The United States Department of the Treasury on Sept. 17 sanctioned several Chinese entities and individuals based in China for financing Iran-related terrorist activities. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department posted on its website Friday that it is imposing sanctions on members of the networks that finance terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon and…
US Sanctions Iran Hezbollah Linked Chinese Companies
September 18, 2021
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US Sanctions Several Hong Kong-Based Chinese Entities Over Iran: Department of Treasury
WASHINGTON—The United States issued Iran-related sanctions targeting several Hong Kong-based Chinese entities, according to a notice posted on the U.S. Department of Treasury website on Friday. The entities listed include Black Drop Intl Co. Ltd., China 49 Group Co. Ltd., Damineh Optic Ltd., PCA Xiang Gang Ltd., Taiwan Be Charm Trading Co. Ltd., Victory Somo…
Iran Pledges to Cooperate With UN on Monitoring Nuclear Program
Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reached an agreement on Sunday allowing the U.N. watchdog group to update cameras at Iran’s nuclear sites, according to a joint statement. The statement from the IAEA said that the two sides “decided to maintain their mutual interactions and meetings at relevant levels,” and U.N. officials will now “visit…
9/11 Didn’t ‘Change Everything’
September 10, 2021
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Commentary Marking 20 years since the awful day of Sept. 11, 2001, is a very personal experience. A mixture of contending emotions, based on what happened that day and the twists and turns since. For me, it was the most shocking and consequential day of my professional life. I awoke that day anxious to prepare…
After Leaked Videos, Iran Opens Cases Against Prison Guards
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iranian prosecutors opened criminal cases against six guards at the country’s notorious Evin prison, the judiciary reported on Tuesday, after footage showing the widespread abuse of detainees at the facility leaked out last week. The judiciary’s three-day investigation into mistreatment and grim conditions at Tehran’s Evin prison had landed “some” prison guards…
US Has ‘Other Options’ If Diplomacy With Iran Fails, Biden Tells Israeli PM in Bilateral Meeting
President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House on Friday that the United States has “other options” if using diplomacy fails with Iran, in efforts to ensure it never develops a nuclear weapon. The bilateral meeting between the two leaders was delayed by one day after a deadly explosion at…
Iran Urges Japan to Release Billions in Blocked Funds Amid US Sanctions
DUBAI—Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi called on Japan to release Iranian funds frozen in the country due to U.S. sanctions, Iranian state TV reported after the president met on Sunday with the visiting Japanese foreign minister. Iran has been unable to obtain tens of billions of dollars of its assets mainly from exports of oil and…
Taliban’s Delicate Situation With Iran and the CCP
Analysis Afghanistan is known as the Crossroads of Central Asia. Its stability affects neighboring countries such as Iran, Pakistan, and China. With the Taliban returning to power, how will its relations with border countries develop and affect the regional power balance? The Epoch Times Chinese edition interviewed Yuping Su, former diplomat in Israel from Taiwan,…
Iran Denies Role in Tanker Attack, Says Seeks Gulf Security
DUBAI—Iran on Saturday rejected as psychological warfare accusations that it was behind a deadly attack on a tanker off Oman’s coast, and said Tehran sought to enhance the security of the strategic Gulf waterway. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy economies said on Friday Iran was threatening international peace and security and that…
G7 Foreign Ministers: Iran’s Behaviour ‘Threatens International Peace and Security’
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) nations said on Friday that all evidence of the recent attack on an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea “clearly points to Iran,” and that the regime’s behaviour is a threat to international peace and security. “We condemn the unlawful attack committed on a merchant vessel off the…
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