Nearly a year has passed since the US implemented economic, financial and trade sanctions on Iran covering key sectors, while those on its oil and gas industry took effect last November. This is a long enough period enough to assess their impact and reveal Iran’s evasion techniques, which it has used extensively in over 40 years. Although the Trump administration is more serious than previous ones when it comes to enforcing sanctions, there are still twisted methods being sought by the mullah regime in Tehran to circumvent them and make use of neighbouring countries’ markets or by co-opting regimes. These devious methods are usually determined in neighbouring countries, some of whom are even allies of the US. The first of these double-dealing tactics was exposed by an Iraqi leak, […]