Sunday, August 16, 2026

EXCLUSIVE: Tehran Residents Describe Life Under Surveillance, Internet Blackout

By Firoozeh Nordstrom Days before the end of the temporary ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, everyday life for 90 million Iranians remains tense and challenging. Fifty days into the Internet blackout, the lives, businesses,...

Oil Tankers Burn Near Iraq as Iranian Strikes Defy Trump’s Claim to Have Won...

By Parisa Hafezi, Alexander Cornwell and Bo Erickson DUBAI/TEL AVIV/WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - Iran appeared to have set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, warning...

ANALYSIS: Fragile Iran Deal Offers Oil Relief, but Hormuz Risks Remain

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...

Iran’s Hormuz ‘Toll Booth’ Set To Hardwire Higher Energy Prices: Bousso

By Ron Bousso (The opinions expressed here are those of Ron Bousso, a columnist for Reuters.) LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - The war that closed the Strait of Hormuz has ended - for now. But Tehran's demand to act...

US STOCKS – Wall Street Indexes Rally After Iran Says Strait Of Hormuz...

By Sinéad Carew and Niket Nishant April 17 (Reuters) - The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq traded at record highs on Friday, while the blue-chip Dow hit its highest level in over two months, as...

EXCLUSIVE – ECB Says Euro Zone Banks’ Direct Iran War Exposure Is Contained

By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, March 5 (Reuters) - Euro zone banks face only a limited direct impact from the war in Iran, but the larger danger lies in how a weakened economy might feed back into lenders’ balance...

US Treasury Chief Says Businesses Working With Iranian Airlines Risk Sanctions

https://kayhanlife.com/authors/iran-war-spurs-travel-dollar-black-market-linked-to-smuggling-rings/ By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - Businesses working with Iranian airlines risk U.S. sanctions, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday, calling the warning a part of a campaign to put economic pressure on Tehran amid...

Islamic Republic State Oil Company’s Bank Accounts Frozen Over Debt, Fars News Agency Reports

#IslamicRepublic, #StateOilCompany, #BankAccounts, #Debt, #FarsNewsAgency DUBAI, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The National Iranian Oil Company's bank accounts have been frozen by a state-owned lender over mounting debt, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday, underscoring the strain...

Iran’s Economic Crisis Hits Women Hardest As They Suffer Mass Layoffs

By Kayhan Life Staff Women in the workplace in Iran are suffering mass layoffs because of the prolonged internet shutdown in Iran -- now into its third month -- and the ongoing war. Traditional views about...

Dubai Chefs Shrink Menus As Iran War Makes Tomatillos, Scallops Harder To Source

DUBAI, May 1 (Reuters) - Dubai chef Shaw Lash at Mexican restaurant Lila Molino flies in her avocados and tomatillos, small, tart green fruits native to Central America that are a staple of Mexican cuisine and...