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Current and pre-revolution Iranian banknotes are displayed by a street money exchanger at Ferdowsi square, Tehran’s go-to venue for foreign currency exchange, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on August 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
July 31, 2026, 10:28 pm
Illicit Iranian gambling network helped pull off a $4 billion sanctions dodge
Gambling is banned in Islamic Republic, but Revolutionary Guards commandeered country’s largest betting websites to move money, including during war, Reuters investigation finds
By Gavin Finch, Feras Dalatey, Denise Ajiri, Tom Wilson and Farah Master
Exiled Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriela Passos)
July 29, 2026, 10:16 am
Regime change? Inside Reza Pahlavi’s faltering bid to lead Iran
Though prince in exile is still a leading figure in the struggle against the Islamic Republic, his overseas campaign was dismissed by Trump, marred by intra-opposition violence
By Steve Stecklow, Nathan Layne and Gavin Finch
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. pose outside Nasdaq in Times Square in New York on August 13, 2025 as World Liberty Financial and ALT5 Sigma ring the Nasdaq Stock Market opening bell. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
May 18, 2026, 12:49 pm
How Trump and Iran use the same industry networks for their growing crypto empires
Data shows Iran’s crypto exchange has processed at least $2.3 billion on the same two blockchains that the Trump family used to prop up their fledgling World Liberty Financial
By Tom Wilson and Gavin Finch
A member of Iran's security forces stands guard on an armored vehicle plastered with the pictures of, from left, Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei, his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei and founding Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, during the funeral procession of Revolutionary Guard commanders killed in the regional war, on March 11, 2026. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
May 1, 2026, 9:36 pm
Iran’s largest crypto exchange enables IRGC to move millions despite sanctions
Brothers who founded Nobitex in 2018 hid ties to powerful family that has advised and married into Khamenei and Khomeini clans; firm denies receiving government support
By Gavin Finch, Allison Martell, Denise Ajiri, James Pearson and Elizabeth Howcroft
FILE: Chinese YJ-17 anti-ship hypersonic missiles are seen during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing, September 3, 2025. (GREG BAKER / AFP)
February 24, 2026, 2:41 pm
‘Complete game-changer’: Iran close to buying supersonic anti‑ship missiles from China
Deal for purchase of CM‑302 missiles, with range of 180 miles, is nearing completion, though delivery date and quantity unclear; expert says they are ‘very difficult to intercept’
By Gavin Finch, Parisa Hafezi and John Irish
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