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Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) with President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iranian regime faces most serious threat in 40 years as economy worsens

Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has recently become one of the most vocal critics of the Iranian regime, while Reza Pahlavi, exiled son of the late Shah, has been stepping up his activities in the...
The International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuño/Flickr.

IMF: US sanctions have contributed to ongoing recession in Iran

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The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that the Iranian economy has entered a recession, in part due to U.S. sanctions. The IMF World Economic Outlook report estimates Iran’s economy will shrink by 1.5 percent this year, with the...

Wary of repercussions, EU unlikely to defy re-imposed US sanctions on Iran

Germany’s central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, has announced measures aimed at preventing the transfer of 300 million euros ($350 million) to Iran in yet another blow to Iran’s efforts to bypass U.S. sanctions. The United States...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Archive photo: GPO/Mark Neiman.

Israel to expedite investment in the developing world

The Cabinet will, at its weekly meeting on Sunday, 15 July 2018, will decide to join the global effort for international development. Israel will create solutions for development goals that have been set by the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the Azerbaijan President Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev on Dec. 13, 2016. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

First-ever delegation from Azerbaijan visits Israel during US embassy opening

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On May 14, as the United States was inaugurating its new embassy in Jerusalem, senior officials from Azerbaijan visited Israel for a first-ever meeting meant to strengthen economic ties between Israel the two countries. An...

‘Tech-un Olam’: Growing business ties between Israel and ‘Silicon Prairie’

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Government officials, industry leaders and corporate executives from the Midwest are hoping to cultivate economic development between Israel and “Silicon Prairie”: Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, South Dakota, North...

The True Path to Prosperity

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It’s often thought that Democrats care about fairness and not economic growth, while Republicans care about growth even at the cost of some fairness. Rubbish. Growth and fairness aren’t opposites. In reality, Democrats are the...