The United States announces an agreement with Iran to repatriate five American citizens in exchange for access to $6 billion in blocked funds. 2023-08-10
The United States Department of the Treasury sanctions the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib in response to a cyberattack against Albania. 2022-09-9
The U.S. Senate passes 62–33 a non-binding resolution barring the Biden administration from removing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. 2022-05-6
Iran denies yesterday's reports of an agreement to exchange prisoners with the United States and the United Kingdom. 2021-05-3
The United Nations formally rejects the United States's request to reimpose its sanctions against Iran via the "snapback" provision of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), citing the Security Council's opposition due to the country's withdrawal from the JCPoA in 2018. 2020-08-25
The European Union announces that its blocking statute against the US sanctions will take effect tomorrow, protecting European companies from US sanctions and encouraging them to keep trading with Iran. 2018-08-6
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejects Pompeo's demands, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif accuses the U.S. of "repeating past mistakes." 2018-05-21
The United States Department of the Treasury announces new sanctions against Iran in response to the latter's recent ballistic missile test. Thirteen people and twelve entities with ties to Iran have been affected. 2017-02-3
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during P5+1 and Iran talks, the highest-level direct contact between the United States and Iran in six years. 2013-09-27