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Tuesday 23 July

Abdul Mahdi: Iraq is living a new phase
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The Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, that "the economic system in Iraq is full of brakes that block the departure forward, stressing that the solution of the issue of unemployment can not be done without starting towards the civil economy, while describing" Iraqi relations with the United States and Europe excellent " That Iraq is a country in a sensitive and dangerous and has interests with neighbors and friends, and therefore, Iraq defends its history and its future and reality as he lives a new stage Abdul Mahdi assertions on the obstacles to the economy, and positive relations between Iraq and the West, which came during a television interview broadcast by the news channel Yeh yesterday evening Monday, coincided at the same time during which he held the prime minister's visit to Tehran discuss with the Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, the relations between the two neighboring countries and the latest developments in the region and ways to defuse the current crisis.
"The government is stronger today and we have what we defend. The ministerial platform has become a government program. The first six months of the government have a good report that puts the government in front of its responsibilities and makes it capable of finding imbalance in its constituencies," he said.
As for the formation of the political opposition, the prime minister said: "We have not yet formed an opposition to an adult or an adult majority. We are living in the past. We are optimistic that the existence of crises in the country is a prelude to solutions." To create an electoral system suited to our circumstances to establish a political experience won by the bloc or the largest party to form the government is easy. In another context, during a visit to the capital Tehran, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi met with Iranian President Hassan Rowhani. During the meeting, they discussed relations between the two countries and the two neighboring peoples, developments in the region and ways to defuse the current crisis.

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Abdul Mahdi ends his visit to Tehran and returns to Baghdad

Political | 12:08 - 23/07/2019

 
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Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi returned to the capital Baghdad, concluding his visit to the Iranian capital Tehran, which lasted for several hours. 
He arrived in the Islamic Republic of Iran at the head of a delegation that includes the two prime ministers, the ministers of finance and oil, the ministers of defense and transport, the national security adviser and a number of officials and advisers. 
The Iranian prime minister met Iranian President Hassan Rowhani during the meeting and discussed relations between the two countries, the two neighboring countries, developments in the region and ways to defuse the current crisis.

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Abdul Mahdi ends his visit to Tehran and returns to Baghdad
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi returned to the capital Baghdad, concluding his visit to the Iranian capital Tehran, which lasted for several hours.
He arrived in the Islamic Republic of Iran at the head of a delegation that includes the two prime ministers, the ministers of finance and oil, the ministers of defense and transport, the national security adviser and a number of officials and advisers. 
The Iranian prime minister met with Iranian President Hassan Rowhani during the meeting. "During the meeting, they discussed relations between the two countries and the two neighboring peoples, developments in the region and ways to defuse the current crisis."
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Rohani meets Abdul Mahdi and sends a message to Makron
 

Rohani meets Abdul Mahdi and sends a message to Makron

 
The New Arab Tehran

23 July 2019

 
TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rowhani said Monday that his country "does not want to escalate tensions in the region and will not be the start of any war," according to Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on Monday evening during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi . To the position of the Iranian presidency, while the office of Abdul Mahdi, in a brief statement, that he discussed with Rohani "developments in the situation in the region and ways to defuse the current crisis," in addition to "bilateral relations."


In the meantime, Rohani sent a political envoy to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Abbas Araghji, as his special envoy to convey a message to French President Emmanuel Macaron. 

On the occasion of the meeting between Rohani and Abdul-Mahdi, the website of the Iranian presidency said that the Iranian president confirmed that Iran "has been and continues to maintain the security and freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz," stressing that "do not want to escalate tensions in the region and with any country will not be the prefix Any war and tension. " 

"Security and stability in the region are important for Iran," Rohani said, adding that Tehran and Baghdad "can expand their cooperation to enhance regional security and stability." 

Rohani also said that "the problems of the region must be resolved through dialogue, negotiation and cooperation between its countries and neighbors."

On the bilateral relations, the Iranian president stressed "the need for the authorities of the two countries to make efforts to accelerate the implementation of bilateral agreements," praising the relations between the two countries. He said that "today is at an advanced level. The presence of Iranian and Iraqi delegates in various international circles is reassuring that they Defend the mutual interests of the two countries. "

 


Rohani pointed to the agreement between Tehran and Baghdad to clean Shatt al-Arab or Arund Road, which he reached during his visit to Iraq last March, saying that "the acceleration of the implementation of this agreement in favor of the Iraqi people and Iranian residents of the cities on the shores of the river." 

He also called for "redoubling the efforts of the two countries' authorities to implement the agreements in the fields of establishing the railway lines in Basra, establishing joint border industrial cities and cooperation in the energy sector, especially oil, electricity and other fields." 

Rouhani stressed the need to strengthen security on the common border, pointing in this context to "the importance of combating drug trafficking to Iran." 

While the statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister of Iraq did not mention his statements and details of his meeting with Rohani, but the Iranian presidency quoted him as saying that "there are conspiracies to increase tensions in the region."

Abdul Mahdi stressed that his country "has not and will not be part of the sanctions against Iran," pointing out the existence of feelings of brotherhood and mutual friendship between the two countries. 

He also called on the Iraqi Prime Minister to strengthen relations and cooperation between Tehran and Baghdad, and accelerate the implementation of the agreements signed between them. 

