EghtesadOnline: MasterCard does not have any direct links with Iran due to the primary sanctions still in place, said the Central Bank of Iran’s head of Communications and Information Technology Department.

EghtesadOnline: International credit cards, namely Visa and MasterCard , were slated to enter Iran, but they didn’t.

EghtesadOnline: MasterCard Inc said on Tuesday it had expanded its deal with payment processor PayPal Holdings Inc, which would allow customers to use PayPal's payment services in stores.

EghtesadOnline: Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi said that the Iranians' problem in their international payments has been resolved as they can now apply to the Iranian Post Company and receive their international MasterCard .