sanctions on Iran have been dismissed by the president of the Security Council, who cited a lack of consensus among the body’s 15 members to enact such measures. Speaking during a council meeting on the Middle East on Tuesday, the current president – Indonesia’s UN ambassador – responded to questions from Russia and China on the Iran sanctions issue to say that the body is “not in the position to take further action” on the ‘snap back’ request. Responding to the council president’s comments on Tuesday, US Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft […]
The measures will be reportedly the largest case in the history for US Treasury office, with sanctions set to impact banking loans, farming imports and investments for the major Chinese conglomerate. The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) has been targeted by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in a fresh round of sanctions amid the ongoing trade war, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday. Three officials along with the Chinese conglomerate were hit with sanctions after Washington accused it of human rights abuses in China’s westernmost region, the report read. Three officials – Peng Jiarui, Chen […]
On Thursday, 13 of the United Nations Security Council 15 members expressed opposition to a US push to trigger the so-called snapback sanctions provision to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, pointing out that Washington is no longer a party to the agreement. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has posted a compilation video of senior Trump administration officials including the president himself outlining why the US can have no say in deciding whether the United Nations introduces crushing ‘snapback sanctions’ against Tehran. The clip starts with Donald Trump announcing the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Technodinamika holding company, which is part of Russia’s state-owned high-tech conglomerate Rostec, has deployed a 5,000-square-meter Russian flag in the sky over the Moscow region, but the record was not registered in the Guinness Book due to sanctions against Moscow, the company’s press service said on Saturday. The current record belongs to the representatives of the United Arab Emirates who opened in the sky the national flag of about 4,886 square meters. “The invited experts of the Guinness Book of World Records captured the record, but refused to officially register it due to the sanctions against Russia,” the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008201080227379-iran-increases-capacity-to-enrich-uranium-amid-us-plans-to-reimpose-sanctions/ TEHRAN (Sputnik) – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Thursday announced that the Middle Eastern country has increased capacity to enrich uranium in light of Washington’s plan to reinstate sanctions against Tehran. “It does not matter if the snapback mechanism [which envisages restoration of sanctions] will be activated or not, the atomic energy organisation has taken big steps to increase the capacity to 190,000 SWU [Separative Work Units]”, the AEOI tweeted. The capacity increase was announced after US President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the United States intends to restore […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters after he met with members of the U.N. Security Council and called for the restoration of sanctions against Iran on Thursday in New York. Mike Segar/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mike Segar/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters after he met with members of the U.N. Security Council and called for the restoration of sanctions against Iran on Thursday in New York. Mike Segar/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Six days after the Trump administration saw its effort to extend expiring United Nations weapons sanctions on Iran […]
Global South Calls For Sanctions On Apartheid Israel August 20, 2020 Global South Calls For Sanctions On Apartheid Israel2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/website-launch-1_0.png200px200px Israel’s decades-old regime of apartheid and theft of Palestinian land is continuing unabated. Reports that Israel is “suspending” formal annexation are a smokescreen for continued colonisation and piecemeal ethnic cleansing of Indigenous Palestinians. Around the world, advocates for justice are pushing back.The Global South response, initiated by South African civil society, brings together notable figures, intellectuals, policy makers, civil society leaders and experts from Africa, Latin America and Asia, in a joint effort to promote lawful sanctions on Israel to end its […]
Washington has announced sanctions on senior Syrian government officials and the leaders of several military units, with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accusing top National Defense Forces members of subverting a ceasefire. In a statement on Thursday, the US State Department said it was imposing sanctions on the leadership of a number of Syrian military units, including National Defense Forces commander Fadi Saqr. The US and its allies are “united in continuing to apply pressure” on the Syrian president and his government “until there is a peaceful, political solution to the conflict,” Pompeo said in the statement. “Assad and his […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has imposed new Syria-related sanctions on six individuals including President Bashar Assad’s press officer Luna al-Shibli, the Treasury Department said in a statement on Thursday. “The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN List”, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said. The United States has announced sanctions against military and other supporters of the Syrian government of President Bashar Assad in memory of the victims of the alleged chemical attacks in Ghouta seven years ago, US Secretary Pompeo said in a statement on Thursday. “Tomorrow will mark the seventh anniversary of the Assad […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/14/1080222730_0:0:2734:1537_1200x675_80_0_0_b103f5dfda1198acccceb72406f83429.