Iran has said that it has begun loading fuel into the core of the Bushehr nuclear plant. According to the press the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, will enter into talks with Iran, on 5 December, over its nuclear programme.

On 26th July 2010 Clyde & Co LLP published an article setting out the new Iran sanctions that had been adopted by the European Union Foreign Affairs Council.

On November 5, OFAC re-designated over 700 individuals, entities, aircraft, and vessels linked to Iran, against whom secondary sanctions had previously been lifted pursuant to the JCPOA.

Bonyad Eastern railway company (Bonrail) and German State Railway, have signed a MoU for technical and financial cooperation on 20 May 2017 in Tehran.

The 2026 Iran war and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz, at least to all whom Iran deems as enemies, has led to what the International Energy Agency...

On August 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") announced further sanctions action targeting a global network facilitating Iranian oil exports.

The latest sanctions against Iran have been much publicized and are set against a backdrop of Iranian officials threatening to escalate the situation further by blocking the Strait of Hormuz.

For some significant Iranian shipowners such as NITC and IRISL the sanctions meant that they were placed completely off limits to charterers, cargo interests, and – crucially - insurers by asset freezes.

On 9 June 2010 the UN Security Council extended the scope of its existing arms embargo and restrictions on financial and shipping companies related to proliferation sensitive activities by extending the assets freeze to 40 additional Iranian companies and organisations.

The effects of sanctions imposed against Iranian entities by the US, the UN, the EU and the UK are already extensive.

There are many factors that contribute to events that result in ship collisions. Some of these are set out below: Haste to arrive at a port in daylight or on a certain tide. Reluctance to ‘lose face' when doubt is creeping.

It has now been two years since Iran-related sanctions relief took effect under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

On 25 October 2010, the European Council adopted a wide-ranging package of sanctions on Iran, with prohibitions affecting the energy, insurance, transport and financial sectors.

On 27 July 2010, the EU imposed its toughest sanctions regime yet on Iran, with ramifications for energy, insurance, transport and financial sectors.

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