Special Supplement: Iran - Broader Horizons - Bank Melli Iran Is...

The Banker;  December 1, 2004 ;     466 words ...Bank Melli Iran is not only the nation...facilitate trade between Iran and Afghanistan. Mr Hassan also explains that Bank Melli plans to set up in Pakistan...In the previous year, Bank Melli operated 3061 branches in Iran and 17 offices and subsidiaries...

Iran Adapts to Economic Pressure; Oil Market Could Help It Weather U.S....

The Washington Post;  October 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......because of the commercial terms Iran is offering. Chinese oil...major financial center for Iran, had closed 42 firms doing business with Iran before the new sanctions...S. measures would affect Iran's Bank Melli, targeted by Treasury for...equipment purchases. The bank, ...

Iranian state banks and international terror. French court to decide if US...

Jerusalem Post;  February 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......terrorism is provided via Bank Melli (the National Bank of Iran) and Bank Saderat (the Export Bank of Iran). Bank Melli played a pivotal role in...freeze. Central Bank of Iran accounts at Bank Melli in Paris that held 231m...

Bush effort to sanction Iran banks runs into resistance

The Boston Globe;  December 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......to take action against Bank Melli, Iran's largest public financial...to the US sanctions on Bank Melli, which operates as Iran's central bank overseas...their efforts to isolate Bank Melli despite the NIE conclusion that Iran's nuclear program had...

US Sanctions On 3rd Iran Bank.(Future Bank)

APS Diplomat News Service;  March 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......belonging to Future Bank, which is two-thirds owned by Bank Melli and Bank Saderat, two other Iranian banks already subject to US sanctions. A private bank in Bahrain controls the remaining third of Future Bank. The US said Bank Melli, accused of aiding Iran's ...

TREASURY DESIGNATES IRAN-CONTROLLED BANK FOR PROLIFERATION FUTURE BANK...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ......S.C. for being controlled by Iran's Bank Melli, which was previously designated...domiciled in Iran, in particular, Iran's Bank Melli and Bank Saderat. UNSCR 1803...including Melli Bank plc, Arian Bank, Bank Melli Iran ZAO, and ...

EU/IRAN : UNION BLACKLISTS BANK MELLI.

European Report;  June 24, 2008 ;     285 words ...The EU has banned the main Iranian commercial bank, Bank Melli, from operating on its territory, increasing further its...Islamic Republic over the controversial nuclear issue. Bank Melli is the most prominent target of the new set of sanctions...Security Council resolutions adopted in New ...

Financial sanctions force Iran to look East for banks

Jerusalem Post;  June 18, 2008 ;     655 words ......banks in the US and Europe, Iran is increasingly looking to...hesitant to do business with Iran, fearful that this would put...Monday that the assets of Iran's largest commercial bank, Bank Melli, would be frozen in Britain and Europe have increased Iran's interest in locating ...

Iran to Face New E.U. Sanctions, Brown Says

The Washington Post;  June 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ......freeze the assets of Bank Melli, Iran's largest bank...of incentives to Iran in exchange for...nuclear efforts. Iran says its nuclear...European action against Bank Melli would come on top...From 2002 to 2006, Bank Melli sent $100 million...in force ...

E.U. Backs Sanctions on Iran, Freezes Bank Assets; Travel Ban Is Imposed...

The Washington Post;  June 24, 2008 ;     522 words ......approved new sanctions against Iran on Monday, including a freeze...halting uranium enrichment. Iran says the program is purely...sets of sanctions against Iran imposed by the U.N. Security...include an asset freeze on Bank Melli, Iran's largest bank, and other...States ...

U.S. enacts sanctions against Iran

Daily Breeze;  October 26, 2007 ;     576 words ......that do business with oil-rich Iran. "As awareness of Iran's deceptive behavior has grown, many banks around the...have decided as a matter of prudence and integrity that Iran's business is simply not worth the risk," Treasury Secretary...in Europe, about earlier U.S. financial sanctions on Iran ...

IRAN - July 30 - French Bank Lends $1 Bn.(Brief Article)

APS Diplomat Recorder;  August 4, 2001 ;     415 words ......a framework agreement with Iran's five largest state-owned banks - Bank Mellat, Bank Melli, Bank Saderat, Bank Sepah and...finance executive responsible for Iran and Turkey, says: The financial situation of Iran today is exceptionally good...petroleum industry investments in Iran or ...

SECRETARY PAULSON ISSUES STATEMENT ON IRAN DESIGNATIONS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 25, 2007 ;     505 words ......accompany doing business with Iran. "We have been working closely...involves denying supporters of Iran's illicit conduct access...and individuals supporting Iran's nuclear or ballistic missile activities, including Iran's state-owned Bank Sepah. "Today, we are designating Iran's ...

U.S. targets Iran's army, banks

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  October 26, 2007 ;     515 words ......overseas banks and firms that do business with oil-rich Iran. "As awareness of Iran's deceptive behavior has grown, many banks around the...have decided as a matter of prudence and integrity that Iran's business is simply not worth the risk," Treasury Secretary...in Europe, about earlier U.S. financial ...

1st LD: EU agrees on new sanctions against Iran

Xinhua News Agency;  June 23, 2008 ;     92 words ...1st LD: EU agrees on new sanctions against Iran BRUSSELS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- The European Union agreed on Monday to impose new sanctions on Iran over the country's nuclear program, which Tehran has repeatedly...decided in Luxembourg at a meeting to freeze the assets of Iran's biggest bank, Bank ...