TEHRAN, Apr 24 - American middle class consumers are enjoying the strongest wage growth in a decade, but higher gasoline prices are eating a good chunk of that increase for many, and it looks like pump prices are headed higher.
TEHRAN, Apr 24 - Russian Foreign Ministry called US action in heightening Iran's oil sanctions "aggressive, reckless and disturbing" policy to force the world bend to its will.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh slams the US and its allies for using oil as a political “weapon” to put more economic pressure on the Islamic Republic, emphasizing, however, that Washington will never be able to achieve its “dream” of cutting Tehran’s oil exports to “zero.”
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States' decision to intensify its economic pressure campaign against the Iranian people reveals its “panic” and “desperation,” a day after Washington moved to stop other countries from buying Iranian oil.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - The US decision on Monday more than failing to snuff out Iran’s oil exports will disrupt markets and complicate Washington’s relations with Beijing and even its own partners, industry analysts say.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - France reports progress in efforts towards the implementation of a direct payment mechanism, which the European country has launched alongside Britain and Germany to safeguard trade with Iran in the face of US sanctions.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - The top Iranian government watchdog on human rights has issued a statement condemning Britain’s ongoing crackdown on people protesting against its environment policies.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov exchanged views about a host of issues, including recent measures adopted by the US administration against the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Beijing has once again expressed its opposition to Washington’s decision to end sanctions waivers it had granted to some importers of Iranian oil, including China, warning that the policy will fuel “turmoil” in the troubled Middle East region and disrupt global energy markets.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Iran plans to file a complaint at the International Court of Justice against the US government for preventing the delivery of foreign relief aid for flood victims, Iran’s vice president for legal affairs said.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson congratulated the Ukrainian nation on holding the country’s presidential elections successfully and president-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy on his landslide victory.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - The total amount of the Iranian exports to neighboring Iraq during the last Persian calendar year (March 2018- March 2019) hit a record high, the data released by Iran’s Customs Office showed.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - The chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission shrugged off a recent decision by the US to end the waivers that allow countries to import Iranian oil, saying the country’s oil sales would never drop to less than a million barrels per day.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami says US President Donald Trump is endangering global security by violating international rules and humanitarian principles.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - The Iranian parliament has overwhelmingly passed a law, which designates American forces in West Asia - known as the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) - a terrorist organization in a counter-measure against the US blacklisting of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - The secretary general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement denounced US economic sanctions against Iran, describing the punitive measures as “an act of aggression” against all world nations, and slamming Saudi Arabia and the UAE for joining the anti-Iran pressure campaign.
TEHRAN, Apr 23 - The 32nd Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) has kicked off at Tehran's Musalla in the presence of Minister of Culture Abbas Salehi on behalf of President Rouhani who is ritually in charge of inaugurating the event.