by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 14, 2016 | Business
Tehran-Nine months after the sanctions were lifted and a nuclear agreement between Iran and world forces was signed, major European banks are still reluctant to do business with Iran for fear of U.S. retribution. “For the moment, the little European banks have...
by Heba El Koudsy | Apr 29, 2015 | Middle East
Washington, DC and Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Pentagon on Tuesday accused Iran of “provocative behavior” after the naval wing of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, the...
by Amir Taheri | Dec 20, 2013 | Opinion
Since the Syrian crisis started three years ago, the powers interested in its outcome have always fallen one step behind events. As it prepares for yet another conference on Syria next month in Geneva, the international community may again be out of step with the...