Sanctions

After years of 'maximum pressure', the political narrative in Iran is beginning to favor local hardliners, forecasted to win the presidency in June. Trump may have pre-emptively torpedoed American diplomacy for the next Administration.

Iranian officials have condemned the U.S. for imposing additional rounds of sanctions even as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Today the international community once again expressed support for multilateralism," Iran's Ambassador to the U.K. Hamid Baeidinejad said.

Kim's crying over the country's economic collapse under U.S.-led sanctions may suggest a willingness to restart nuclear disarmament talks with the Trump administration.

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif criticized the U.S., claiming sanctions have cut off food and medical supplies desperately needed in a pandemic.

Mohammad Javad Zarif warned that the "culprits" behind sanctions that stop medicines "will face justice."

While 39 U.N. nations jointly criticized China's human rights policies in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, nearly 70 countries backed Beijing's right to safeguard its sovereignty.

U.S. senators have introduced a bi-partisan bill titled the "Holding Russia Accountable for Malign Activities Act of 2020."

The former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told MSNBC that the U.S. president is not willing to stand up to his Russian counterpart.

Despite global condemnation of the Novichok attack on the Kremlin critic, the E.U. and the U.S. may find it hard to sanction Russia.

The United Nations Security Council rejected American efforts to reimpose sanctions on Iran and to extend an international arms embargo on Tehran.

Days after the United States lost a bid to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, China and Russia agreed to a summit aimed at avoiding potential conflict between the U.S. and Tehran.

"We're not having a summit with Vladimir Putin before the election," Robert O'Brien said.

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Oil, gas and petrochemical workers went on strike earlier this month in protest of unpaid wages and unsafe working conditions.

Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali claimed that the U.S. is trying to weaken all three countries and urged closer cooperation.

Iranian security forces reportedly fired tear gas to clear protesters in the southwest of the country on Thursday, as the regime grapples with a series of explosions, sanctions and coronavirus.

"The Hong Kong question is a mirror of the U.S.' extreme arrogance," The Global Times wrote in an editorial.

Amazon was slapped with a modest fine for allegedly allowing hundreds of transactions to take place in violation of U.S. sanctions over the course of 7 years.

The bill condemns the Chinese government for human rights abuses against the Muslim indigenous Uighur people and other Muslims in China.

The Iranian leaders' use of Twitter had several GOP senators demanding a federal investigation into the California-based tech company.

"I'm convinced China will never cooperate with a serious investigation unless they are made to do so," Senator Lindsey Graham said.

One defendant is believed to be an associate of high-level officials in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force.

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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Seyed Abbas Mousavi also suggested the U.S. should have spent more money on its healthcare system than overseas wars.

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"I don't know how true it is. But when there's such an allegation, can a wise man trust you?" Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeted.

Javad Zarif said that a "huge part" of Iran's struggles with coronavirus are a result of American sanctions.

Iranians headed to the polls Friday after a tumultuous year of internal unrest and growing tension with the U.S.