The value of these cards corresponds to the amount of foreign currency that an applicant deposits with a participating bank or exchange bureau, either inside or outside Iran, based on the ...

Out of the total, 17 quadrillion rials ($34 billion), or 22.2 percent, went to end consumers, including households, with a portion issued via credit cards. The remaining 59.7 quadrillion rials ($119.3 ...

On Thursday, as widely expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) reduced its key rates by 25 basis points at the March policy meeting. This move puts the main refinancing operations rate at 2.65% ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they ... in Iranian affairs in RFE/RL's Central Newsroom in Prague.

Iran and the United States will hold talks in the sultanate of Oman on Saturday in an attempt to jump-start negotiations over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. Even before the talks ...

Delegations from Iran and the United States will meet again next week after wrapping up “constructive” nuclear talks that included the first direct contact between a Trump administration and ...

The arrival of the USS Carl Vinson in the region is part of a major build up ahead of a potential attack on Iran that President ... Truman (CVN 75) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

A country’s central bank rate (discount rate) is the rate at which commercial banks can borrow money from the central bank, in turn affecting borrowing costs across the country. The interest ...

Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff was adamant Friday that the Trump administration will not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, describing the provocative action as a “red line ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.