“今天，所有人都谈到特朗普，[以色列总理本杰明]内塔尼亚胡和[沙特王储穆罕默德]本·萨勒曼的孤立。这三人是世界上压制，暴力和不信任的象征。” – 伊朗外交部长贾瓦德扎里夫
BRUSSELS – The U.S. has made good on its threats to reimpose sanctions on Iran following Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the six-party nuclear deal. The new package of restrictions on the Iranian economy came despite widespread friction between Washington and its transatlantic allies who sought to do business with Iran. The sanctions
阿联酋在帮助伊朗转移美国制裁方面的潜在作用可能不足为奇，因为迪拜长期以来一直作为伊朗的关键转运点，截至3月底的贸易额达到168亿美元
Recent Iranian trade figures suggest that the United Arab Emirates, a strong backer of US efforts to squeeze Iran economically, could emerge alongside China as the Islamic republic’s foremost lifeline in seeking to blunt the impact of harsh sanctions. Russia and Oman rather than Europe are emerging as runners-up in possibly enabling Iran to
In an environment in which the Middle East views conflicts as zero-sum games, China is likely to find it increasingly difficult to remain aloof and straddle both sides of the fence.
Analysis (MES) -- Conventional wisdom has it that China stands to benefit from the US withdrawal from the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran, particularly if major European companies feel that the risk of running afoul of US secondary sanctions is too high. In doing so, China would draw on lessons learned from its approach to the
“You are just a businessman, a tradesman,” Iranian president declared, addressing Trump. “You are a tower builder. How is he going to pass judgment on international issues?”
The nuclear deal is the nuclear deal, said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in response to comments by both U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House a day earlier in which Macron suggested that changes could be made to (or alongside) a multilateral nuclear agreement in order to save it from sabotage by the
“We have achieved benefits that are irreversible. Nobody can roll them back, neither Trump, nor 10 other Trumps.”
Amid reports that President Donald Trump is planning to decertify the Iran nuclear accord sometime this coming week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Saturday that any attempt to undermine the deal will earn the United States condemnation from "the entire world." "We have achieved benefits that are irreversible. Nobody can roll them back,
The U.S. has isolated itself from other signatories in its search for reasons to declare Iran to be noncompliant.
On what one observer called "a sad day for warmongers," the United Nations declared Friday that Iran is fully adhering to the nuclear deal reached in 2015, and that inspectors will not go looking for infractions at the request of the Trump administration. Trump and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, have regarded Iran and
