Dubai's financial hub under US sanctions pressure

Aerial view of Dubai's financial district with skyscrapers and highway interchanges — the city whose bank was cut off from the dollar over links to Iran's shadow networks

An aerial shot of Dubai's business district shows glass towers, dense highway interchanges and coastal development against the sea horizon. This global financial hub found itself at the center of a scandal after the US cut a local bank off from the dollar for servicing Iran's shadow networks worth $1.8 billion. The image underscores the scale of an economy now facing the fallout from Washington's sanctions policy.

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