Trump’s latest Iran sanctions reflect Washington’s enduring frustration where decades of economic pressure have inflicted heavy costs but failed to force Tehran to surrender strategic autonomy or political independence.

Iran and Tajikistan are making their boldest economic push yet, combining energy, transport and trade with plans to link Chabahar, Central Asia, Afghanistan and China into a broader Persian network.

Iran has developed a domestically produced nanocatalyst for TU5 engines, reducing precious-metal dependence and saving $500,000 per production batch while advancing automotive technology

Head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture Samad Hassanzadeh says the country’s economy has moved past the sharp downturn caused by the recent war, with economic activity resuming.

Iran’s Caspian Sea convention ratification debate centers on security, sovereignty and regional cooperation, with some stressing protection from outside powers while some others warn unresolved maritime boundaries, resource shares and territorial rights need to be settled first.

Iran’s renewable energy capacity has quadrupled in two years, as solar expansion, investment and domestic manufacturing push the sector beyond potential toward a growing economic force.

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has laid bare AI firms’ dependence on Qatari helium for chipmaking, disrupting supplies to Taiwan and South Korea and exposing the fragile physical foundations underpinning today’s technology industry.