Iranian economy

Iran to become member of BRICS Bank, increasing economic cooperation, trade - report

Hemmati announced that Iran was set to join the BRICS Bank in the near future, Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
BRICS foreign ministers, including Iran's Abbas Araghchi, meet in New Delhi, India, May 14, 2026.
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he disembarks Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, August 9, 2026.

Trump returns to an old weapon: Behind US's decision to economically choke Iran - analysis

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last month that the administration’s economic policy had sent the Iranian currency into "free fall" and pushed inflation into triple-digit rates.

|ByIDAN KWELLER
IRAN’S REGIME is using executions to reassert control over society after January’s protest. Here, alongside headshots of those executed, demonstrators hold signs as they gather in Washington in May, in support of the Iranian people and to condemn the execution of political prisoners in Iran.

As the world looks away, Iran continues brutal hangings of protesters to crush the next uprising

IRAN AFFAIRS: Iran’s campaign of executions is part of a wider attempt to reverse the defiance of January, dismantle protest networks, and reassert control over society.

|ByALEX WINSTON
Islamic Republic of Iran and the Middle East and Central Asia as seen on a vintage globe, November 14, 2024

Iran no longer attaches importance to Trump's threats, Middle East expert claims

“They understand, as we do, who Trump is, that nothing he says should be taken seriously in any case and under any circumstances," Zisser explained.

|By103FM

Iran destroys 100,000 satellite dishes in morality-driven crackdown

JULY 24, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Satellite

Hot July, oil on fire

AUGUST 4, 2015ByIRINA OVCHINNIKOVA
The Jerusalem Post

Iran says it will let Google in if it accepts cultural rules

"We are not opposed to any of the entities operating in global markets who want to offer services in Iran."

MARCH 1, 2015ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Khamenei on a computer screen

Ahmadinejad launches website and Instagram account in hopeful political comeback

The former Iranian president is making an intense media push as he returns to the public eye.

FEBRUARY 10, 2015ByHAGAI LAP
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) sits above former president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranian vice president under Ahmadinejad jailed for five years

Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who was appointed in 2009 after Ahmadinejad's re-election, was indicted in March in connection with a billion-dollar money laundering and embezzlement scheme.

JANUARY 22, 2015ByREUTERS
Mohammad Reza Rahimi makes a "V" sign as he arrives at the Iranian garden in Maroun al-Ras village.

Are EU sanctions against Iran beginning to evaporate?

The first Europe-Iran Forum, which took place on Wednesday and Thursday in London, stated its goal as “preparing post-sanctions investment and trade.”

OCTOBER 20, 2014ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton