Iran’s new foreign minister has an opportunity to reshape the country’s foreign policy, cutting a creative path through the rigid confines of the political landscape.
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Iran’s new foreign minister has an opportunity to reshape the country’s foreign policy, cutting a creative path through the rigid confines of the political landscape.
Sanctions have pushed thousands of Russian and Iranian buyers into Istanbul’s housing market. Many Istanbul residents blame the influx of foreign investors for rising property prices.
With both economic sanctions and government policies damaging women’s status, female vendors are fighting on domestic and foreign fronts to sustain their livelihoods.
A new report, citing data from Kpler, an analytics company, claims that Iranian oil exports to China will reach 1.5 million barrels per day this month, the highest level in a decade.
In a world with two parallel financial systems, a country would not necessarily have a single reserve bank.
Iranian listed companies have managed to grow profits despite major cost pressures stemming from sanctions. This may be because firms are exercising extraordinary pricing power.
This week, Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi flew to China for a three-day state visit at the invitation of Xi Jinping, marking the first full state visit by an Iranian president in two decades.
At the end of January, the board of Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) took the decision to liquidate the company.
Xi Jinping’s recent trip to Riyadh, his first foreign visit to the Middle East since the pandemic, suggests that China may no longer seek to treat Iran and its Arab neighbours as equals.
The Biden administration should adjust its sanctions policies to authorise remittance transfers to Iran, making it possible for Iranians in the diaspora to support their family members in ways that strengthen capacities for political participation.
Western governments believe that Iran’s continued enrichment activities are allowing Iranian nuclear scientists to gain “irreversible knowledge.” But what if sanctions pose their own irreversible knowledge problem?
An open letter co-signed by 61 Iranian economists addresses the government and the Iranian people about the country’s economic challenges.
A new round of protests has begun in Iran. People are taking to the streets following a controversial subsidy cut perceived as an increase in the price of bread.
SIPRI produces the world’s most authoritative data on global military expenditure and the arms trade. But for years they have been overstating the size of Iran’s military budget.
Significant attention has been paid to the impact of the Ukraine crisis and Russia’s economic contraction on Uzbekistan. But Uzbekistan’s exposure to the crisis does not just stem from the contraction of remittances coming from Russia.
For both policymakers applying sanctions and those seeking to resist sanctions, better policy outcomes require supply-side thinking.
Reports indicate that the “final hurdle” facing the Iran nuclear negotiations is Iran’s demand for the removal of the Foreign Terrorist Organisation designation placed on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, part of Iran’s armed forces.
Comparing the economies of Russia and Iran, it is reasonable to assume that Russia will endure its financial war.
The sanctions relief afforded to Iran in January 2016 as part of the implementation of the JCPOA did not lead to a cascade—while a significant number of foreign companies did commence or resume operations in Iran, no larger, second cohort followed.
The choice we face as those working on Iran policy is not about choosing between Plan A or Plan B—it is much bigger than that.
