Iran: Business&Finance [2026]

By Ron Bousso LONDON, June 14 (Reuters) - The U.S.-Iran deal ending months of fighting and reopening the Strait of Hormuz will prompt a collective sigh of relief from energy exporters and importers alike. But the fragile calm may not...

By Andrew Mills, Marwa Rashad and Ahmad Ghaddar DUBAI/LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has agreed to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, four sources said, in a tactical shift after weeks of Iranian attacks on the...

By Gavin Finch LONDON, June 2 (Reuters) - The United States announced sanctions on Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange on Tuesday, accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and blacklisted state institutions to circumvent Western sanctions. https://kayhanlife.com/society/law/special-report-one-of-irans-most-powerful-families-founded-its-largest-crypto-exchange-its-used-by-the-irgc-to-move-millions/ https://kayhanlife.com/business/iran-businessfinance-2026/exclusive-how-trumps-crypto-venture-and-irans-top-exchange-tapped-into-the-same-industry-networks/ The new sanctions follow a Reuters...

May 29 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that any removal of the U.S. financial and economic blockade on Iran would be slow. “We’ll see,” Bessent said. “It will be — anything...

By David Lawder PARIS, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday called on allies to more forcefully disrupt Iran's financing networks and said the Treasury would scrub its sanctions list of outdated designations to...

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Iranian foreign currency exchange house and what it said were front companies overseeing transactions on behalf of Iranian banks as the U.S. maintains pressure...

By Tom Wilson and Gavin Finch LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - When customers of Iran’s largest crypto exchange needed to move billions of dollars, networks created by two of the industry’s biggest players served as conduits. And from the early stages of President Donald Trump’s flagship digital...

By Kayhan Life Staff Home-based businesses in Iran engaged in activities such as handicrafts and ecotourism have been devastated by the Internet blackout in force since the Feb. 28 outbreak of the war with the...

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday issued an alert to financial institutions warning of efforts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' to evade U.S. sanctions, as concerns mount of a resumption of...

By Roshanak Astaraki   May 1 marked International Workers’ Day, also known as Labor Day in some countries. For Iranian workers, however, the day was far from a celebration of their contributions to the economy and...