The Iraqi prime minister arrived in Tehran Monday evening on an unannounced visit, headed by a delegation of his two deputies, finance and oil ministers, defense and transport ministers, the national security adviser and a number of officials and advisers.

 

Message Rouhani shifty

On the other hand, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that the Iranian President Hassan Rowhani, sent on Thursday evening, the political assistant foreign minister , Abbas Araghchi, to France , "special envoy" to meet with French President Emmanuel shifty. 

In this regard, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi wrote this evening, in a tweet via Twitter, that an Iraqi, carrying a private message from Rohani to Makron. 

The visit appears to be in response to a visit by diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Macaron earlier this month to Tehran, carrying a message from Macaron to Rohani. 

These visits are followed by three telephone calls made by the French president in the recent period with his Iranian counterpart to discuss ways to maintain the nuclear agreement on the one hand, and on the other hand contribute to reducing the escalation and tensions in the region.


A month ago, France began a diplomatic move in this regard, finally findingered after the escalation of the tanker crisis between Tehran and London, but a visit to Paris by Arakgi would bring dynamism back to this movement, especially if France touches signs in a spiritual message that can be built on to continue Mobility.

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4 Iranian guarantees to Abdul Mahdi, including control movements of factions in the crowd

Political | 05:32 - 23/07/2019

 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi received four high-level guarantees during his visit to Tehran, including the seizure of factions in the popular crowd, an Iraqi minister said Tuesday. 
Al-Arabi newspaper quoted the minister, who did not disclose his name, as saying that "the Prime Minister received in his visit to Iran yesterday, the new Iranian guarantees not to involve Iraq in the current tension with the United States, and the importance of taking into account the fragile security situation in the country." 
"Iran promised to help Iraq in the file of the armed factions, which faltered in response to the Prime Minister's decisions earlier this month, which ends next week within the framework of what is known as the Diwani decree to structure the popular crowd and subject its headquarters and military arsenal to the authority of the Iraqi state."
He described the visit as "well reflected in the implementation of arms control decisions by the state, the control of the movements of a number of armed factions in Iraq, in addition to other aspects related to border control and drug smuggling to Iraq through Iran and the demarcation of the border, . 
The visit, which lasted only six hours, came back to Baghdad late Monday evening, with meetings between him and Iranian President Hassan Rowhani. Officials from both sides, including the national security adviser, Faleh al-Fayadh and military officials in Abdul Mahdi's office

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An Iraqi minister speaks of two more effective states from Iraq by defusing the region's crisis

Political | 06:02 - 23/07/2019

 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
An Iraqi minister said Tuesday that there are two countries in Europe and the region that are more effective than Iraq in mediating to defuse the crisis in the region. 
"Several countries in the region and in Europe are more effective than Iraq by mediating the defusing of the crisis," the unnamed minister said. 
"These countries are France and Oman, as well as other lines of communication," the minister added. 
The Iranian president, Hassan Rowhani, on the sidelines of his meeting with the Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, that his country does not want to increase tension with any country in the region, while stressed that Iran will not be the first to start the war. 
For his part, said Abdul Mahdi, that Baghdad has not and will not be part of the sanctions against Iran.
The visit, which lasted only six hours, came back to Baghdad late Monday evening, with meetings between him and Iranian President Hassan Rowhani. Officials from both sides, including the national security adviser, Faleh al-Fayadh and military officials in Abdul Mahdi's office

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interesting wonder what got accomplished in 6 hours Mahdi hasn't even been able to form a complete GOI in over a year ....  and in 6 hours  they got the region settled down pulled the fuse outa the powder keg and now peace and harmony .. huh , imagine that ... cheers all

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Iran-Iraq $20b trade target not out of reach: CBI governor

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TEHRAN – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati held talks with Iraqi Finance Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein on Monday night to discuss expansion of banking relations between the two countries, IRNA reported.

“The two countries’ $20-billion trade target is easily attainable if the two sides expand their banking relations to facilitate expansion of trade,” Hemmati wrote in an Instagram post after meeting with Fuad. 

The development of monetary and financial relations between the two countries will play an important role in furthering this goal as soon as possible,” he stressed.

Fuad visited Iran along with a high-ranking trade delegation headed by the Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi.

It was Abdul-Mahdi's second visit to Tehran as Iraq’s prime minister, he first paid a two-day visit to Iran in early April during which an Iran-Iraq business forum was held in Tehran. The visit came after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s landmark visit to Iraq in March.

During the business forum, the two sides called for further expansion of the trade ties between the two countries.

Later that month, Hemmati also traveled to Baghdad and met some Iraqi senior officials to explore the ways for the expansion of banking relations between the two countries.

During that visit, he met Abdul-Mahdi, Mohammed Hussein and Central Bank of Iraq Chairman Ali Mohsen Al-Allaq.

On the sidelines of his meeting with the Iraqi officials, Hemmati stressed that Iran-Iraq banking relations would be eased to lubricate transactions between the two countries’ businessmen.

He said that regarding the ever increasing trade transactions between the two sides and Iran’s exports of gas and oil to Iraq besides Iranian private sector’s exports to the country, the exports value from Iran to Iraq has increased recently up to $12 billion per year.

“There are some banking difficulties about which negotiations were made with the Iraqi minister today and as accorded, to ease Iranian tradesmen’s activities in Iraq the impediments will be removed soon”, CBI governor said.

Iran and Iraq are determined to boost their trade turnover to $20 billion in near future and to meet this target many officials and delegations from each side have been recently visiting the other side.

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Iranian newspaper reveals the reasons why Abdul Mahdi's "surprise" visit to Tehran

11:21 - 24/07/2019
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The newspaper "Aftab Yazd" Iranian, on Wednesday, the reasons for the sudden visit of Prime MinisterAdel Abdul Mahdi to Tehran, the second of its kind in three months, noting that the visit is linked to Iraqi action to calm.

The newspaper said in a report that "the visit of Abdul Mahdi, in fact reflects the extent of Iraq'sconcern of the escalation of tension between Iran and America in the Gulf, a concern stems from Baghdad's fears of a war will not be all countries in the region to give up"

She added that "this visit is linked primarily to the sudden Iraqi move to calm, especially after the emergence of new indicators in the course of escalation by moving America and its allies to form a maritime bloc in exchange for Iran in the Persian Gulf."

"Of course, the visit of Adel Abdul Mahdi to Tehran, which comes after Iran's seizure of a British ship is also linked to push things towards diplomatic solutions between Tehran and London." Ending / 25

https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/07/24/419732/

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Kuwait Ports: Gulf-Arab coordination to secure the movement of vessels in the region

Kuwait Ports: Gulf-Arab coordination to secure the movement of vessels in the region
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 24 July 2019 11:58 PM

KUWAIT: The Director General of the Kuwait Ports Authority (KPC), Chairman of the Arab Ports Union, confirmed the existence of an Arab-Gulf coordination to ensure the safety of ship movement in the Gulf waters .

On Wednesday, Sheikh Yusuf Abdullah Al-Sabah said that the latest developments in the region, namely the detention of a British oil tanker, "have been minor to the Kuwaiti port movement," according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA ).

Sheikh Yusuf Abdullah Al-Sabah pointed to alternative plans for any developments in the region .

This came on the margin of the conference held by the Foundation in the National Library of Kuwait to present its projects in the vision of Kuwait "New Kit 2035" to the private sector locally and internationally .

He added that the Kuwait Ports Corporation and within the comprehensive security plan in the country is based on coordination between the various bodies, namely the Ministry of Defense represented by the Navy, Ministry of Interior, port security and enterprise security, after the last restoration .

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Oil Minister Thamir al-Ghadhban revealed on Tuesday Iranian assurances regarding the guarantee of free shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, pointing out that all parties confirm the lack of escalation and stalemate, which is reflected negatively on the region.

The Ministry of Oil said in a statement, "Economy News" that "Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil Thamer Ghadhban, announced the Iranian assurances provided by Iranian President Hassan Rowhani to the Iraqi delegation headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi on ensuring the free movement of safe navigation in the Arabian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz The Gulf of Oman and respect for international law guaranteeing the freedom of international navigation . "

"We have seen a convergence of views on the need to ensure the free movement of oil tankers and commercial vessels in the waters of the Arabian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and respect for international law, which guarantees freedom of navigation for all countries in the world, especially the countries of the region," the ministry quoted Ghadhban as saying .

Al-Ghadhban added that "all parties emphasize the lack of escalation and the stalemate of positions, which is reflected negatively on the region, and resort instead to solve the outstanding problems in the dialogue of constructive and constructive, and this is a step and a positive indicator," stressing "the role played by Iraq to bring the views closer And defuse the crisis in the region . "

He stressed the importance of the Strait of Hormuz in the movement and traffic of oil tankers to countries of the region and the world, which are at daily rates to more than 18 million barrels per day , " adding that" Iraq exports through the Strait of Hormuz crude oil at rates between 3,400-3,500 Million barrels per day as well as the export of liquid gas and gas condensates. "


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The official data showed that the rate of inflation in Iran continues to rise to 40.4%, representing a 2.8% increase from last month, which reached 37.6%.

The Iranian Statistics Center said in its latest report on Tuesday that the cost of Iranian households increased by 48 percent during the month of Tir, which ended on Monday, compared to the same period last year.

The Center also reported that prices in the "food and beverage" and "non-edible" categories rose by 1.3% and 3.5% during the month compared to the previous month.

Iran's markets are in turmoil following Washington's withdrawal from the May 8 nuclear deal and its subsequent "comprehensive and harsh" sanctions against Iran, whose leader Hassan Rowhani said a while ago that no country had ever experienced such an attack. Iranian Vice President Yitzhak Jahangiri said on Tuesday evening that it was "the most unjust sanctions in history."

"If these sanctions were imposed on another country, its economy would collapse," Jahangiri said, but noted that his country had succeeded in containing "the initial trauma of the sanctions to a large extent." He said that the Iranian economy "reached today to a degree of stability," calling for efforts to "prepare the state budget without relying on oil revenues."

While the US administration imposed a comprehensive ban on Iranian oil exports from May 2, after suspending the exemptions granted to eight of its buyers, Jahangiri said that "the decline in oil revenues could be beneficial to the country and push for development."

"In recent years, we have decided to reduce dependence on oil revenues," he said. "In the last few years, we have decided that if we lose it, our economy will collapse, people will fall into the streets and achieve what they hope for. Imposing sanctions ".

The Iranian vice president said that after the US withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, "the five partner countries of the nuclear agreement (France, Britain, Germany, China and Russia) were expected to compensate for the economic pressures resulting from the US sanctions, but in more than a year, Serious and effective economic action ".

