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We are 5 years old!
Despite all these news pieces, some good, some bad and some strange, we would like to share our joy with you that our newsletter, Iran Economy in Brief, has become five years old! We started […]
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09.09.99 a very luxury birthdate
While some of us were showing off to others, that we had tomato in our salad yesterday, some other families had other serious problems. That was the date they wanted their baby to be born. […]
Agriculture
Tomatoes: the most political vegetables
The good news is that tomato prices which had started to sky rocket, finally have conceded. We have strongly concluded that tomatoes are very political and also that they belong to GOP, not only because […]
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After electricity, the govt considers making water gratis!
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 […]
Agriculture
How journalists’ exaggeration changes facts!
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 […]
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Fertility rate in Iran drops for the fifth year
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 […]
Agriculture
Excessive import of tea kills local production
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 […]
Agriculture
Export of saffron in Iran gets back on normal track
Since for weeks we brought you some worrying news, we thought to focus a little bit on the achievements, like the export of saffron during the three months of Spring. To this end, we rely […]
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700,000 businesses at danger due to Coronavirus
Since the removal of the Minister of Industry and Trade, no-one has yet replaced him and the Ministry is governed by a “manager”, Mr Ebrahim Dorosti. He warns about the small businesses at danger due […]
Agriculture
Rice price in Iran jumps three times
Few weeks ago, we reported on the increase in dairy products and poultry meat. This week, it’s “rice turn”! Rice price in Iran jumps three times. Since the speedy devaluation of the Rial in May […]