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Money Laundering In Iran
Money laundering in Iran has developed following decades of international sanctions that have cut Iran off from the formal global financial system, forcing Tehran to develop sophisticated money laundering and sanctions-evasion networks to sustain its economy and fund its regional activities. From early U.S. terror-finance sanctions in the 1980s to U.N. and Western nuclear sanctions in the 2000s, Iran has faced intense economic restrictions. In response, Iranian state entities and their partners resorted to "criminal money laundering techniques, moving Iran's oil and money under false names and pretenses," as a former U.S. Treasury official described. Over time, Tehran has built a global shadow financial system, an illicit network of shell companies, proxy banks, and money exchangers, that helps it bypass banking controls and move funds worldwide. International watchdogs have long flagged Iran's financial system for its opacity. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) labels Ir ...
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a Ethnicities in Iran, multi-ethnic population of over 92 million in an area of , Iran ranks 17th globally in both List of countries and dependencies by area, geographic size and List of countries and dependencies by population, population. It is the List of Asian countries by area, sixth-largest country entirely in Asia and one of the world's List of mountains in Iran, most mountainous countries. Officially an Islamic republic, Iran is divided into Regions of Iran, five regions with Provinces of Iran, 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's Capital city, capital, List of cities in Iran by province, largest city and financial ...
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National Oil Company Of Iran
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC; ) is a government-owned national oil and natural gas producer and distributor under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran. NIOC was established in 1951 and restructured under The Consortium Agreement of 1954.Iran's foreign trade report
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