President Trump will keep the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and target the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in a new White House policy announced today. The announcement will please allies concerned that the president would pull the US…
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Iran has got $3bn not $55bn in frozen assets
John Kerry during his May visit to London in which he met non-US banks Only $3bn of $55bn of Iran’s frozen assets have been returned so far and European and Asian banks continue to be reluctant to deal with Iranian counterparts,…
Iran’s foreign banks accounts to be freed Monday
For full coverage of business events in Iran, see MEED Deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran Gholamali Kamyab said today that Iran’s blocked accounts in foreign banks will be reopened as of Monday. He also told a press…
World waits for Iran sanctions deal
Confirmation that today would be Implementation Day under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is still pending in Vienna tonight where world leaders converged in anticipation of the end of international sanctions against Iran. The nuclear agreement will take…
Kerry confirms Iran on track to end of sanctions
For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED US Secretary of State John Kerry said today that Iran has shipped more than 25,000 pounds of low-enriched nuclear material, including everything enriched to 20 per…
End of Iran sanctions could come in weeks
IAEA director-genera Yukiya Amano For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED Director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano said today that the IAEA Board of Governors has closed the…
Scott Ritter says IAEA report a face-saver
Scott Ritter: case against Iran has run its course For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) final assessment of Iran’s nuclear programme, which declared the Islamic Republic…
Obama administration says Iran sanctions off as early as January: Wall Street Journal
The New York Wall Street Journal reported today that the Obama administration had welcomed the submission of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s report on Iran’s alleged nuclear-weapons work, and said it would likely pave the way for the removal of economic sanctions…
IAEA says Iran complied with nuclear road-map; no indications of bomb development after 2009
For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED The eagerly-awaited International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) assessment of Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and associated nuclear road-map says the Islamic…
Voting balance in IAEA to decide Iran nuclear issue
For full coverage of business developments in Iran and the Middle East, see MEED The voting balance on the 35-member board of governors of the International Energy Agency (IAEA) will determine whether the agency will approve as sufficient Iran’s actions…