The commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, appears to be using a financial conglomerate in Iran to fund his activities in Iraq, establishing and extending Iran’s long reach in the region.
In an scathing attack on the Islamic Republic policies, the most influential Sunni leader in Iran has called upon the military to stay out of politics and the economy and has demanded a change in the country’s foreign policy.
The point-to-point inflation that reflects the increase in prices in Iran in comparison with the same time in the previous year has reached 48 percent, the Iranian Statistical Center reported on July 24.
Iran may be ready to start de-escalating tensions with the West without insisting on the United States returning to the 2015 nuclear deal, according to a new report.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed chief paymasters for the key parts of his $90 billion financial conglomerate, namely the Mostazafan Foundation and the Relief Committee.
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has claimed once again that it has arrested 17 individuals “on the charges of spying for the CIA” and that some of them have been condemned to death.
Governments in both Iran and the United Kingdom appear to be scrambling with developments in the Persian Gulf region following the detention of a British-flagged oil tanker by Iran’s revolutionary guards on Friday.
London condemned Tehran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Persian Gulf and said it was operating legally in Omani territorial waters when it was seized by Iranian forces.
Tensions between Iran and the West reached a peak in the Persian Gulf Saturday evening July 19 as Iran detained a British-flagged ship and warned another one allegedly in retaliation for detention of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps says it has "confiscated" a British tanker, the Stena Impero, in the Strait of Hormuz for what it alleges was a failure "to respect international maritime rules."
U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 18 that a 100-year deal is needed with Iran, adding that the 2015 nuclear deal was “a disaster” most importantly because it would be ending soon.
An IRGC website says Iran has seized a “foreign” oil tanker in the Persian Gulf on Sunday July 14.
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