Economy

VOA – A U.S.-based cybersecurity intelligence group says Iranian state institutions have perpetrated a growing number of international cyberattacks for profit in recent months.

HRW – Iran’s senior officials are attempting to head off a looming economic crisis – triggered by the return of US sanctions – with threats of new rights-abusing policies.

Al-Monitor – While the Iranian rial has appreciated in recent days, its drop in value of more than 50% since March has undermined the country’s economic well-being and led to popular protests.

Al-Arabia – When the poor people in a nation has nothing to lose and starvation forces them to look for food in bins while critics of their oppressor are met with brutal repression, neither bullets nor mass arrests can stop them from protesting against the status quo.

RFL/RE – It has taken more than 20 years. But on August 12, the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan will meet in the Kazakh port city of Aqtau, reportedly to sign a new convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea.

Radiofarda – Only days after the announcement of President Hassan Rouhani’s new forex policy, the value of Iranian national currency rial nosedived once again on the country’s open market.

Radiofarda – Iran’s utmost authority Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic had nothing to be concerned about, a report on his official website said on Wednesday, as the country’s clerical leadership faces biting U.S. sanctions.

Al-Arabia – The Iranian regime is facing a major challenge as the first round of new US sanctions come into effect on Monday.

VOA — Scattered protests, along with a heavy police presence in many places were reported Wednesday across Iran, one day after the first round of new U.S. economic sanctions went into effect.

gatestoneinstitute – The European Union has announced a new regulation aimed at shielding European companies from the impact of US sanctions on Iran. The measure, which has been greeted with skepticism by the European business media, is unlikely to succeed: it expects European companies to risk their business interests in the US market for interests in the much smaller Iranian …