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Banks: The Esfandiar’s Eye of the System 15 Dec 2025

Banks: The Esfandiar’s Eye of the System

The term Esfandiar’s Eye (Equal to Achilles’Heel) comes from Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (One of Iran’s famous poet’s work) and refers to a point of weakness or vulnerability. According to the epic, King Goshtasp subjected his son, Esfandiar, to the seven trials to restrain Rostam and bathed him in the sacred waters to strengthen him. While his body became resilient and toughened, his eyes remained unprotected. Rostam eventually struck him in the eyes with a thorn arrow, bringing him down.

Foreign ministry raps Bahrain’s ruling against Iranian banks 02 Apr 2020

Foreign ministry raps Bahrain’s ruling against Iranian banks

The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has slammed the Bahraini government’s ruling against a number of Iranian banks.

Second cyberattack in less than a week; ICT minister 16 Dec 2019

Second cyberattack in less than a week; ICT minister

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s ICT minister announced on Sunday that the country has defused a second cyberattack in less than a week, this time “aimed at spying on government intelligence.” Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said in a short Twitter post that the attack was “identified and defused by a cybersecurity shield,” and that the […]