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Dubai Crackdown Hits Iran's Economic Lifeline, Squeezes IRGC Networks
Dubai Crackdown Hits Iran's Economic Lifeline, Squeezes IRGC Networks
By Negar Mojtahedi of Iran International
The arrest of dozens of IRGC-linked money changers in the United Arab Emirates is one of the most serious blows yet to Tehran’s sanctions-evasion network, laying bare how heavily the Islamic Republic has depended on Dubai as an economic lifeline.
Sources familiar with the matter told Iran International that UAE authorities detained dozens of money changers tied to financial entities linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, shut down associated companies and closed their offices. The crackdown follows days of...
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