Iran has relied on cryptocurrency rails to evade sanctions from the U.S. and its allies. Blockchain research firm Chainalysis estimates that Iranian cryptocurrency holdings reached $7.8 billion in ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei used a famous quote from William Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” on Monday to ridicule Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claim about seizing $1 ...

Baqaei posted a video of Bessent from the Reagan National Economic Forum last month, where the Treasury Secretary said the U.S. had seized “about a billion dollars” in Iran’s digital assets. “Just ...