Anti-Money Laundering Body Concerned by Iran’s Activities
November 10, 2017 The Financial Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental policy-making body that combats money laundering, terrorism financing and other related threats to the “integrity of the international financial system.” It was established in 1989...
Mass Grave Discovered in Tabriz
December 18, 2016
A mass grave was discovered by wastewater workers in Tabriz in northwest Iran. On December 10, 2016, Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) uploaded a series of photographs and a video clip capturing...
COLUMN-Commentary: Inside Trump’s Middle East mess
June 14, 2017
By Amir Handjani
(Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s attempt to bring peace and stability to the Middle East has backfired. He has put a major U.S. ally, Qatar, in a geopolitical crisis and...
Iran’s Aseman Airlines Signs Deal to Buy at Least 30 Boeing Jets
April 04, 2017
By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Tim Hepher
DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) - Iran's Aseman Airlines has signed a tentative deal to buy at least 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets, in the first new business with the...
Iraq VP Accuses Qatar of Having Tried to Split His Country
June 17, 2017
CAIRO (Reuters) - Qatar promoted a plan to split Iraq along sectarian lines, Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi said on Saturday, voicing support for the isolation of Doha by some Arab states.
Saudi...
Amid Qatar crisis, China tells Iranthat Gulf stability is best
June 9, 2017
BEIJING(Reuters) - China's foreign minister has told his Iranian counterpart that maintaining peace and stability in the Gulf is best for everyone, after several Arab states cut off ties with Qatar accusing it...
The Next President of Iran
May 05, 2017
By Potkin Azarmehr
Iran's next presidential elections are scheduled to be held on 19th May. Iranians are given a choice of six candidates to choose from for the next president of the Islamic Republic...
Iran’s Broken Banking System
April 29, 2017
By Mehdi Dehghan
The Iranian state-run radio and TV (IRIB) is flooded with bank commercials offering attractive interest rates, lines of credit and services that do not accurately reflect the country’s alarming economic...
After Warnings, U.S. Wages New Strike on Pro-Syria Government Forces
June 6, 2017
By Phil Stewart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States launched an air strike on Tuesday against Iranian-backed fighters who it said posed a threat to U.S. and U.S.-backed forces in southern Syria, in...
Iran Kills Members of Sunni Jihadist Group in Southeast
June 14, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian forces killed two members of a Sunni Muslim jihadist group in the city of Chabahar on Wednesday and arrested five others, the intelligence minister said, as security forces stepped...