Referring to Tehran's austerity policy to counter the consequences of US sanctions, Jahangiri called for "unnecessary costs to be eliminated," saying that "provincial chiefs are charged with a rigorous deal with any device that oversees costs."

Referring to the difficult living conditions of Iranian citizens, the Iranian vice president said in other statements on Tuesday morning that "the Iranian people have been under pressure in recent years and we are shy of it."

On December 13, the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination, which last year was set up to counter the consequences of US sanctions, approved the reform of the state budget structure, which was approved by the Iranian parliament in January.

The budget of Iran is 447 thousand billion Tuman (the dollar equals 12600 Tuman). The Supreme Council for Economic Coordination approved the budget reform project in four axes: the pursuit of sustainable income generation, rationalization of disbursement, promotion of stability, development and justice, and structural reforms.

The Iranian budget reform project is based on the theory of the resistance economy, proposed by the Iranian guide, Ali Khamenei, previously to settle the economy and reduce its dependence on the outside and oil revenues to reach economic stability away from external influences.

Iran is trying to rationalize the budget and reform its structure to counter the repercussions of the "economic war" that US President Donald Trump says he is launching on Iran to force it to a comprehensive agreement to deal with all the issues raised around it, or "economic terrorism" as Tehran calls. 

Against the backdrop of US economic pressure, Iran has lost its most important sources of foreign currency revenues, especially after the comprehensive ban on Iranian oil, the mining industry, the steel industry and the petrochemical sector, bringing the value of the Iranian riyal to record lows.

The decline in the Iranian currency to record levels in the rise in prices of goods and services over the past year, but the "riyal" Iran has recovered in recent times, but it is still experiencing some fluctuations. 

The riyal has improved over the past two weeks to 118,000 against every dollar last week, falling to 126,500 riyals in the last two days, but the price is improving from the previous month, which ranged from 130,000 to 140,000 riyals.

The real estate sector was one of the sectors most affected by the worsening economic situation in the country. According to the latest official data published this month, real estate prices in Tehran witnessed a jump of 106.7% this spring compared to the same period last year.

Source: The New Arab 


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Saudi Arabia calls on global importers to secure their cargo in the Strait of Hormuz

Saudi Arabia calls on global importers to secure their cargo in the Strait of Hormuz
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Khalid Al-Faleh
 25 July 2019 01:11 PM

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's minister of energy and mineral wealth on Thursday called on international importers to secure their shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

"According to Reuters, the current demand for oil is reasonably solid, stressing that the trade war between America and China does not affect it.

Al-Falih pointed out that the Kingdom hopes to increase the capacity of pipelines to transport oil from the east of the Kingdom to its west to 7 million within two years.

The Saudi energy minister said talks between Aramco and Reliance over a minority stake in an Indian refinery had not stopped.

It is noteworthy that the Gulf region is witnessing an escalation of tensions in the past period, with ships vandalized near UAE territorial waters  in May, as well as  an attack on two other oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

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US to Escort Its Ships Passing Through Strait of Hormuz: Pentagon Chief

 Basnews English  25/07/2019 - 11:58  Published in Middle East
US to Escort Its Ships Passing Through Strait of Hormuz: Pentagon Chief
 

ERBIL — US military in the Middle East will escort country’s vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz to protect them against Iran, said US Defence Secretary Mark Esper.

Hours after his appointment to the position, the Pentagon chief said they are working to deter Iran’s “provocations” and protects the freedom of navigation against any Tehran threats.

“We will escort our ships to the degree that the risk demands it. And I assume that other countries will escort their ships,” Esper was quoted by The Examiner.

“I use ‘escort’ broadly, right. Escort doesn't mean they're following right behind, but as long as you're in the area that you can react quick enough to deter the provocation, that's the key.”

Esper also welcomed European countries plan to launch a joint maritime mission in the Strait of Hormuz and protect the freedom of commercial navigation in the Gulf.

“I think it's all helpful. It's all sending the same message we're trying to send. That is freedom of navigation and no provocative acts in the strait,” he explained.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/middle-east/535828

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Iran is sending a letter revealing the reasons for the detention of the British oil tanker

World | 01:32 - 25/07/2019

 
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The Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United Nations sent a letter to the Security Council containing information on the arrest of the British oil tanker Astina Impero. " 
According to the agency," Tasnim "Iran," After Iran detained the British ship in the Persian Gulf, Iranian Islamic permanent in the United Nations, he explained in the letter sent by the Security Council some information relating to the arrest of the oil tanker. " 
According to this letter, that" the British tanker collided on Friday , July 19, 2019 ship , an Iranian fishing and caused by the loss of The Strait of Hormuz, where the health status of some of the crew and fishermen deteriorating. "
Iran stressed in its letter that "the British ship ignored the warnings of the Iranian authorities after the incident, in a dangerous move that stopped its navigation systems, and changed its direction and moved in the opposite direction in an attempt to escape, which was stopped by Iranian forces." 
"Iran's action was necessary to maintain law and order and maritime security in the Straits of Hormuz. The procedure is based on international laws and the British oil tanker was directed to the port of Bandarpas after a warrant was issued by the local judicial authorities." 
Iran, at the end of its letter, stressed that "based on the information mentioned, Iran announces its rejection of the allegations put forward in Britain's recent letter to the UN Security Council on the oil tanker" Stina Impro ".

