The latest IAEA annual projections show that nuclear power will continue to play a key role in the world’s low-carbon energy mix, with global nuclear electrical capacity seen nearly doubling by 2050 in our high case scenario. Climate change mitigation remains a key potential driver for maintaining and expanding the use of nuclear power.

U.S. sanctioned Iran-based Abadan Refining; China-based Zhihang Ship Management, New Far International Logistics and Sino Energy Shipping; and UAE-based Chemtrans Petrochemicals Trading.

Iraq is under US pressure to wean itself off Iranian electricity and gas imports,

Grossi reportedly said: "The IAEA will not succumb to outside pressure over Iran. The agency is not swayed by any third party, but naturally there is some pressure which the agency will not bow to …

Iran signed an agreement on exports of electricity to neighboring Iraq, covering 2020 and 2021.

The US in May extended Iraq's sanctions waiver for 120 days to import Iranian electricity,

The desperately needed shipments have caused a diplomatic standoff between the United States and Iran and Venezuela, which are under U.S. sanctions.

Iraq is heavily reliant on Iran to maintain its power supply, and even then it has significant blackouts that are exacerbated by the summer heat.

Economic sanctions should be lifted to prevent hunger crises in countries hit by COVID-19 – UN rights expert

The US sanctioned five UAE companies

The US State Department named nine entities Wednesday under new sanctions for continuing to trade petrochemicals with Iran.

The potential that the waivers would lapse has raised concerns since 2019 that state-owned Russian nuclear company Rosatom, which does work for Iran's civilian nuclear program but also supplies a fifth of US enriched uranium, could be sanctioned, disrupting the supply of nuclear fuel to US utilities.

The US State Department on Thursday set sanctions against companies in Dubai, Hong Kong, and Shanghai,

Iran's economy shrank by 4.6% in the 2018-2019 fiscal year and the contraction is expected to deepen to 7.2% in the current fiscal year, the IIF, a finance industry body, said this week.

The foreign ministers of France, Germany and the UK have triggered a dispute resolution mechanism over the nuclear deal with Iran - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - following the Middle Eastern country's further step away from its commitments. Josep Borrell, EU foreign affairs chief and coordinator of the JCPOA joint commission, said he had received today a letter from the three ministers for resolution through the mechanism, as set out in paragraph 36 of the agreement.