Iranian carpet weavers with or without social security?
Only 40% of the country’s carpet weavers are insured by the Social Services. The head of the National Carpet Center, Hamid Kargar, has said that one million people weave carpets professionally out of which 700 thousand work full time and 300 thousand work part time.
Even though the regulations for insuring carpet weavers and other hand craft professionals was passed by the parliament in 2009, up to now only 40% of carpet weavers are insured. Based on this law, 7% of insurance cost is to be paid by the weaver and 20% is to be paid by the government. Mr. Kargar cites the lack of cooperation from Omid Entrepreneurial Fund as the reason for the low number of people insured. The only condition for being insured for carpet weavers is holding an official skill certificate from a vocational training center.
Source: National Carpet Center of Iran
Telegram voice call may or may not reach Iran?
Iran is one of the largest markets of Telegram, an instant messaging app. Although, Telegram has recently launched its audio service, but it is not clear whether it will be available in Iran as well. The reason is that mobile operators in Iran fear this new service would hit their income. Latest statistics released by Telegram show that there are 24 million users in Iran. Whatsapp call service is available in Iran (despite Dubai), as its subscribers in Iran remain at least 10 million less than those of telegram.
Ministry of ICT has left the operators and Telegram to reach an agreement on their own.
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Source: Ministry of ICT, National Centre for Cyberspace
55% growth in the number of ATMs
Banking system in Iran is still not fully connected to the global system. But inside the country, it is developing further. Over the last four years, 15,000 new ATMs have been installed. Therefore, there are 70 ATMs for every 100,000 adults in Iran.
After lifting the sanctions, Wincor-Nixdorf, German corporation of banking hardware producer, decided to resume its activities in Iran. The merger with the American Diebold Inc. in 2016, kept it back. Although the return for Nixdorf seems to be easier, NCR still remains out of the market.
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Source: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance
Shiraz International Airport goes for renew
The Government has approved the development of Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport with an estimated budget of 2400 billion IRR (74 million USD).
Thus, Iran Airport Company (IAC) can enter a contract with the Company for the Construction and Launch of Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport Passenger Terminals whose shares are owned by Boland Tabaghe Company, an infrastructure contractor.
The contract is for the construction of passenger terminals, car parks, the airport compound, aircraft hangars, airport aprons and the powerhouse for Shiraz International Airport.
The contractor was selected via negotiations and is responsible for financing the project up to delivery and launch. The Iran Airport Company has committed to pay 15% of the costs initially.
