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Valiollah Seif, Governor of Central Bank of Iran, waits to start a meeting with Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (unseen) in Tehran, Iran August 23, 2015. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Foreign Banks Reluctant to Deal with Iran

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...

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut is shown in this undated photo operating in the Atlantic Ocean. (Reuters/Aaron Chase/US Navy/Handout)

Heightened tensions in Gulf as Iran seizes ship, bypasses Yemen air blockade

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...

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A Syrian refugee holds the hand of a child as they stand near laundry hanging on wire fencing at the Syrian border crossing of Bab al-Hawa, at the Syrian-Turkish border, Idlib Governorate December 20, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah (SYRIA – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Opinion: A different agenda is needed for Geneva II

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...