FACTBOX-Sanctions and fuel supplies to Iran
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama signed a law last week imposing tough new sanctions on Iran's banking and energy sectors, hoping to curb Teheran's nuclear enrichment activities.
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama signed a law last week imposing tough new sanctions on Iran's banking and energy sectors, hoping to curb Teheran's nuclear enrichment activities.
Reuters: New sanctions on Iran are expected to complicate life further for Iranian businesses based in the United Arab Emirates, home to regional trade hub Dubai, and may force some to close down, one of their representatives said.
Reuters: Sanctions imposed on Iran over the past four years are having a direct impact on its nuclear programme and causing widespread bank liquidity problems, according to an exiled Iranian opposition group.
AFP: Traders in Tehran's grand bazaar went on strike on Tuesday in protest at increased income taxes in a year of slow business, ISNA news agency reported.
AFP: Iran is to halt the sale of subsidised petrol from late September as part of plans to phase out subsidies on energy products, ISNA news agency reported on Monday.