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Bloomberg: US sanctions on Iran put Iraq between the hammer and the anvil

Political | 04:42 - 25/07/2019

 
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with loss march aircraft, and attack oil tankers in the Gulf, rising tension between Iran and the United States, and with rising fears of a war in one of the most important production areas and transportation of oil in the world, but any conflict between the two countries, it may actually start on the ground A third country with a military presence in Iraq, Iraq. 
According to Bloomberg, this complex reality puts Iraqi officials in a difficult position while studying security relations with the United States and their political and religious relations with Iran, according to Ali Fayez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group. 
"The Iraqi government can not afford the bias toward either side, so they are now in the middle of nowhere," Fayez was quoted as saying by telephone from Washington.
So far, direct confrontation between Americans and Iranians has been avoided, and the prospect of a clear war between them does not exist, given the vast military capabilities of the United States, but the situation remains tense. 
The United States has withdrawn non-essential staff from its embassy in Baghdad, the largest and most expensive US diplomatic mission in the world. Washington also shut down its consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra late last year amid US officials' fears that Iran could destroy central authority in Iraq and threaten US influence. The consulate remains closed so far. 
The US oil giant, "Exxon Mobil" to evacuate foreign workers from a camp near the oil field, "West Qurna 1" in the province of Basra, Iraq, after being subjected to a camp near the rocket attack.
US Deputy Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Joan Bulashik told a Senate hearing last week that pro-Iranian groups conspired against US interests and planned to carry out operations aimed at killing Americans, coalition partners and Iraqis, adding that these armed groups " US diplomacy continues to launch indirect armed attacks. " 
At the same hearing, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East, Michael Malroy, said that Iranian interventions threaten Iraqi interests and destroy stability. 
"Our main concern is the extent to which the unregulated groups, which are more loyal to Tehran than loyalty to Baghdad, destroy the legitimate authority of the Iraqi prime minister, overwhelm ordinary Iraqis and destabilize the fragile societies that have recently been liberated from a hasty control," says Malroy.
Iranian influence on Iraq turned out on Monday when Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi met Iranian President Hassan Rowhani in Tehran and discussed ways to ease the crisis in the region. 
Iranian officials regularly indicate their ability to communicate with senior Iraqi officials, as well as their ability to travel to Iraq in public, while diplomats and US officials can not move openly.

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LONDON - The navy is escorting British ships across the Strait of Hormuz

Political | 07:06 - 25/07/2019

 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
The British Defense Ministry on Thursday ordered its naval vessels to escort its transports across the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf. 
"The British Navy will escort British-flagged vessels across the Strait of Hormuz to defend the freedom of navigation after Iran seized a British oil tanker," the ministry said in a statement. 
"The Royal Navy has been ordered to escort British-flagged vessels across the Strait of Hormuz, either individually or in groups," said a British government spokesman in a statement. "The freedom of navigation is crucial to the global trading system and the global economy, and we will do our best to defend it" End

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Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) chief Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Friday the start of a second nuclear plant in Bushehr in two weeks.

Salehi pointed out that the construction of this plant "Bushehr II" will be completed in six years, while the work will finish from the third station in eight years. 

Salehi revealed that the construction of the reactor "Arak" is moving quickly, after it was slowly in the previous period, pointing out that the establishment of the reactor is in cooperation with Britain and China, and Tehran is satisfied with this cooperation.
 

"The design of different aspects of reactor modernization, including conceptual, detailed and partial designs and maps, has been completed," Salhi said. "Currently, the order for supplying the equipment is being prepared by defining its dimensions."
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Iran Sanctions

July 12, 2019 Kenneth Katzman Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs 

Successive Administrations have used sanctions extensively to try to change Iran’s behavior. Sanctions have had a substantial effect on Iran’s economy but little, if any, observable effect on Iran’s conventional defense programs or regional malign activities. During 2012-2015, when the global community was relatively united in pressuring Iran, Iran’s economy shrank as its crude oil exports fell by more than 50%, and Iran had limited ability to utilize its $120 billion in assets held abroad. The 2015 multilateral nuclear accord (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) provided Iran broad relief through the waiving of relevant sanctions, revocation of relevant executive orders (E.O.s), and the lifting of U.N. and EU sanctions. Remaining in place were a general ban on U.S. trade with Iran and U.S. sanctions on Iran’s support for regional governments and armed factions, its human rights abuses, its efforts to acquire missile and advanced conventional weapons capabilities, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Under U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231, which enshrined the JCPOA, nonbinding U.N. restrictions on Iran’s development of nuclear-capable ballistic missiles and a binding ban on its importation or exportation of arms remain in place for several years. JCPOA sanctions relief enabled Iran to increase its oil exports to nearly pre-sanctions levels, regain access to foreign exchange reserve funds and reintegrate into the international financial system, achieve about 7% yearly economic growth (2016-17), attract foreign investment, and buy new passenger aircraft. The sanctions relief contributed to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s reelection in the May 19, 2017, vote. However, the economic rebound did not prevent sporadic unrest from erupting in December 2017. And, Iran has provided support for regional armed factions, developed ballistic missiles, and expanded its conventional weapons development programs during periods when international sanctions were in force, when they were suspended, and after U.S. sanctions were reimposed in late 2018. The Trump Administration has made sanctions central to efforts to apply “maximum pressure” on Iran’s regime. On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that the United States would no longer participate in the JCPOA and U.S. secondary sanctions were reimposed by November 6, 2018. The reinstatement of U.S. sanctions has driven Iran’s economy into recession as major companies exit the Iranian economy rather than risk being penalized by the United States. Iran’s oil exports have decreased significantly, the value of Iran’s currency has declined sharply, and unrest has continued, although not to the point where the regime is threatened. But, the European Union and other countries are trying to keep the economic benefits of the JCPOA flowing to Iran in order to persuade Iran to remain in the accord. To that end, in January 2019 the European countries created a trading mechanism (Special Purpose Vehicle) that presumably can increase trade with Iran by circumventing U.S. secondary sanctions. On November 5, 2018, the Administration granted 180-day “Significant Reduction Exceptions” (SREs) to eight countries—enabling them to import Iranian oil without penalty as long as they continue to reduce purchases of Iranian oil. On April 22, 2019, the Administration announced it would not renew any SREs when they expire on May 2, 2019, instead seeking to drive Iran’s oil exports as close to zero as possible. On May 3, 2019, the Administration ended some waivers for foreign governments to provide technical assistance to some JCPOA-permitted aspects of Iran’s nuclear program. The economic difficulties and other U.S. pressure measures have prompted Iran to cease performing some of the nuclear commitments of the JCPOA.

