South Korea halts oil imports from Iran
World | September 24, 2018 8:50 ISTUS President Donald Trump had pulled out the US from the 2015 international Iranian nuclear deal in May.
US President Donald Trump had pulled out the US from the 2015 international Iranian nuclear deal in May.
The region’s Arab separatists, once only known for nighttime attacks on unguarded oil pipelines, claimed responsibility for the brazen assault.
Attack on Military Parade in Iran Kills at least 30 leaving many injured
Eight of Iran military's elite Revolutionary Guard members were killed and 20 others were injured as gunmen attacked an annual military parade on Saturday in the country’s oil-rich southwest region of Ahvaz.
No group immediately claimed responsibility of the attack which saw gunfire spray into a crowd of marching Guardsmen, bystanders and government officials watching from a nearby riser.
Oil refiners such as state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) could use UCO Bank or IDBI Bank to route oil payments to Iran, the official added.
The US has told India and other countries to cut oil imports from Iran to "zero" by November 4 or face sanctions, making it clear that there would be no waivers to anyone.
A joint statement issued after the talks said that the meeting focused on consolidating economic cooperation, including Chabahar, as well as enhancing cooperation on counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics, and continuing support to the peace and reconciliation process that is led and owned by Afghanistan
India has been maintaining that purchase of Iranian crude is crucial to its energy security and that it would go ahead with its purchase of S-400 missile defence system from Russia.
Last week, Facebook and Twitter removed hundreds of accounts that were originated in Iran and Russia. Facebook removed 652 pages, groups and accounts for "coordinated inauthentic behaviour”.
Five rescue teams were sent to the area following the earthquake. The capital city was felt shaking, said residents of Baghdad and Iraq.
The jet features multi-purpose digital monitor technology, computerized ballistic calculations of weaponry and the HUD system to provide precise guidance, as well as advanced multi-objective fire control radar to improve threats detection.
South Pars is the world’s largest natural gas filed and is shared by Iran and Qatar, where it’s called North Dome. Qatar produces more than 590 million cubic meters per day from the shared field and plans to increase production by 10 percent by 2022.
Iran accused the US of reneging on the nuclear agreement, signed by the Obama administration, and of causing recent Iranian economic unrest. European allies said they “deeply regret” the US action.
A first phase of US sanctions against Iran goes into effect overnight, targeting Iran's access to US banknotes and key industries including cars and carpets.
The more significant tranche of sanctions, including on oil sales, won't come into force until November.
Iranians will resist the pressures and will conquer finally, negotiations cannot be held under such circumstances, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
"I believe in meeting, I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,” said the US president.
During first three months of 2018-19 fiscal year that began from April, the state-owned firms bought 5.67 million tonnes of crude oil from Iran for Rs 19,978.46 crore (USD 2.95 billion).
The response came after Rouhani had issued a warning to the US president.
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