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 […]
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 […]
In Iran we have plenty of certain things: Plenty of oil and gas: 9.5% of the world’s oil (which we currently cannot sell outside) and 17% of the global natural gas reserves. Producing over 350 […]
Living in Iran is very much fun. Why? Because it is rather like a video game. The only difference is that while for our foreign readers, it is more like “watching” (or reading) a video […]
5 O’clock in the morning, in Darakeh Square in north of Tehran, apart from few mountaineers who are slowly walking, barely anyone is on the road. After about 500 meters in an alley, crossing the […]
The past few weeks were witnessing very hard work to get our website back; and now that it is here we have to report only a bunch of worrying news. This is of course not […]
Question: can Tehran Stock Exchange Index influence the Iranian book market directly? Answer: yes, quite easily. In the past few weeks the sale of books on “capital market and investment” in bookstores has gone up […]
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