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Contents
Overview and Objectives ................................................................................................................ 1
Blocked Iranian Property and Assets............................................................................................... 1
Executive Order 13599 Impounding Iran-Owned Assets.......................................................... 3
Sanctions for Iran’s support for Armed Factions and Terrorist Groups.......................................... 4
Sanctions Triggered by Terrorism List Designation.................................................................. 4
Exception for U.S. Humanitarian Aid................................................................................. 5
Sanctions on States “Not Cooperating” Against Terrorism ...................................................... 6
Executive Order 13224 Sanctioning Terrorism-Supporting Entities......................................... 6
Use of the Order to Target Iranian Arms Exports ............................................................... 6
Application of CAATSA to the Revolutionary Guard ........................................................ 6
Implementation ................................................................................................................... 6
Foreign Terrorist Organization Designations............................................................................ 7
Other Sanctions on Iran’s “Malign” Regional Activities.......................................................... 7
Executive Order 13438 on Threats to Iraq’s Stability ........................................................ 7
Executive Order 13572 on Repression of the Syrian People. ............................................. 8
The Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act (P.L. 114-102) and
Hizballah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2018 (S.
1595, P.L. 115-272).......................................................................................................... 8
Ban on U.S. Trade and Investment with Iran .................................................................................. 8
JCPOA-Related Easing and Reversal ................................................................................. 9
What U.S.-Iran Trade Is Allowed or Prohibited? ...................................................................... 9
Application to Foreign Subsidiaries of U.S. Firms..................................................................11
Sanctions on Iran’s Energy Sector............................................................................................. 12
The Iran Sanctions Act (and triggers added by other law......................... 12
Key Sanctions “Triggers” Under ISA............................................................................... 13
Mandate and Time Frame to Investigate ISA Violations.................................................. 16
Interpretations of ISA and Related Laws.......................................................................... 18
Implementation of Energy-Related Iran Sanctions........................................................... 19
Iran Oil Export Reduction Sanctions: Section 1245 of the FY2012 NDAA
Sanctioning Transactions with Iran’s Central Bank............................................................. 21
Implementation/SREs Issued and Ended .......................................................................... 22
Iran Foreign Bank Account “Restriction” Provision......................................................... 23
Sanctions on Auto Production and Minerals Sectors..................................................................... 24
Executive Order 13645/13846: Application of ISA and Other Sanctions to Iran’s
Automotive Sector, Rial Trading, and Precious Stones ....................................................... 25
Executive Order 13871 on Iran’s Minerals and Metals Sectors.............................................. 25
Sanctions on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Missiles, and Conventional Arms Transfers........... 26
Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act and Iraq Sanctions Act ................................................. 26
Implementation ................................................................................................................. 27
Banning Aid to Countries that Aid or Arm Terrorism List States: Anti-Terrorism and
Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.................................................................................... 27
Implementation ................................................................................................................. 27
Proliferation-Related Provision of the Iran Sanctions Act ...................................................... 27
Iran-North Korea-Syria Nonproliferation Act......................................................................... 27
Implementation .................................................................................................. 28

