US blacklisted key Iranian banks in a crippling blow to the country’s financial sector By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 18 Iranian banks and financial institutions effectively cutting them cut off from the international financial system. “Today, the
Navid Afkari was an Iranian citizen executed by hanging by the regime of the Islamic Republic Sept. 12, 2020. (Credit: Wikipedia ) By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari, 27, was executed by hanging earlier this month for murder, the
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha. By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The decision by the Trump
Credit: Wikipedia Commons / Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Iran By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES Iran disputes it owned a multimillion-dollar fuel shipment bound for Venezuela that U.S. Federal agents seized last Friday. The U.S. said it was the
Credit: Gary Raynaldo / ©Diplomatic Times / U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefs reporters at Department of State headquarters in Washington D.C. Jan. 7, 2020 By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES WASHINGTON – DEPARTMENT OF STATE – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held