Topic: Political Sanctions

Senate banking panel to vote on Iran sanctions February 2

The Senate Banking Committee expects to vote on Thursday, February 2 on legislation containing more sanctions on Iran, the panel announced on ...

Israel welcomes EU sanctions on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is welcoming a decision by the European Union to impose an oil embargo on Iran as part of wider sanctions...

Looking into the Syrian abyss

province southern Turkey - Five weeks before the beginning of Syria's unarmed uprising against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad, Turkish Prime ...
The retail price of a liter of regular gasoline rose ¥0.10 to an average of ¥143.20 Monday, marking the first weekly rise in eight weeks, the Oil...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that his country is ready to resume discussions about their nuclear program with world powers. The last...

Firm start to 2012 forces oil bears to pull claws

By John Kemp. . EU sanctions on Iran's oil exports and fears about disrupted supply lines may not have made bullish oil analysts more confident...
This post originally appeared at Global Post. Iran is not likely to develop a nuclear weapon in 2012, a draft report by the Institute for Science...

Iran eyes banning oil sales to Europe

Lawmakers to take up bill banning oil exports to European countries in retaliation for embargo . TEHRAN (AP) ? Iran's parliament will begin ...
The European Union joined the United States Monday in launching an economic war against Iran to force it to abandon a suspected nuclear weapons...
Despite weeks of threats, Iran didn't stop a U.S. aircraft carrier from sailing through a vital waterway just off its shores. But that doesn't mean...