Top Council Okays Launching Int’l Bourse

The High Council of Securities and Exchange, the main capital market policy-making body, has given the agreement in principle to set up an international equities exchange.  
This was announced by the Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi and Majid Eshqi, managing director of Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO).  
In a Twitter note, Khandouzi said the planned bourse would use foreign currency for financial needs and would be set up in one of the free economic zones in the country.