ABOVE: Hamid BorhaniChairmain, Bank Saderat Back in March, I reported that Ali Divandari, Chairman of Iran’s Bank Mellat, suggested that the privatization of that bank might lead to the end of U.S. sanctions against it. Now Divandari’s colleague, Hamid Borhani,…
The Washington Times published an editorial today advocating that a French pharmaceutical company be denied access to the U.S. market because it allegedly sold “raw botulinum toxin” to Iran. The company, Ipsen, is seeking to market two Botox-alike cosmetic drugs,…
The lede in the Globe and Mail story says it all: MILTON, ONT., TORONTO — In a case that police say is without precedent, an Iranian-Canadian has been charged with trying to export technology that could have helped Tehran get…
The bid by the United Arab Emirates for American assistance in developing and implementing nuclear energy facilities has raised, once again, the role that the U.A.E plays in the transiting of American goods to Iran. U.S. lawmakers have threatened to…
At the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (“BIS”) Export Control Forum in Newport Beach, California, on March 16, Tony Christino, a senior policy analyst for BIS, announced that a top priority for BIS as the new administration begins is to…