Since the formation of the Silk Road, Persians established themselves as very talented merchants. If ancient Chinese and Indians struggled to sell their products, they were advised to give it to a Persian trader. “They […]
Over the past years, if not decades, we have got used not to take seriously the government’s economic forecasts. However, it seems that we should get used to take even international institutions’ forecasts not seriously […]
After defining the plan to make electricity gratis, now the government is considering to design another plan for water. But, there seems to be a big difference between these two. If you remember, we didn’t […]
Have you also heard that journalists are used to exaggerate news to sell them better? This is what many people say about them (us).Indeed, we would like to present a fact which confirms this claim.Ten […]
We just watch as butterflies from Iranian tables toward the sky, like many other products: cheese, eggs, meat, rice, etc.* The method is now a classic: first there are rumors that the price of a […]
IEB: which city in the world has the cheapest subway system? A clever reader: Tehran! otherwise why should you have started an Iranian economic newsletter with this question?! IEB: Wrong! The correct answer is “Pyongyang”. […]
One of the things we love to do in Iran, is fighting corruption. And we do it really good. Few years ago, to fight smuggling cell-phones and smartphones, the Government launched a plan according to […]
Q: What is the most used chemical product these days we are using all around the world? A: Alcohol. Q: Who discovered the alcohol? A: Abū Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzī. Q: Where was he […]
Fertility rate in Iran drops and it shows that perhaps Iranian households have become wiser and are making less babies! The saying goes like “no pain, no gain”, but learning from parents, it would go […]
Iranians consume about 120,000 tones of tea in a year. There was a time when Iranian tea production was making 58% of this market, but today it is less than 17%. One of the reasons […]
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