Executive Order 13382 on Proliferation-Supporting Entities................................................. 28
Implementation ........................................................................... 28
Arms Transfer and Missile Sanctions: The Countering America’s Adversaries through
Sanctions Act (CAATSA, P.L. 115-44)................................................................................ 28
Implementation ................................................................................................................. 29
Foreign Aid Restrictions for Named Suppliers of Iran............................................................ 30
Sanctions on “Countries of Diversion Concern”..................................................................... 31
Financial/Banking Sanctions............................................................................................ 31
Targeted Financial Measures................................................................................................... 31
Ban on Iranian Access to the U.S. Financial System/Use of Dollars...................................... 31
Recent Developments....................................................................................................... 32
Punishments/Fines Implemented against Some Banks..................................................... 32
CISADA: Sanctioning Foreign Banks That Conduct Transactions with Sanctioned
Iranian Entities.............................................................................................. 33
Implementation ............................................................................................... 34
Iran Designated a Money-Laundering Jurisdiction/FATF....................................................... 34
FATF .................................................................................................................. 35
Use of the SWIFT System....................................................................................................... 35
Cross-Cutting Secondary Sanctions: The Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act
(IFCA).................................................................................................... 36
Implementation ................................................................................................................. 37
Executive Order 13608 on Sanctions Evasion ........................................................................ 37
Sanctions on Iran’s Cyber and Transnational Criminal Activities................................................. 38
Executive Order 13694 ........................................................................................................... 38
Executive Order 13581 ........................................................................................................... 38
Implementation of E.O. 13694 and 13581........................................................................ 38
Divestment/State-Level Sanctions........................................................................................... 38
Sanctions to support Democracy and Human Rights in Iran........................................................ 39
Expanding Internet and Communications Freedoms .............................................................. 39
Countering Censorship of the Internet: CISADA, E.O. 13606, and E.O. 13628........ 39
Laws and Actions to Promote Internet Communications by Iranians............................... 40
Measures to Sanction Human Rights Abuses and Promote Civil Society .............................. 40
Sanctions on Iran’s Leadership ............................................................................................... 42
Executive Order 13876 ..................................................................................................... 42
U.N. Sanctions........................................................................................ 43
Resolution 2231 and U.N. Sanctions Eased............................................................................ 43
Sanctions Application under Nuclear Agreements........................................................................ 45
Sanctions Eased by the JPA..................................................................................................... 45
Sanctions Easing under the JCPOA and U.S. Reimposition ................................................... 46
U.S. Laws and Executive Orders Affected by the JCPOA ........................... 47
U.S. Sanctions that Remained in Place during JCPOA and Since .................................... 48
International Implementation and Compliance .................................................... 49
European Union (EU) ...................................................................... 50
EU Divestment in Concert with Reimposition of U.S. Sanctions........................... 50
European Special Purpose Vehicle/INSTEX .................................................................... 52
EU Antiterrorism and Anti-proliferation Actions.............................................................. 52
SWIFT Electronic Payments System................................................................................53

China and Russia........................................................................................ 53
Russia......................................................................................................... 53
China.......................................................................................................... 53
Japan/Korean Peninsula/Other East Asia ................................................................................ 54
North Korea ...................................................................................................................... 55
Taiwan and Singapore....................................................................................................... 56
South Asia .................................................................................................... 56
India ............................................................................................................. 56
Pakistan........................................................................................................ 57
Turkey/South Caucasus.................................................................................................... 57
Turkey.......................................................................................................... 57
Caucasus and Caspian Sea................................................................................................ 58
Persian Gulf States and Iraq.................................................................................................... 58
Iraq.......................................................................................................... 59
Syria and Lebanon................................................................................................................... 60
World Bank and WTO............................................................................................................. 60
WTO Accession ................................................................................................................ 61
Effectiveness of Sanctions on Iranian Behavior............................................................................ 61
Effect on Iran’s Nuclear Program and Strategic Capabilities ................................................. 61
Effects on Iran’s Regional Influence....................................................................................... 62
Political Effects..................................................................................... 62
Economi Effects..................................................................................... 63
Iran’s Economic Coping Strategies .................................................................................. 65
Effect on Energy Sector Development.................................................................................... 66
Human Rights-Related Effects................................................................................................ 67
Humanitarian Effects........................................................................................................ 67
Air Safety....................................................................................................... 68
Post-JCPOA Sanctions Legislation ............................................................................................... 69
Key Legislation in the 114th Congress............................................................................. 69
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act (P.L. 114-17) .......................................................... 69
Visa Restriction.......................................................................................... 70
Iran Sanctions Act Extension ............................................................................................ 70
Reporting Requirement on Iran Missile Launches ........................................................... 70
114th Congress Legislation Not Enacted........................................................................... 70
The Trump Administration and Major Iran Sanctions Legislation.......................................... 72
The Countering America’s Adversaries through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA,
P.L. 115-44).................................................................................................................... 72
Legislation in the 115th Congress Not Enacted................................................................. 72
116th Congress.................................................................................................. 73
Other Possible U.S. and International Sanctions..................................................................... 74
Figures
Figure 1. Economic Indicators ...................................................................................................... 66

Tables
Table 1. Iran Crude Oil Sales ........................................................................................................ 24
Table 2. Major Settlements/Fines Paid by Banks for Violations................................................... 33
Table 3. Summary of Provisions of U.N. Resolutions on Iran Nuclear Program (1737,
1747, 1803, 1929, and 2231)...................................................................................................... 45
Table A-1. Comparison Between U.S., U.N., and EU and Allied Country Sanctions (Prior
to Implementation Day) ............................................................................................................. 75
Table B-1. Post-1999 Major Investments in Iran’s Energy Sector................................................ 78
Table C-1. Entities Sanctioned Under U.N. Resolutions and EU Decisions................................. 83
Appendixes
Appendix A. U.S., U.N., EU and Allied Country Sanctions (Pre-JCPOA)................................... 75
Appendix B. Post-1999 Major Investments in Iran’s Energy Sector ............................................ 78
Appendix C. Entities Sanctioned Under U.N. Resolutions and EU Decisions ............................. 83
Appendix D. Entities Sanctioned under U.S. Laws and Executive Orders................................... 86
Contacts
Author Information.......................................................................................... 100

Overview and Objectives Sanctions have been a significant component of U.S. Iran policy since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Shah of Iran, a U.S. ally. In the 1980s and 1990s, U.S. sanctions were intended to try to compel Iran to cease supporting acts of terrorism and to limit Iran’s strategic power in the Middle East more generally. After the mid-2000s, U.S. and international sanctions focused largely on ensuring that Iran’s nuclear program is for purely civilian uses. During 2010- 2015, the international community cooperated closely with a U.S.-led and U.N.-authorized sanctions regime in pursuit of the goal of persuading Iran to agree to limits to its nuclear program. Still, sanctions against Iran have multiple objectives and address multiple perceived threats from Iran simultaneously. This report analyzes U.S. and international sanctions against Iran. CRS has no way to independently corroborate whether any individual or other entity might be in violation of U.S. or international sanctions against Iran. The report tracks “implementation” of the various U.S. laws and executive orders as designations and imposition of sanctions. Some sanctions require the blocking of U.S.-based property of sanctioned entities. CRS has not obtained information from the executive branch indicating that such property has been blocked, and it is possible that sanctioned entities do not have any U.S. assets that could be blocked. The sections below are grouped by function, in the chronological order in which these themes have emerged.

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2019/07/28 10:01
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Legal expert: Iraq is not obliged to implement US sanctions

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq is not obliged to impose US sanctions on some figures, according to legal expert Ali al-Tamimi on Sunday (July 28, 2019), noting that the central bank's commitment to these sanctions was the result of America's control over the dollar. It has been sanctioned because banks are linked to each other by a spider web.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement to the obelisk, "The Central Bank of Iraq deals with the dollar and productivity, every entry and exit of this currency is through the US Treasury as it controls its currency in other countries," noting that "the money of persons imposed sanctions, controlled by the United States in the case of In dollars, and the central bank is obliged to freeze the assets of those characters if they are in dollars. "

He added that "America and through the law" Magnitsky, "it prevented the people who imposed sanctions on them from entering the country in addition to the control of the funds of these people," noting that "America can not interfere with Iraqi judicial procedures because it contravenes Articles 1, 2 and 3" of the Charter of Nations United Nations on the sovereignty of States ".

"Iraq can not abide by US sanctions, especially since it has not been issued by the Security Council or the United Nations, and therefore the sanctions imposed by the United States on some figures can not be complied with by Iraq, except for the central bank in respect of the dollar," he said.

Al-Tamimi pointed out that "all banks and banks are linked to the network spider, where America knows where to go their dollars and how to convert them, which makes these banks obliged to apply sanctions in relation to the dollar." 

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Iran nuclear deal parties meet after month of friction

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Iran nuclear deal parties meet after month of friction

Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and Iran have been trying to salvage the pact since the United States withdrew from it last year. (AFP)

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July 28, 201911:12

The European-led efforts to protect trade with Iran against the US sanctions have yielded nothing concrete so far

The meeting in Vienna comes after Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards seized a British-flagged oil tanker on July 19

VIENNA: Parties to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal met in Vienna on Sunday for emergency talks called in response to an escalation in tensions between Iran and the West that included confrontations at sea and Tehran’s breaches of the accord.
Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and Iran have been trying to salvage the pact since the United States withdrew from it in May 2018 and re-imposed and toughened sanctions on Iran, crippling an already weak economy.
The European-led efforts to protect trade with Iran against the US sanctions have yielded nothing concrete so far. Earlier this month, Tehran followed through on its threat to increase its nuclear activities in breach of the agreement.
“All our steps taken so far are reversible if other parties to the deal fulfil their commitments,” an Iranian diplomat told Reuters before the extraordinary meeting was due to start.

 

In response to the sanctions, Iran said in May it would decrease its commitments under the nuclear pact. Under the deal, most international sanctions against Tehran were lifted in return for limitations on its nuclear work.
So far, Iran has breached the limit of its enriched uranium stockpile as well as enriching uranium beyond a 3.67% purity limit set by its deal with major powers, defying a warning by Europeans to stick to the deal despite US sanctions.
The UN nuclear watchdog, policing the deal, has confirmed the measures announced by Tehran.
“(Trade vehicle) INSTEX , along with other measures, will be discussed in the meeting. Other parties should accelerate their efforts, otherwise Iran will take a third step,” the diplomat said.
Sanctions
The meeting in Vienna comes after Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards seized a British-flagged oil tanker on July 19, two weeks after British forces captured an Iranian oil tanker near Gibraltar which it said was violating sanctions on Syria.
Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday Britain’s seizure of the Iranian oil tanker was a violation of the nuclear pact.
“We witnessed the seizure of an oil tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Strait of Gibraltar which in our view is a violation of (the nuclear deal),” Araqchi said.
“And the countries who are part of (the nuclear deal) shouldn’t create obstacles for the export of Iranian oil.”
Britain has called for a European-led naval mission to ensure safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital international oil shipping route. An Iranian government spokesman said on Sunday such a mission would send a “hostile message.”


Britain said on Sunday Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duncan had arrived in the Gulf to join a British frigate escorting British-flagged ships through the Strait.
Iran has threatened to disrupt oil shipments through the waterway, where several oil tankers have been attacked, if the United States tries to strangle its economy with sanctions on its vital oil exports.

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