Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have detained three United Nations staffers, accusing them of spying for Israel. The arrests include two women and one man working for the World Food Programme, taken …
Hundreds condemn Iran’s brutal rise in executions — as record 280 people are hanged in October: ‘Unprecedented intensity’
Among those hanged in October were 36 women and six children, the National Council of Resistance of Iran noted — and in the seven months from March to October of this year, a record 1,135 …
Analysis: Iran faces ‘a permanent state of crisis’ as time wanes and sanction pressure grows
But there’s been no move to change that calculus, as Iranians themselves remain fearful of war resuming. Each fire or industrial accident becomes grist for new worry as they watch their life savings …
North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar continue to remain on FATF’s blacklist
The FATF identifies these nations as posing a significant risk to the international financial system because of persistent failures to address illicit financial activity.
Investors believe Russia will copy Iran’s backdoor tactics to dodge Trump’s new oil sanctions
Wall Street isn’t fooled. Investors believe Russia will beat Trump’s new oil sanctions the same way Iran did; slowly, but quite effectively. The penalties slapped on Rosneft and Lukoil are serious.
Iran’s Ayandeh Bank declared bankrupt as global sanctions choke economy; 5 other banks grappling with ‘bad debts’
Five other Iranian banks, including Sarmayeh, Day, Sepah, Iran Zamin, and Melal are also facing challenges, according to reports …
Iran’s Ayandeh Bank declared bankrupt as global sanctions choke economy; 5 other banks grappling with ‘bad debts’
Five other Iranian banks, including Sarmayeh, Day, Sepah, Iran Zamin, and Melal are also facing challenges, according to reports …
North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar… These countries will remain in the FATF blacklist. know why this decision was taken?
The FATF warned that North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar remain on the blacklist, failing to curb terror funding and money laundering and posing a threat to the global financial system. The FATF, the …
North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar continue to remain on FATF’s blacklist
The FATF identifies these nations as posing a significant risk to the international financial system because of persistent failures to address illicit financial activity.
Iran moved $9bn through global ‘shadow banking’ networks to evade US sanctions
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has called on financial institutions to remain “vigilant” after it uncovered $9bn in Iranian shadow banking flows routed through UK, US, Swiss and Asian …