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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 Says $6 Billion of Iranian Assets in Qatar to Be Released, State Media...

DUBAI, June 29 (Reuters) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that, after an agreement with the United States lifted oil and petrochemical sanctions, $6 billion out of $12 billion of assets frozen in Qatar...

EXCLUSIVE: Iran Deal Includes $300 Billion Fund, More Than Half Already Committed, Source Says

By Andrew Mills, Maha El Dahan and Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, June 16 (Reuters) - A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been...

Iran Deal Allows Tehran to Immediately Sell Oil Upon Signing, Says U.S. Official

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel under the memorandum of understanding the two sides reached to end the war, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. The provision...

US-Iran Deal May Not Bring Quick Relief for Auto Shops

By Daniel Leussink and Kalea Hall TOKYO/DETROIT, June 16 (Reuters) - Tokyo auto shops and Detroit car dealerships have been running short of motor oil, paint and other products for months since the Middle East conflict snarled global supply chains. Now, while...

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...

EXCLUSIVE: UAE to Unlock Billions of Dollars for Iran, Sources Say

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...

US Sanctions Iran’s Largest Crypto Exchange Over IRGC Links

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...

Bessent: Any Rollback of Economic, Financial Blockade on Iran Would Be Slow

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...

Bessent Urges More Disruption to Iran’s Financing, Will Review US Sanctions List

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...