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Rouhani compares Trump to Shah of Iran President Hassan Rouhani said in a recent speech that despite all the pressure, US policy toward Iran has failed. Iranian women wearing protective masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic walk past a mural painted on the outer walls of the former US Embassy in the capital, Tehran, on Dec. 30, 2020. January 14, 2021 President Donald Trump's second impeachment, on his way out from office, comes as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has continued to speak out about Trump’s legacy, particularly the US leader's “maximum pressure” policy against Iran. Sp...

President Hassan Rouhani said in a recent speech that despite all the pressure, US policy toward Iran has failed.

January 13, 2021 Washington – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against two organizations, along with their leaders and subsidiaries, controlled by the Supreme Leader of Iran, the Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (EIKO), and Astan Quds Razavi (AQR). While purportedly charitable organizations (bonyads), EIKO and AQR control large swaths of the Iranian economy, including assets expropriated from political dissidents and religious minorities, to the benefit of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and senior Iranian government officials...

Iranian venture firm investing in cyber tech is subject of US sanctions (David Holt // CC0) Jan 13, 2021 | CYBERSCOOP The U.S. sanctioned an Iranian venture capital firm on Wednesday that the Treasury Department said invests in cyberspace and information technology. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control identified the firm, Barkat Ventures, as an arm of an organization that the supreme leader of Iran controls called EIKO, short for Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order. The sanctions also targeted a second Komeini-controlled organization, Astan Quds Razavi. “Thes...