EghtesadOnline: The Iranian government is moving ahead with a motion to lease state-owned dark fiber to the private sector to expand the national communications network.
EghtesadOnline: In the coming fiscal (2019-20), Iran government expects to earn 100 trillion rials ($864 million) from the ICT sector, down 9% compared to projected income for the current year that ends in March.
EghtesadOnline: The government has eased foreign exchange rules and allowed money exchangers to resume work at open market rates, as part of the latest rescue package intended to calm the volatile market.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s steel, metals and minerals trade with the world could be seriously hampered and limited to the local market, as the United States’ sanctions against the Islamic Republic are reimposed on Monday.
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani announced on Tuesday that he has ordered the Central Bank of Iran and the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade to publish the list of all individuals and firms that have received hard currency at the official rate of 42,000 rials.
EghtesadOnline: The government has banned the import of 1,339 commodities categorized as “non-essential goods with domestic counterparts”.
EghtesadOnline: The government has allocated $15 billion of foreign exchange to imports in the 50 days since the start of the current Iranian year on March 21.
EghtesadOnline: The government has allocated $15 billion of foreign exchange to imports in the 50 days since the start of the current Iranian year on March 21.