Sanctions

Although the context of Meng Wanzhou's arrest is alleged violation of the sanction on Iran, U.S. unease with the Chinese company runs much deeper—and a constructive resolution of the trade war has just become a lot less likely.

"The reason that the Americans are so obsessed with this absurdity is that they want to sully the image of our republic," a state newspaper claimed.

Iran's oil minister said the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation would take over French oil giant Total's share of the South Pars gas field.

In response to mounting pressure to punish ally Saudi Arabia, President Donald Trump has instead accused the "terrorist nation" of Iran for unrelated acts.

"The United States is a regime formed on the basis of capitalism, racial discrimination and hegemonism," Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari said.

Nathan A. Sales, the State Department's ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism, called Iran "an extraordinary compendium of evil."

Oil prices have dropped significantly, with the U.S. benchmark price dipping below $60 per barrel.

At least 16 bases were continuing research.

Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire also stressed that tensions with the U.S. over Iran revealed the need for the EU to "affirm our independence."

"We will not obey such sanctions," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that his government saw Washington's move as "violating the global balance."

The crown prince has threatened to develop nuclear weapons if Iran is able to do the same.

"U.S. bullying is backfiring," Foreign Minister Javad Zarif warned earlier on Monday.

The "people's food basket has shrunk, except for the profiteers of sanctions," said one civil servant living in Tehran.

The U.S. announced that China, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey would be granted a six-month exemption from sanctions on buying Iranian oil.

"We are in the economic war situation," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned as new U.S. sanctions took effect. "We are confronting a bullying enemy."

Iran can't afford to show weakness and has no reason to believe Trump will deal honestly with it even it backs down. Besides, Iran is far from the most urgent threat to the United States.

Coming November 5 to the Islamic Republic.

The Trump administration has policy and personal reasons to hope that Saudi's crown prince isn't shown to have taken part in the murder of a journalist. But the president may have to act.

President Donald Trump has gone to economic war with China, giving Russia a chance to further consolidate its ties to a fellow U.S. foe.

The U.S. announced on Tuesday new sanctions against Iran Tractor Manufacturing, the largest tractor manufacturer in the Middle East, and Iran's Mobarakeh Steel Company, the largest steel producer in the region.

North Korea has long been critical of South Korea's dependence on the U.S. despite a historic warming of ties between Cold War-era foes.

"U.S. sanctions against Iran will both weigh on Iran's oil production prospects in the medium term and reduce Iran's crude exports in the short term...," the report predicts.

India is defying U.S. sanctions by buying Russia's S-400 surface-to-air missile system and is increasing its imports of Iranian oil.

On the nuclear deal, Germany sides with Iran against the U.S. and Israel, but it is wary of Tehran's other ambitions across the Middle East.

The 1955 friendship treaty was signed two years after the U.S. overthrew Iran's democratically elected Iranian prime minister and decades before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized President Donald Trump's policies as "pressure and blackmail."

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton spoke at the 2018 United Against Nuclear Iran summit.

Senior officials from Bahrain, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. and Yemen spoke at the 2018 United Against Nuclear Iran summit.

Although the economy has remained strong despite sanctions, JP Morgan warned Trump not to get overly optimistic.

The European Union's foreign policy chief said the other nations would "protect the freedom of their economic operators."