The alliance brings together a wealthy state with limited manpower and a populous country with fragile foreign exchange reserves.
Iran’s dollar volatility falls from 15% to 1.2% after central bank intervention
By bnm Tehran bureau Iran’s rial has stabilised after the central bank began supplying dollars at prices closer to the open-market rate, with eight-day currency volatility dropping from 15% to 1.2% …
Goldman Sachs raises December oil price target to $90, citing ‘significant’ risk from Iran war
Downside risks to supply, low stocks, and high sensitivity of interest rates to oil prices are driving oil demand, per Goldman Sachs.
Can US sanctions derail Iran’s China trade route?
Washington’s new sanctions are unlikely to stop a China–Iran freight train at the border, but may make the route Tehran has turned to under pressure from the US naval blockade costlier and less …
Saudi Arabia Has Few Options as Houthis Aim at Heart of Its Ambitions
Three deadly attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on an airport in the Saudi capital underscored the asymmetrical nature of their conflict with the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia Has Few Options as Houthis Aim at Heart of Its Ambitions
Three deadly attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen on an airport in the Saudi capital underscored the asymmetrical nature of their conflict with the kingdom.
REGIME IN PANIC: Iran Expert Says Tehran Still Has the Money to Fund Its Survival
Iran’s regime is under intense internal pressure but continues to finance the security forces and institutions that keep it in power, according to Iran and infrastructure researcher Sarah Lerch …
REGIME IN PANIC: Iran Expert Says Tehran Still Has the Money to Fund Its Survival
Iran’s regime is under intense internal pressure but continues to finance the security forces and institutions that keep it in power, according to Iran and infrastructure researcher Sarah Lerch …
Reports: Iran Maintains Missile and Drone Factories, Russia Supplying Weapons
It has been about eight months since the United States and Israel began airstrikes on Iran. The Trump administration’s consistent explanation has been that “Iran’s military power has already been …
US economic campaign targets Iran’s political survival, experts say
US sanctions and a naval blockade are increasingly targeting the financial networks and security structures sustaining the Islamic Republic, raising questions about whether economic pressure can force …