Sanctions

Iran

UK unveils new sanctions targeting Iran-backed criminal and financial networks

Yvette Cooper said the sanctions will target individuals who ‘threaten security on UK streets’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks during a virtual summit at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London, April 2, 2026 (Credit: Leon Neal / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas arrives to attend the 8th European Political Community (EPC) summit in Yerevan on May 4, 2026 (Getty Images)

West Bank

EU confirms sanctions against violent West Bank settlers

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the press at an informal meeting of European Union leaders on April 23, 2026, in Ayia Napa, Cyprus (Getty Images)

Israel

Ukraine threatens Israelis with sanctions over ‘stolen’ grain ship

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Mojtaba Khamenei (centre), new Supreme Leader after death of his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Rouzbeh Fouladi / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Sanctions

Impose Russia-style sanctions on Iran to stop UK being haven for ‘blood money’, government urged

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Zaher Birawi was a presenter on the Al Hiwar TV channel for more than a decade (Credit: Instagram)

Government

US sanctions ‘Hamas-linked’ British national behind Gaza flotillas

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Iran

European countries trigger snapback sanctions against Iran

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street (Image: Getty Images).

Israel

Government accused of ‘two-tier trade policy’ over Israel sanctions

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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US condemns UK sanctions against far-right Israeli ministers

Marco Rubio: ‘We remind our partners not to forget who the real enemy is’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

June 11, 2025 09:36

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has condemned the UK's decision to sanction two far-right Israeli ministers (Image: Getty)

Former Supreme Court justices among 800 lawyers to call for UK sanctions on Israel over Gaza ‘genocide’

A letter sent to the prime minister to urged him to impose the measures to comply with ‘fundamental international legal obligations’

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

May 27, 2025 10:23

Former Supreme Court justice Lord Sumption is among 800 lawyers calling on the UK to impose sanctions on Israel (Image: Alamy)

Magnate admits breaching US sanctions on Iran

George Gialozoglou told the High Court he knew his tankers were carrying sanctioned Iranian oil and admitted forged documents were used to disguise its origin

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

May 20, 2025 10:31

A Greek shipping magnate has admitted that his vessels have been in breach of US sanctions against Iran (Photo: stock image by AFP via Getty Images, does not depict ship involved in case)

Iran could sell enriched uranium to the US under new nuclear deal

Reports suggest that the framework of the ongoing negotiations is shaping up produce an agreement similar to the one abandoned by the first Trump administration.

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

May 2, 2025 09:55

US President Donald Trump has threatened sweeping new 'secondary sanctions' against importers of Iranian oil (Image: Getty)

By Gabriel Noronha

The UK and Europe must reinstate UN sanctions against Tehran

‘Western betrayal of the US allowed Iran to sell thousands of missiles and drones to Russia, which now rain down on Ukraine’

3 min read

April 3, 2025 14:36

UN sanctions could hold the key to stalling Iran's nuclear programme (Image: Getty)

Revealed: ‘Jihadi lioness’ has been hosted by more London charities

Syeda Umme Farwa runs her own Islamic charity – located minutes from a synagogue – where she reportedly memorialised Iranian terrors leader as ‘martyrs’

By Jane Prinsley

5 min read

January 29, 2025 11:45