EghtesadOnline: The past year has been especially difficult for Iranians working or studying in China due to financial issues , but new bank-related challenges seem to have arisen for Iranian citizens conducting business with the country’s biggest trader partner as a result of policies concerning the US.

EghtesadOnline: Iran detained the brother of President Hassan Rouhani over unspecified “ financial issues ,” the state-run Tasnim news agency reported, citing the judiciary. A Chinese-American man also was given a 10-year prison sentence for allegedly “infiltrating” the country.