Iran says a certain number of small European banks have agreed to work with the country several months after the removal of the sanctions. Parviz Aghili, head of the private Middle East Bank in Tehran, has told AFP that the banks that are now preparing to work with Iran are from Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey and Belgium. Aghili ...

The head of Middle East Bank, Irans privately-owned bank, said European investment funds are regularly visiting his Tehran offices to express interest in investing in the country once sanctions are lifted. The bank has received groups of investors on a weekly basis since negotiators announced a framework to a final nuclear deal in Switzerland on ...