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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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