By: Emanuele Ottolenghi Saeed Ghasseminejad The looming nuclear deal will soon unshackle Iran’s economy from the burden of Western sanctions. Who stands to benefit from this opening? While Iran’s public sector, state-controlled religious foundations, and the powerful Revolutionary Guard Corps are routinely named as the principal players in Iran’s economy, Princeton University’s Kevan Harris has recentlydismissed excessive focus [...]
The Iranian embassy in Rabat is expected to re-open soon [AFP] January 6, 2015 Diplomatic relations between Morocco and Iran seem to be under repair, five years after they were broken off. Iran recently announced it had appointed Mohammad Taqi Moayyed as its ambassador in Morocco, while Morocco also announced its appointment of a [...]
By: Emanuele Ottolenghi St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN) is a miniscule Caribbean nation whose biggest employer is the state sugar corporation and whose currency features wading sea turtles and the visage of Queen Elizabeth II. It is also one of the most attractive destinations for Iranian businessmen seeking to exploit citizenship-for-investment programs to skirt international sanctions [...]
By: Benjamin Weinthal Emanuele Ottolenghi August 18, 2014 On July 18, barely two years after a Hezbollah suicide bomber murdered five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian bus driver outside a Bulgarian airport, investigators announced that they had identified him as the Lebanese-French dual national Mohamad Hassan El-Husseini. With his identity and Hezbollah affiliation now established, it should be obvious [...]
by: Emanuele Ottolenghi Saeed Ghasseminejad July 18, 2014 Though a final deal over Iran’s nuclear program is unlikely to take shape in Vienna before Sunday’s self-imposed deadline, the U.S. should make it clear in the negotiations over an extension of the diplomatic talks that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps cannot stand to benefit from sanctions relief. In the [...]
By Mehdi Khalaj The collapse of the Morsi government poses new challenges for Iran at a time when its reputation in the Middle East has been taking hits from all sides. Over the past two years, Tehran sought to create an alternative narrative for the Arab Spring as [...]
May 9, 2010 By Ariel Farrar-Wellman May 9, 2010 NUCLEAR: Algerian leaders have publicly backed Iran’s ongoing nuclear program on numerous occasions. In November of 2008, Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia voiced Algeria’s support for Iran’s right to “peaceful nuclear technology.”[1] Iran has reciprocated Algeria’s diplomatic overtures by offering in August 2007 to provide Algeria with nuclear [...]
By Ariel Farrar-Wellman March 2, 2010 ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP: Since 2006, Comoros and Iran have begun to explore the prospect of bilateral relations. A Comorian delegation visiting Iran in 2006 concluded their trip by signing a memoranda of understanding on economic issues and the exchange of research, technology and information between the countries.[1] The two countries followed this [...]
Posted on 5 May 2009 23:36:11 BST by Cindy The Ahmadinejad-supporting media in Iran reported that on orders of the president, a plane is to be sent soon to the Comoros Islands to bring Comoros President Ahmad Abdallah Sambi to Tehran for a visit. Sambi previously visited Iran in June 2008. Source: ("Source: Aftab, Iran, April 30, 2009") via [...]
Recently, Iran has been showing increased interest in the Union of the Comoros, the island nation off Africa's east coast. Historically, the inhabitants of this nation's three component islands were mostly Shi'ite, until they were conquered by France in the mid-19th century; today, most residents are Shafi'i Sunnis. Iran's interest in the Union of the [...]