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202008201080222761-us-to-hold-accountable-violators-of-reinstated-un-sanctions-against-iran-pompeo-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States is determined to enforce UN sanctions it intends to reinstate against Iran and penalize any violator, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview. Pompeo will travel to New York on Thursday and notify the United Nations Security Council that the US is initiating the process to restore international sanctions. Under the snapback clause of resolution 2231, sanctions, including the arms embargo, will be back in place 30 days later. “Absolutely, we have already done that when we have seen any country violate our current, the current […]
Lithuania has apparently decided not to wait for its European partners, which are still deliberating over their collective response to the protests in Belarus, and has imposed an entry ban against President Alexander Lukashenko. Seemingly deciding to set an example to the rest of Europe, Vilnius raced to compile a blacklist of Belarusian officials in response to the ongoing protests in the neighboring nation, issuing it before the European Union had come up with a list of its own. The move was announced by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, who said his country welcomed the EU’s “determination” in taking action against […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/12/1080207130_0:0:2057:1157_1200x675_80_0_0_05798df9c449bd9bfd47022a0737631a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008191080221468-trump-us-to-restore-all-snapback-sanctions-on-iran/ On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said he intends to restore all economic sanctions against Iran, which were reimposed in 2018 when Trump accused Tehran of breaking the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal. Trump told reporters at the White House he was sending US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to notify the United Nations Security Council that the US intends to restore virtually all suspended sanctions on Iran. “It’s a snapback,” Trump said. “Not uncommon.” He called the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which lowered sanctions on Iran in exchange for […]
Protesters gather in front of the Minsk Tractor Works Plant to support workers leaving the plant after their work shift in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption toggle caption Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Protesters gather in front of the Minsk Tractor Works Plant to support workers leaving the plant after their work shift in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP The European Union on Wednesday said it does not recognize the results of Belarus’ Aug. 9 presidential election, calling the poll fraudulent as it promised to sanction individuals responsible for the violence that has followed. “These elections were neither free nor […]
In May, Caracas accused the Trump administration of “criminal” aggression against Venezuela with its sanctions policies, in place since 2018. Bloomberg has cited unnamed sources as saying that Washington is considering imposing additional sanctions on Venezuela to stop the remaining fuel transactions permitted with Caracas. The sources claimed that the sanctions may target crude swaps with European and Asian companies, and that the White House has debated the measures for at least five months, initially prioritising sanctions against Iran over its gasoline supplies to Venezuela. More sanctions against the South American country have yet to be finalised and the talks are […]
Trump has threatened to reinstate suspended international sanctions on Iran via a mechanism enshrined in the 2015 nuclear deal he quit two years ago. Washington insists that it technically remains a participant to the agreement despite objections from the remaining signatories. The United States has no legal grounds for triggering a UN mechanism to renew sanctions on Iran, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said. Supporters of the Iran nuclear deal rightfully “argue that Washington, having withdrawn from the deal, has no standing to invoke its provisions”. Bolton, a Trump ally turned bitter critic, wrote in a column published […]
US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has faced ridicule online after he brushed off opposition from other UNSC members to snapback sanctions the US wants to hit Iran with, while saying the punitive measures would be “multilateral.” “If at any time the United States believes Iran has failed to meet its commitments, no other state can block our ability to snap back those multilateral sanctions,” Pompeo declared in a statement, posted by his official Twitter account on Sunday evening. The US top diplomat referred to the avalanche of sanctions Washington has been hellbent on slapping on Tehran after the United Nations Security […]
US Sanctions Are Strangling A Lebanon In Crisis By Bilal El-Amine, In These Times. August 16, 2020 US Sanctions Are Strangling A Lebanon In Crisis2020-08-162020-08-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/lebanon-e1597540616777.jpg200px200px Above photo: This picture, taken on August 4, 2020, shows a general view of the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon’s capital Beirut. STR/AFP via Getty Images. As Lebanon faces multiple, overlapping catastrophes, U.S. policies are making them worse. The Lebanese economy crashed into the equivalent of a brick wall sometime in the last few months of 2019. The Lebanese pound (or lira), which was pegged to the dollar and appeared to be stable for well over […]