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Iran feels pinch as major banks curtail business - -

By Robin Wright

Iran Feels Pinch As Major Banks Curtail Business

U.S. Campaign Urges Firms to Cut Ties

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, March 26, 2007

More than 40 major international banks and financial institutions have either cut off or cut back business with the Iranian government or private sector as a result of a quiet campaign launched by the Treasury and State departments last September, according to Treasury and State officials.

The financial squeeze has seriously crimped Tehran's ability to finance petroleum industry projects and to pay for imports. It has also limited Iran's use of the international financial system to help fund allies and extremist militias in the Middle East, say U.S. officials and economists who track Iran.



    
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