Iranian Rial Plunges to Historic Low
The Iranian rial plummeted to a historic all-time low on March 4, trading at about 600,000 to the U.S. dollar in the unregulated market. Amid escalating tensions in the region,...
Bank Melli Iran
CBI Revoking Bank Melli’s License Is Unlikely to Curb Iran’s Sanction Evasion in Iraq
The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) revoked Bank Melli of Iran’s operating license on February 8, following increased U.S. pressure to untangle Iraq’s financial system from Iranian money laundering and...
Policy Briefs
U.S. Should Sanction Tehran’s New Central Banker
Iran’s government appointed Mohammad Reza Farzin as the new governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in late December as the country’s national currency, the rial, plummeted against the U.S. dollar....
Policy Briefs
Foil the Financiers of Iran’s Terrorism
The Biden administration believes Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a terrorist organization. So why lift sanctions on banks that help fund it?
Op-eds
In His Second Term, Trudeau Must Fix His Iran Policy
Last month’s re-election of Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister provides an opportunity to reflect on Ottawa’s relationship with the Islamic Republic in Iran. Iran policy is an issue of great...
Insights
Trudeau Fails Canadian-Iranians
Recent developments confirm that Canada has become a major hub for the Islamic Republic in Iran and its supporters, and perhaps an unsafe place for Canadian-Iranian democracy activists. On January 8, 2020,...
Insights
Thirty-Five Former U.S. Officials and Policy Experts Ask Treasury Department to Safeguard Global Financial System by Sanctioning New Iran Trade Vehicle
(Washington, DC, July 16, 2019) – A group of 35 policy experts and former U.S. officials – including two former senators, four former officials with rank of ambassador, and a form...
Press Releases
Iran’s New Central Bank Governor Tied to Sanctioned Entities
On July 25, Abdolnasser Hemmati replaced Valiollah Seif as the governor of the Central...
Policy Briefs
Is Canada a safe haven for corrupt Iranian officials and their money?
The Trudeau government has been under heavy fire lately for its continued pursuit of re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran, but a shift may be underway. On Monday, several members of the Liberal c...
Op-eds
Bahraini Bank Investigations Offers Powerful Example for Treating De-listed Entities
The Bahraini government last week...
Policy Briefs
Money Laundering For The Mullahs
The Islamic Republic of Iran has mounted a full court press to persuade the global financial community to overlook its long rap sheet of financial crimes. In recent weeks, two of the Islamic Repu...
Op-eds
Iran’s Center for Illicit Finance
Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif is in Washington this week to attend summits at the...
Policy Briefs
Global Banks Wrestle with Iran’s Return
The Bank of England, according to a report from the Financial Times last week, reacti...
Policy Briefs
The Implications of Sanctions Relief Under the Iran Agreement
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Congressional Testimonies
Snap-Back: A Journey Through Iranian Sanctions Evasion in Georgia
Two Iranian truck drivers sat idly in the parking area of the Poti Free Industrial Zone(FIZ), waiting for customs authoriti...
Op-eds
How Iran and North Korea Became Cyber-Terror Buddies
In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate...
Op-eds
Iran’s Chief Negotiator
Along with President Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is yet another arrow in the quiver of the Islamic Republic’s charm offensive. The chief negotiator at...
Op-eds
Iran’s New Central Bank Chief
President Hassan Rouhani this week...
Policy Briefs
Meet Iran’s Ambassador to the UN
In a sold-out event, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Khazaee, will be speaking Wednesday evening...
Op-eds
Crippling Iran’s Central Bank
The Obama administration would have to twist Europe’s economic arms to join in the sanctions against CBI.