Esmaeil Mohades

The Financial Times, citing a source within the Iranian government, reported that Tehran had lost its trust in Bashar al-Assad long ago.

Mohammad Ali Ashraf Vaqefi, a member of the “Iran Tour Operators Association,” stated that the arrival of tourists to Iran has been “almost halted” and attributed this to the lack of a “sense of security” for foreign tourists. Ashraf Vaqefi, the former vice president of the Iran Tour Operators Association, told the state-run Khabar Online […]

The state-run website Tejarat News published an article, which it removed shortly after without explanation, stating that escalating poverty in Iran has led a significant portion of high school students to join the labor market, often forcing them to drop out of school. Tejarat News highlighted that “working students are another indicator of poverty in […]

On Monday, December 16, U.S. prosecutors announced charges against two individuals in connection with a drone attack carried out by militias affiliated with the Iranian regime in Jordan, near the Syrian border, which took place in January. The attack resulted in the deaths of three U.S. service members and injured more than 47 others. Federal […]

On Wednesday, December 18, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned two entities and two individuals for their roles in developing and procuring sensitive navigation components for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). According to the Treasury Department’s statement, the IRGC Aerospace Force Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization (IRGC […]

The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar in Iran’s free currency market continued its upward trend, reaching a record high of 776,500 rials. The euro also surpassed the 800,000-rial mark for the first time and was trading around 806,000 rials by the morning of Thursday, December 19. The British pound, having crossed 980,000 rials, is […]

Media outlets reported the shutdown of Syria’s largest oil refinery following the halt of Iranian oil exports, noting that the majority of Syria’s oil imports came from Iran.

Hossein Abdeh Tabrizi, an economist and professor at Sharif University, warned about the emergence of a “super-crisis” in the energy sector, stating, “We might reach a point where we have electricity only three days a week, or gasoline for two days, with work stopping on the remaining days.” In response to a question by the […]

In the 48th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, its members announced that with the participation of Rudsar Prison in Gilan Province, hunger strikes would take place in 28 prisons on Wednesday, December 24.

As’ad Hassan al-Sheibani, Syria’s new foreign minister, on Monday, December 23, warned the Iranian regime to refrain from creating and spreading chaos in Syria. This is the most explicit public warning from Syria’s new rulers to the Iranian regime since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, concerning Tehran’s approach to developments in Syria.