Parsian Bank

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...

July 27, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Under Iran Agreement, U.S. Will Delist All Entities Controlled by Supreme Leader

Of all the sanctions to be lifted in last week’s Iran nuclear agreement, few are more significant than those against a shadowy $100-billion network of foundations belonging to the Islamic R...

April 29, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

The Iranian ‘Deep State’ is Trying to Buy an Oil Refinery in Switzerland

Iranians hit the streets earlier this month to celebrate a nucle...

May 13, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz

No Such Thing As a Good Iranian Bank?

With a new round of talks underway this week in Vienna, American officials are brimming with optimism concerning the possibility of a nuclear deal by the summer. Worryingly, Iran appears poised t...

January 10, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi FDD Policy Brief |

The Banking Provisions in the Joint Plan of Action Between Iran and the P5+1

Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad Sanctions against Iran’s banking sector have restricted Iran access to financial markets and services. Iran’s exclusion has had an...

December 18, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

The Bank of Ayatollah

Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad Of all the problematic aspects of the Joint Plan of Action recently signed in Geneva by Iran and the six world powers (The United States, Russ...

October 7, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Seeing Through the Sheep’s Clothing

Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad In his address to the United Nations, Benjamin Netanyahu described Hassan Rouhani as a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but you’d ha...

September 25, 2013 | Emanuele Ottolenghi FDD Policy Brief |

Rouhani’s Corrupt Cabinet

Co-authored by Saeed Ghasseminejad Most Western observers welcomed the end of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s term with a sigh of relief, interpreting new p...

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...