Dec 3 (Reuters) - It was a flourishing packingbusinessin Iran's historic city of Isfahan, but the last two years of harsh economic sanctions brought the family enterprise to its knees. Owner Gholam Dolatmardian struggled to raise the funds to keep going but finally succumbed to the inevitable, laying off his 100-strong workforce and closing the doors ...

The preliminary deal with Iran over its nuclear program puts it back in business, at least for the next six months. The US has already unfrozen $7 billion of Iran's assets, said the IRNA news agency, quoting an Iranian government spokesperson. The preliminary deal with Iran over its nuclear program puts it back in business, at least for the next six ...

The United States and the European Union are still to make clear when they will ease economic sanctions against Iran after Tehran and world powers clinched a historic nuclear deal. Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - Britain, China, France, Russia and the US - plus Germany sealed an interim deal on November 24 to pave ...