News Iran Government: Iran’s Government Gives the Official Nod to Crypto Mining
Cryptocurrency mining is now an official industrial activity in Iran after winning approval from the country’s cabinet. In a session on Sunday, chaired by the country’s president, Hassan ...
News Iran Government: Iran’s Government Officially Legitimizes Cryptocurrency Mining
Cryptocurrency mining in Iran is now legal, Mehr News Agency reports. This follows a Sunday decision by the country’s cabinet to authorize the mining of cryptocurrencies. Now classified as an industrial activity, cryptocurrency miners will be required to acquire licenses from Iran’s Ministry of Industry
News Iran Government: Ocasio-Cortez compares U.S. arms sales in Central America to Iran-Contra scandal
referring to the 1980s political scandal in which members of the Reagan administration secretly sold arms to Iran to fund the Contras, anti-government rebels in Nicaragua after Congress banned ...
News Iran Government: The Latest: UK rejects Iran's 'tit for tat' view of tanker
India's foreign ministry spokesman, Raveesh Kumar, said Saturday its diplomats were "in touch with the Government of Iran to secure the early release and repatriation" of the 18 Indian crew ...
News Iran Government: The Latest: Iran's FM says UK ship was traveling unsafely
He says Iran is a "total mess" and that the government is failing and doesn't know what to do. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declined on Monday to address specifics of the arrests, but says "the ...
News Iran Government: Oil jumps as UK government holds emergency talks over tanker seized by Iran
Oil prices jumped on Monday as tensions escalated in the Gulf, with the UK government weighing up its options after Iran seized a British tanker. Brent crude futures (BZ=F) were up 1.5% to $63.40 ...
News Iran Government: The Latest: China opposes unilateral sanctions on Iran
China is one of the world powers that signed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which has been unraveling since President Donald Trump withdrew from it over a year ago. 3:15 p.m. The head of Gibraltar’s ...
News Iran Government: U.S. allies risk becoming collateral damage in Iran fight
The Iranian government has denied any confrontation, but the incident comes at a tense time in the gulf. A little over a year after the United States pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran and other ...
News Iran Government: The Latest: Gibraltar says seized Iran tanker carrying oil
He says the ship is suspected of breaching European Union sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad's government. 2:00 p.m. Iran is demanding the British navy release an oil tanker seized last ...
News Iran Government: A Norwegian insurer says Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are "highly likely" to have facilitated attacks on oil tankers
The UAE has not blamed anyone for the attack. Two US government sources said this week that US officials believed Iran had encouraged Houthi militants or Iraq-based Shi'ite militias to carry out the ...
News Iran Government: Rocket Hits Green Zone in Baghdad as Tensions Flare Between U.S. and Iran
BAGHDAD — A rocket hit the Green Zone in Baghdad on Sunday night, home to Iraqi government offices and those of other foreign governments, where tensions were already high amid a standoff with Iran. ...
News Iran Government: Trump Doesn’t Want a “Better” Deal With Iran
One clear sign that Trump wants Iran boxed in is that he hasn’t offered another choice—he hasn’t said what he wants the Iranian government to do in exchange for dropping his campaign of ...
News Iran Government: Forgiveness: A Growing Anti-Death Penalty Movement in Iran
The official government rate for blood money for an adult male is around $55,000 (USD), but families can ask for whatever amount they want. Many of the accused’s families cannot afford those ...
News Iran Government: Turkey seeks alternate oil sources as US ends Iran sanctions waivers
There is no source that could provide oil as cheap as Iran. Eliminating the waivers means increasing the costs that would add to Turkey’s economic crisis. The government is worried.” It is difficult ...
