Mar 7, 2019 | Iran, Menas Associates
On 2 February, officials from Germany, France, and United Kingdom (the E3) announced the establishment of the promised special purpose vehicle (SPV), known as the Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges (INSTEX). Even though the news was welcomed by Tehran, it is...
Feb 7, 2019 | Iran, Menas Associates
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has become a political football for Iranian policy makers The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is an inter-governmental entity that promotes international anti-money laundering (AML) efforts and counter-terrorism financing...
Dec 20, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
The past year has been challenging for Iran, opening with popular protests that questioned regime legitimacy. As the year unfolded, the country came under intense pressure from beyond its borders and experienced a collapse of the national currency that took an...
Nov 22, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
One of the known political patterns of the Islamic Republic is that increased external pressure leads to increased internal cohesion. Nonetheless, the competition for power means that factionalism has not been stamped out. Even though the top leadership has instructed...
Oct 16, 2018 | Iran, Thought Piece
Three months before Menas Associates published the first issue of Iran Focus – later renamed Iran Strategic Focus – in October 1988, Iran had accepted UN Security Council Resolution 598, putting an end to the devastating 1980–1988 Iran–Iraq War. It had cost the lives...
Oct 11, 2018 | Iran, Menas Associates
As Iraq’s economy struggles to get back on the right track, the country has been dealt another formidable challenge in the form of Washington’s decision to renew sanctions on neighbouring Iran. The first set of sanctions were re-imposed by the Trump...
