Iran’s imminent accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
NOURNEWS - Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, announced today his conversation with Secretary of the Security Council…
Economy
Intel: US sanctions oil broker reportedly linked to Iran’s Quds Force
Al-Monitor - The United States unveiled terrorism-related sanctions on an oil-smuggling operation with alleged links to Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary…
Hassan Rouhani’s Iranian Presidency Has Been an Abject Failure
gatestoneinstitute.org - [W]ith the Iranian economy on its knees and the country facing further international isolation, Mr Rouhani finds himself…
Iran’s Raisi Faces Early Tests on Economy, Tension With West
VOA - Ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi is to be inaugurated Tuesday as the new president of Iran, a country facing economic…
Middle East economic outlook hinges on vaccinations
Al-Monitor - The headline from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook update this week is that the keystone of any…
US mulls crackdown on Chinese imports of Iranian oil
Al-Arabia - The United States is considering cracking down on Iranian oil sales to China as it braces for the possibility that…
US launches inquiry into Qatar’s alleged finance activities in Iran
Al-Arabia - The United States’ Department of State has launched an inquiry into an allegation made by the Israeli government stating that…
Iran Opens Oil Export Terminal Bypassing Strait Of Hormuz
RFL/RE - Iran says it has opened its first oil export terminal in the Gulf of Oman to allow Tehran…
Official Poll: 77 Percent of Iranian Stock Exchange Investors Lose Out
Iranwire - The latest public poll by the Iranian Students Polling Agency (ISPA) found that more than 20 percent of…
Labor Activists: State-Sponsored Looting Led to Iranian Oil Strikes
Iranwire - A nationwide strike by workers in Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemical industries entered its fifth consecutive week on Saturday, July…