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  1. Aug 21

    Want to know what it's like to report on the story while under surveillance? Meet journalist and author , who talks about overcoming the challenges he faced while reporting from inside regime-controlled Syria.

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    Aug 19
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    Interesting work! We just looked at the Iran top 500 company list and found 291 were Bonyad-linked.

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    Aug 17

    Just met someone who didn’t know “what to believe about . Were there chemical attacks? Was responsible? Are ‘terrorists’?” I said: Yes. Yes. And No. All else is . I disspelled it in . Can’t believe it’s so rampant in .

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    Aug 13

    What happens when you report on an unpopular truth

    One of the last stories we did on Kassim Tajideen, a ‘kind of death': life on the US Treasury blacklist, has led to the dropping of all terrorism charges
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    Aug 13
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    A bold and important piece of reporting, both now and then

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    Aug 12

    One of the last stories we did on Kassim Tajideen, a ‘kind of death': life on the US Treasury blacklist, has led to the dropping of all terrorism charges

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  7. Aug 5

    Here's a rare look inside , 's most secretive bonyad.

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  8. Aug 5

    In 2013, published the first English-language comprehensive report on , 's most secretive bonyad. takes a deep dive and updates this report.

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    Jul 29

    From the archives: in the 1960s . The march toward modernity coincided with Ayatollah Khomeini’s exile to Najaf in 1964, and the assassination of the secular prime minister Hassan Ali Mansour just a few months later.

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    Jul 22

    With the Strait of Hormuz so in the news, thought I'd post my 2012 article on celebrating Persian New Year there on a boat, during a sandstorm: Onion farmers, Avril Lavigne, Zam-Zam cola, Shah Abbas, Nowruz on the Hormuz.

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    Jul 22

    Unlike Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Telegram, Instagram is freely available in Iran. looks at why, with insights from and Heidi Ghavidel-Syooki of

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    Jul 20

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    Jul 1

    Our media debut - according to ⁦⁦⁩ “the structure of the economy makes it very hard to do any business in Iran without even inadvertently violating the US sanctions.” - INSTEX: Doubts linger over Europe's Iran sanctions workaround

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  14. Jul 1

    Our first media mention! via

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    Jun 28

    Been hearing about our work but don’t know who’s behind it? Meet the Analysts in our pilot podcast - ⁦⁩

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    Jun 28

    New Iran sanctions symbolic? Our research shows that the economic prowess of the Supreme Leader is unparalleled. Though touted as the political and spiritual figurehead, he maintains strong economic ties with the IRGC. Our white paper on the topic

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  17. Jun 27

    Our pilot episode introduces two of our analysts who spent years reporting inside Iran. They devoted the past few years to mapping the Iranian economy from the ground up

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    Jun 25

    Good overview by on what extent of sanctions on Iran supreme leader could look like

    Here are some of the major foundations under the control of ’s supreme leader, who has been hit by US sanctions
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  19. Jun 27

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    Jun 25

    Confused about how ’s opaque economy works and what gets sanctioned? Here’s a primer. ⁦⁩ - Bonyads | An Introduction - Doublethink

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