Half billion of cellphone money stuck in Iran
Iran’s largest cellphone operator, MTN of South Africa, has more than $550 million stuck in Iran because of US sanctions, ...
Year: 2013
HSBC may face criminal trial for helping Iran
The giant HSBC bank, which agreed to pay a huge US fine several months ago for clandestine dealings with Iran ...
The Oil Patch
DOLDRUMS — The daily price isn’t exactly booming (above) but it is up enough that it is pulling the more ...
US plot seen
Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi (photo) last week criticized what he said was a US policy setting traps for innocent ...
SASOL leaves Iran
After years of ducking and weaving, South Africa’s SASOL business firm has finally pulled out of Iran. SASOL announced Monday ...
Dempsey spies on Israel
US Gen. Martin Dempsey (photo), the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was in Israel last week, his third ...
Effort to remove Filner mounts
San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is in increasing hot water. A furor over his accepting money from the Mojahedin-e Khalq ...
Levin helps Hekmati
US Senator Carl Levin (photo), Democrat of Michigan, has announced he will attend the fund-raising dinner August 21 in Grosse ...