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The source confirmed a report by a Washington Post columnist that the administration will terminate the sanctions waivers it had granted to some importers of Iranian oil late last year. (Representational Image)

US to eliminate Iran oil sanctions waiver for India, 7...

US President Donald Trump has been clear to his national security team over the last few weeks that he wants the waivers...

22 April 2019 10:09 AM IST

Indian purchases of Iranian crude increased from 12.7 million tonnes in 2015-16 to 27.2 mt the next fiscal. Today, Iran is Indias third largest oil supplier after Iraq and Saudi Arabia. (Representational Image | AP)

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China, India seen as Europe's last hope to save Iran deal

'This situation now risks deteriorating, but it will be step by step and not a collapse all in one go,' said a senior...

10 May 2019 9:13 AM IST

India is concerned about the situation because of the huge diaspora (living in the region). India wants the situation to de-escalate and will urge Iran and US to de-escalate, diplomatic source said. (Photo: ANI)

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US will sanction any country that imports Iranian oil: Special envoy

Tehran has been selling increased volumes at below market rates in countries including Brazil, China and India since US...

28 Jun 2019 9:16 PM IST

The Prime Minister said that he wants to discuss Iran, 5G, bilateral relations and defence ties with Trump. (Photo: AP)

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G-20 Summit: PM Modi, Donald Trump hold talks; discuss trade, defence

Modi thanked Trump for expressing his 'love towards India' in a letter recently delivered by US Secretary of State Mike...

28 Jun 2019 9:07 AM IST

In December 2017, Moscow and Ankara signed a loan agreement for the delivery of S-400 air defence systems to Turkey. (Photo:ANI)

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'Can't wish away' Russia defence ties: Indian diplomats before Pompeo...

India will tell the US that its law allows sanctions waiver to India on the purchase of S-400 missiles from Russia.

25 Jun 2019 3:11 PM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his government intended to prevent instability in the foreign exchange market after a possible Washington exit from the nuclear accord. (Photo: AP)

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'New US sanctions mean end of diplomacy,' says Iran

President Donald Trump enacted the new sanctions on Monday against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his associates.

25 Jun 2019 1:19 PM IST

$Zarif also denied Iran was seeking nuclear weapons, after Trump said during a visit to Japan that \were not looking for regime change in Iran. (Photo:AP)$ World

Trump slaps new sanctions against Iran, aims at supreme leader, other...

Repeating that 'never can Iran have a nuclear weapon,' Trump said it was now up to Tehran to negotiate.

25 Jun 2019 9:10 AM IST

In seeking to reduce Irans oil exports to zero, the Trump administration is targeting the countrys top revenue earner in its latest no-holds-barred move. (Photo:AP)

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Iran will not give Europe more time to shield it against US sanctions

Tehran said in May it would reduce compliance with the nuclear pact it agreed with world powers in 2015.

19 Jun 2019 4:40 PM IST

Before the Lok Sabha elections, the then External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had said that a decision on purchasing oil from Iran will be taken by the new government after the polls. (Photo: ANI)

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Will consider commercial needs, energy security: India on purchasing...

Asked about the US withdrawal of GSP, the MEA spokesperson remained non-committal.

6 Jun 2019 6:21 PM IST

In this June 1, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. Lawyers for President Donald Trump and Summer Zervos, a former Apprentice contestant who sued the president for saying her sexual misconduct claims were lies, are scheduled to be in court Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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'Will soon be increased, substantially': Trump warns Iran of more...

Trump accused Iran of violating the 150 billion dollar deal made by John Kerry and the Obama Administration.

11 July 2019 12:28 PM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron strongly opposes Donald Trumps pullout from the 2015 global deal curbing Irans nuclear activities. (Photo: AFP)

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France calls on Iran to 'immediately' reduce enriched uranium reserves

This camed a day after Tehran announced it had breached limits under a 2015 nuclear deal to retaliate against new US...

2 July 2019 3:55 PM IST

President Hassan Rouhani said Iran will exceed the uranium enrichment limit it agreed upon in a 2015 deal. (Photo: AFP)

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Iran's Rouhani tells US to take 'first step' by lifting sanctions

'You must retreat from all illegal, unjust and wrong sanctions against the nation of Iran,' Rouhani said.

27 Aug 2019 1:29 PM IST