Iranian, French oil institutes to sign MOU

The French Institute of Petroleum titled Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP) is slated to pen an MOU with Iranian Research Institute of Petroleum Industry on oil, gas, refining, and petrochemical cooperation, the Shana news agency reported on ...

Iranian Qods Force commanders linked to Taliban: US Treasury

The US Treasury department has added four Iranian Qods Force commanders to its list of specially designated global terrorists, two of whom are charged with directly providing support for the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan. General Hossein Musavi ...
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Sweden’s Verisec to Reconsider Risky Iran Business Plans

As Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif visited Sweden during his European diplomatic tour, a group of leading diplomats and lawmakers pushed back against his claim yesterday that Swedish companies “will not find a safer place than Iran” ...

Willing banks find profits in legal trade with Iran

As Western sanctions on Iran have grown tighter, some small banks have found a lucrative niche financing what remains of the legal trade with the Islamic Republic. Top-tier financial institutions including Société Générale SA and Rabobank Group ...
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Beirut banks funneling illicit funds for Hezbollah

In a move that could destabilize Beirut’s financial position, a US pressure group urged international financial firms on Tuesday to ditch Lebanese debt and securities, saying that Hezbollah is using Lebanon’s banks in a large scale money-laundering ...
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Babak Morteza Zanjani – Frauds

Babak Morteza Zanjani  (born 12 March 1974) is an Iranian businessman. He was the managing director of the UAE-based Sorinet Group, one of Iran’s largest business conglomerates. He also owned Qeshm Airlines and Rah Ahan Sorinet F.C. ...
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Mahmoud Reza Khavari – Frauds

One of the Melli Bank directors and managers Mahmoud Reza Khavari, was granted Canadian permanent residence. In 2005, he apparently was granted citizenship of Canada while in Iran. In 2011, according to the Washington Post, after the ...
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Small banks help Iran slowly restore foreign financial ties

Iran is gradually restoring banking links with the rest of the world by forging ties with smaller foreign institutions, even though large global banks are still holding back because of legal risks, Iranian officials and foreign bankers ...

Iranian embezzlement scandal

The 3,000 billion toman embezzlement in Iran (also 2,800 billion embezzlement; approximately US$2.6 billion) was a fraud involving the use of forged documents to obtain credit from at least seven Iranian state and private banks to purchase ...