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Archives for April 2018

Iran’s Biggest Threat Has Nothing to Do With Trump

By Golnar Motevalli, Bloomberg Businessweek
April 18, 2018, 

Ahmad, who runs an advertising agency in a busy commercial district of Tehran, has given up trying to get a business loan from any of the dozens of lenders just a short walk from his office.

Finding a bank in Iran is easy. The challenge is finding one that will […]

EU extends Iran human rights sanctions by a year

DW, April 12

, 2018
The measures were first passed in 2011 in response to government repression during and after Iran’s 2009 election. The European Union is set to discuss whether it should pass new sanctions at a meeting next Monday.

On Thursday, the European Union prolonged sanctions against Iran for its human rights record until 2019.
The […]