Telecommunication Company of Iran

February 16, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad

Lawmakers Can Defend Iranian Dissidents and Punish the Revolutionary Guards at the Same Time

There is bipartisan consensus in Congress on the need to support the nonviolent protesters in Iran who are calling for an end to corruption and dictatorship. One important way to protect the prot...

March 20, 2017 | Tony Badran, Saeed Ghasseminejad

After Nuclear Deal, Iran Looks to Profit in Syria

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s powerful, ideological military force, is one of the country’s most influential institutions, with major stakes in key sectors of the econ...

November 15, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Orange Telecom Mulls Partnership with IRGC-Controlled Firm

The French telecom company Orange is in negotiations to buy shares of the Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran (MTCI...

October 4, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad, Annie Fixler

How the Nuclear Deal Enriches Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps

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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...

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...

April 16, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz |

Tearing Down Iran’s Electronic Curtain

Western companies have provided the technology that enables Tehran's Internet censorship.

April 13, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz |

Tearing Down Iran’s Electronic Curtain

Western companies have provided the technology that enables Tehran's Internet oppression.

April 20, 2010 | Newsweek

Obama’s Enforcer

Stuart Levey is the last person to put you in mind of Tony Soprano. Slight and good-natured, he pooh-poohs the notion that what he does for a living is a kind of genteel arm-twisting—intended to,...