Target Iran’s Censors

(New York Times) | February 18, 2010 By ROGER COHEN NEW YORK — Here’s what happens when a business linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (I.R.G.C.) is targeted with sanctions. A representative of the Revolutionary Guards finds a lawyer in Dubai and says:...

German insurers wind down Iran business

(Reuters) | February 18 Germany’s Munich Re and Allianz halted all remaining insurance business in Iran as their national representative body said it backed international moves toward tougher sanctions against Tehran. Against a backdrop of rising political...

US firms allowed to invest in Iran oil

There is no barrier for the presence of foreign companies in the Iranian oil industry, says the head of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). “The Islamic Republic has always welcomed the investment by all foreign companies in Iranian oil, gas and petrochemical...

Iran oil reserves increase, officials say

TEHRAN, May 12 (UPI) — Iran’s proven oil reserves increased dramatically, bringing in foreign investments of roughly $10 billion in the past year, officials said. Seifollah Jashnsaz, director of the National Iranian Oil Co., told the Mehr news agency in...