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Al-Monitor – It is becoming increasingly vital in Iran, with its economy squeezed by US sanctions, to strike a semblance of financial stability. With that in mind, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has in recent months started implementing a series of measures in the country’s payment systems to better manage the monetary and foreign currency markets. The new measures, …

Al-Monitor – The June 13 attack on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman has pushed tensions between Iran and the United States to new heights, raising concerns that the region risks a repeat of the infamous tanker war.  Hours after the incident, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo f for the attacks on the Norwegian and Japanese tankers. “This assessment is …

worldview –Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran’s banking sector has languished as Tehran has politicized its central bank and monetary policy far more than almost any other country in the world. U.S. sanctions are putting tremendous pressure on Iran’s extremely fragile financial system by sending Iran into a period of stagnant economic growth accompanied by high inflation. President Hassan Rouhani …

Radiofarda – Two “flying objects” damaged a Japanese tanker in a suspected attack on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, but there was no damage to the cargo of methanol, the president of the shipping company said on Friday. The Kokuka Courageous was sailing toward the port of Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates after the crew, which had …

Radiofarda – Twitter says it has deleted nearly 4,800 suspect accounts linked to Iran that the company says secretly pushed that government’s agenda. Twitter is adding those accounts and their tweets to a public database it launched last year to track its battle against government-linked misinformation. It is also adding a smaller number of deleted accounts linked to Russia, Venezuela …