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Iran combines enormous economic potential with deep structural vulnerability. It holds some of the world’s largest oil and natural-gas reserves, has a large educated population and sits beside vital ...

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The United States will initiate a controversial procedure called “snapback” at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday in a bid to unilaterally reimpose sanctions on Iran. AFP answers key ...

The interim agreement to end the conflict with Iran includes a waiver allowing certain sanctioned oil sales, but Tehran remains subject to a wide range of international restrictions affecting its ...

The sanctions landscape of 2025 marked a shift in U.S. economic statecraft, with sanctions increasingly integrated alongside tariffs, trade controls, and enforcement actions to advance strategic ...

Already suffering a 40 percent inflation rate and critical shortages of power and water, many in Iran expect conditions to get worse. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi has lived and worked in Iran, has ...

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Revived UN sanctions tighten economic noose on Islamic Republic Sanctions prompted by impasse in negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes With public anger simmering, ...