Bahman Group

November 2, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iranian Companies’ Shares Plummeted after Treasury Designations

On October 16, the U.S. Treasury designated 20 Iranian entities. Using the anti-terrorism authorities under Executive Order 13224, Tre...

October 17, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad, Annie Fixler

Treasury Expands Pressure on the Iranian Economy

The U.S. Treasury issued a new round of sanctions yesterday against large, publicly traded Ir...

January 19, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Congress should keep foreign investors from working with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Last weekend, the Obama administration and the European Union lifted sanctions against Tehran, less than a year after Iran and six world powers reached a nuclear deal. In preparation, the Islamic...

October 8, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Here’s How to Stop Iran’s Revolutionary Guard From Profiting Off of the Nuclear Deal

The slogan of Iran’s largest mobile telecommunication business, the Mobile Communication Company of Iran (MCI), is &ldqu...

September 4, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Nuclear Deal is a Boon to the IRGC

The nuclear agreement signed by Iran and world powers in July will benefit Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in three primary ways. First, the deal lifts sectoral ban...

February 23, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Sanctions Relief under the JPOA

FDD Report

March 19, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Sanctions Against Iran Should Focus On Powerful Revolutionary Guards

Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad Since Hassan Rouhani’s election as the new president of Iran in June 2013, the Islamic Republic has been on a ‘charm offensiv...

December 9, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi FDD Policy Brief |

The Geneva Joint Plan of Action and Iran’s Petrochemical Sector

Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad The Joint Plan of Action (JPA) signed on November 24 between Iran an...

December 2, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

The Ayatollah’s Windfall

Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad  If any proof was needed that the nuclear compromise hammered out in Geneva last month between Iran and the six world powers is a mi...

May 13, 2013 | Mark Dubowitz, Emanuele Ottolenghi

Iran’s Car Industry – A Big Sanctions Buster

Over the past six years, the United States and its European allies have imposed an impressive sanctions regime against Iran. Sanctions have successfully caused severe stress to Iran’s econo...

March 1, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Fake Privatization

Co-authored by  When the European Court of Justice decided on January 29 to remove Iran’s Bank Mellat from the European Union’s sanctions list, its judges no doubt thoug...

November 23, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi The 37th Interparliamentary Meeting Between European Parliament and Knesset |

Common Threats, Different Approaches

Israel, the EU and the U.S. confront the challenge of a nuclear Iran Mr President of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Israeli Knesset, Honour...

November 23, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Common Threats, Different Approaches

Israel, the EU and the U.S. confront the challenge of a nuclear Iran Mr President of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Israeli Knesset, Honour...