Beijing will invest close to $400 billion in Iran’s infrastructure and energy sector under a 25-year cooperation agreement
An equivalent deal with India assumes significance given that India was among Iran’s top oil customers till the sanctions took effect. A new compact with oil-rich Iran will help the world’s third largest oil consumer deal with high energy prices.
State-run oil companies such as ONGC and Oil India were also jointly exploring oil and gas in the Gulf country. An Indian consortium discovered the Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf. New Delhi has also played a role in building Iran’s infrastructure. Both sides agreed to continue cooperation in the development of the Shahid Behesti terminal of Chabahar port during Kani’s November visit.
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/iran-offers-china-style-strategic-deal-for-india-11671381480204.html
The report said that the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) holds accounts with the Bank of Kunlun Co Ltd, a China National Petroleum Corp unit. Quds-controlled Iranian companies, including one called Bamdad Capital Development Co, initiate transfers from these accounts to either Chinese entities directly controlled by the Quds or to Chinese entities owed money by the Quds, such as Shenzhen Lanhao.
“The money transfers from accounts held by the CBI with Bank Kunlun are initiated by the Quds Force and transferred to Chinese companies connected to the Quds Force in order to meet its financial needs,”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-sanctions-china-exclusive-idUSKCN0J20CE20141119
The Bank Melli Iran (BMI) has dismissed a claim by US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) that it has been funneling "billions of dollars" to its Iraqi branch in order to fund militias.
https://www.albawaba.com/business/iran-bank-slams-us-claims-illegal-money-transfer-iraq-baseless-1220552
Iranian member of parliament, Ezzatollah Yousefian Molla, revealed the “disappearance” of nine billion dollars in hard currency amid the economic crisis facing Iran with the collapse of the riyal against the US currency.
Iranian news agency Tasnim quoted Molla, who is a member in the parliamentary committee for planning and budgeting, as saying that the money allocated for backing the import of basic commodities paid for by hard currency is $11 billion , but a stock of the expenditures done, showed only a sum of $2.5 billion , while there was no clue to what happened with the rest of the allocated money which was around $9 billion.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2018/08/09/Iranian-MP-says-nine-billion-dollars-went-missing-amid-the-collapse-of-Riyal
TCCIMA has announced on its website that money transfer services between Banca Popolare di Sondrio and 20 Iranian banks has been established and as agreed transfer service fee will be 0.15%. This means for every €1,000 there is a fee of €1.5 which is a low rate comparing with high fees Iranian firms had to pay during the International sanctions against Iran.
Foreign ministry has announced the list of 20 Iranian banks which have the possibility of direct transfer of money with Banca Popolare di Sondrio and it consist of Saman Bank, Parsian Bank, Bank Pasargad, Tejarat Bank, Bank Mellat, Bank Melli, Bank of Industry and Mine, Middle East Bank, Karafarin Bank, Bank Sepah, Keshavarzi Bank, Export Development Bank of Iran, Shahr Bank, Bank Hekmat Iraninan, Refah Kargaran Bank, Sarmayeh Bank, Day Bank, Tourism Bank, Sina Bank and Tose’e Ta’avon Bank.
https://shandaconsult.com/possibility-direct-money-transfer-italian-bank-iranian-banks/
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