The United States imposed sanctions on six entities based in Hong Kong and China on Wednesday that it accused of being involved in an Iranian drone procurement network, as the Trump administration implements its "maximum pressure" campaign against Tehran.

The US Treasury Department on Wednesday issued Iran-related sanctions on six entities based in Hong Kong and China.

A February threat report from OpenAI details examples of how threat actors, including those likely based in China and Iran, are using U.S.-based AI tools.

The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran’s military missile program has anchored outside the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Thursday,

Trafigura Group’s head of oil trading Ben Luckock said that US foreign policy towards Iran is the biggest upside risk to crude prices in an otherwise well supplied market.

Iran announced Monday that it had received more than $8 billion in foreign investment over the last six months.

An Israeli attack on Iran remains a possibility even though Trump has said he prefers diplomacy. Iranian forces are on a high level of alert after previous Israeli strikes damaged their air defenses. Any attack on Iran's heavily concealed nuclear program would be far from guaranteed of success.

Dissidents from across the globe gathered in Geneva to speak about their experiences fighting oppressive regimes. Family and friends of dissidents spoke as well, some in honor of their loved ones.

The measures name more than 30 companies, people and vessels both in Iran and elsewhere that underpin the country’s ‘shadow fleet.’

Calling them both out and hitting back directly is the right call when it comes to these two nations.