Can Iran’s private banks make a difference? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

Jan 3, 2014

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the head office of the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) in Tehran November 9, 2008. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) - RTXAEWW — An Iranian flag flutters in front of the head office of the Export Development Bank of Iran in Tehran, Nov. 9, 2008. — REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

Will Iran merge banks owned by military institutions?

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

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A money changer holds Iranian rial banknotes as he waits for customers in Tehran's business district January 7, 2012. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTR2VZCL

Iran slashes interest rates to boost economy

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Stock market employees work at Tehran's Stock Exchange, Iran, January 17, 2016. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - RTX22Q7R

Iran’s Bank Mellat loses 37.5% in share value in one day

Alireza Ramezani

Alireza Ramezani

Iranians check economic diagrams on their laptops while monitoring a stock market activity board at the stock exchange in the capital Tehran on July 27, 2015. Iran's central bank chief said that Iran has assets of $29 billion in overseas banks that could be unlocked under a nuclear deal struck on July 14, far less than reported estimates of over $100 billion. AFP PHOTO / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Iran's central bank must regulate unlicensed actors

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics