Iran’s leadership may see an end to the war as necessary under mounting US economic pressure, but that does not mean Tehran will heed Washington’s demands, experts say, warning that the pressure could instead drive it toward further escalation.
Tehran [Iran], August 24 (ANI): Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization (PGSA) has warned vessels violating its protocols for the Strait of Hormuz that they could face restrictions on future passages, including fines, detention or confiscation.
TEHRAN, Iran: Iran has granted permission to several Iraqi oil tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after repeated requests from Baghdad, Iran's state news agency IRNA reported on August 22. IRNA said special permission for Iraqi tankers was one of Iraq's main requests during Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf's visit to Iraq.
Iranian parliamentary committee approves provision to charge ships in Hormuz Iranian parliament advanced a provision in a draft law on Sunday allowing Tehran to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission approved Article 3 of its "Strategic Action to Ensure the Security and Progress of the Strait of Hormuz" plan, Iran's IRNA news agency reported. Based on the article, a fee will be charged for services "including maritime, environmental, fueling under special conditions, insurance, safety, and other services provided in the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran [Iran], August 23 (ANI): Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Sunday dismissed renewed US threats of economic sanctions as a 'recurring scenario,' stating that Washington has no choice but to speak respectfully to the Iranian nation.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) spokesman dismissed the US threat of an intensified economic war against Iran as an implicit admission of its military defeat, saying Washington has been waging economic warfare against Tehran for decades.
The facility was reportedly put out of operation for four days after an Iran-linked hack A small-scale British power plant was taken offline because of a cyber attack, with UK authorities blaming an Iranian-linked hacking group, The Telegraph reported on Saturday.
Tehran has warned neighboring states it will close the Strait of Hormuz if they take part in Washington's economic pressure campaign Iran has said that not "a single drop of oil" will leave the Persian Gulf and threatened to attack alternative export routes if neighboring states take part in the US
Iranians described deepening financial hardship and questioned whether economic pressure can change government policy as the dollar climbed toward 2 million rials, setting another record on Sunday.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei warned neighboring countries against joining the US’ economic war against Iran, saying Tehran would consider any country that participates in such efforts an enemy and could target it if it persists.
Morning recap Good morning Middle East Eye readers. If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: • Tehran has warned that any state joining US sanctions against Iran will be considered an enemy, threatening to block oil exports through Hormuz. • US president Donald Trump, meanwhile, again posted an image on his Truth Social account, claiming Hormuz as US territory.
Six EU countries urge windfall tax on energy firms as profits soar due to Iran war Six European Countries are stepping up calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits soar due to the Middle East war, according to a letter seen by AFP. The finance ministers of Germany, Italy, Austria, Poland and Portugal, along with Spain's economy minister, sent the joint letter to the finance minister of Ireland, which holds the current EU presidency. "Oil companies are enjoying overall profitability and margins on refined products that exceed the rise in crude oil prices," it read.
Hardliner Mohsen Rezaei also threatens American economic interests in first interview since appointment to supreme national security council The new leader of Iran’s top security body has warned its neighbours against joining new US efforts to squeeze Tehran’s economy, and threatened US commercial interests in the region, as Donald Trump doubled down on his fanciful view that the strait of Hormuz was a new US territory. Mohsen Rezaei, the hardline new leader of Iran’s supreme national security council, told state television that Iran would target oil-shipping routes out the Gulf – alternatives to the strait of Hormuz – if its neighbours joined what he called the “economic war” waged by the US. Those neighbours would be “considered an enemy” and “we will target their interests”, he said.
Six member states reportedly want energy companies benefiting from soaring prices to help ease the cost-of-living burden Six EU nations want the bloc to introduce a windfall tax on oil companies' "excessive profits" linked to price hikes caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran, several m
Tehran [Iran], August 23 (ANI): Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Mohsen Rezaei, on Saturday (local time) warned neighbouring countries against joining the United States' economic campaign against Tehran, saying such participation would lead Iran to consider them enemies.
Residents in Tehran are experiencing the effects of the “economic D-Day” that President Trump threatened against Iran on Wednesday.
Iran threatens to block Hormuz if neighbours join US sanctions Tehran would target the interests of countries that help the United States in its economic pressure campaign against Iran , the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, stated on Saturday. "We are telling all nearby countries not to join the US economic war, otherwise we will consider them as enemies," Rezaei said, speaking to state television. He claimed that Trump had been persuaded by Netanyahu to wage an economic war on Iran, saying "The enemy is counting on division and disagreement," while Iran remained "unified.
US 'economic terrorism' will not break people's will: Iranian Vice President Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said on Saturday that the government will not allow what he called "America's economic terrorism" to undermine the country's economic stability and people's livelihoods. “The experience of the Islamic Revolution has shown that economic pressure is incapable of altering the will of the Iranian nation and instead yields the opposite result,” Aref said in a post on X. His remarks came after US President Donald Trump announced new sanctions against Tehran, describing the move as "the most crushing economic operation” against Iran.
DUBAI/WASHINGTON: Iran said on August 21 that it would respond "crushingly" to any new U. S. threats after Washington said it planned to impose the toughest financial penalties in history in an effort to topple the Iranian leadership.
South Korea has begun a trial voyage via the Northern Sea Route amid disruption to traditional shipping lanes South Korea has launched its first trial container ship voyage to Europe via the Northern Sea Route (NSR), as disruption to traditional shipping lanes drives growing interest in Russia's Arctic trade corridor.
