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Iran and Sri Lanka have had official diplomatic relations since 1961. Diplomatic relations between Iran and Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) began in 1961 via the Ceylonese embassy in Islamabad, which was the closest Ceylon had to a presence on Iranian soil until the opening of the Tehran embassy office in 1990.
The 3,000 billion toman embezzlement scandal in Iran (also 2,800 billion embezzlement; approximately US$943.5 million) [clarification needed] was a corruption scandal involving the use of forged documents to obtain credit from at least seven Iranian state and private banks to purchase recently privatized state-owned companies. [1]
The 2023 Iranian tea smuggling scandal was a corruption case in Iran that involved Debsh Tea company taking $3.37 billion [1] from the government fund for importing tea and equipment. Local media revealed that the government subsidizes imports of essential goods and medicines, but only privileged individuals can obtain these funds.
Brian Hook, who served as the State Department’s special representative for Iran under Trump, claimed in 2019 that Iran “has provided Hezbollah almost $700 million annually and gave more than ...
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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been taken to a secure location inside Iran amid heightened security, sources told Reuters, a day after Israel killed the head of Iran-backed Lebanese ...
In this era, until the fall of the Shah in 1979, Iran was one of the United States' closest allies. [7] [8] [9] The US played a critical role in founding the Shah's brutal secret police to keep him in power. A US Army colonel working for the CIA was sent to Persia in September 1953 to guide local personnel in creating the organization.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. ... Iran's allies in Iraq, Yemen threaten U.S. over intervention in Israel ... leader of political and military ...