Sanctions Eased, Iran Sends Black Market a Strategic Warning
A billionaire businessman’s death sentence signals a crackdown on violators, but Iran still needs underground networks in order to recoup…
In Iran, State-Backed Companies Win From Lifted Sanctions
While major conglomerates profit, little or nothing is trickling down to the lower levels of Iran’s beleaguered but still enormous…
New Iran Battle Brews Over Contracts With Foreign Oil Titans
The battle is threatening to complicate government efforts to attract desperately needed foreign investment, two weeks after the lifting of…
Iranian Oil Shipper Hopes to Make Up for Lost Time as Sanctions End
For decades, the National Iranian Tanker Company shipped crude around the world. But after sanctions in 2012, business, long solid,…
China Deepens Its Footprint in Iran After Lifting of Sanctions
The countries’ strategic pact gives China a western gateway to Middle East markets, and has saved Iran from international isolation…
Iran Is Said to Detain Another Iranian-American
Siamak Namazi, a consultant who has advocated better relations between the United States and Iran, was arrested in Tehran around…