Support for Online Businesses

The plan to support online businesses on domestic platforms, approved in the sixth meeting of the digital economy working group held in Tehran, was unveiled on Nov. 1.
The ministries of ICT, economy, industries, cooperatives, defense and culture, as well as the Plan and Budget Organization, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the Central Bank of Iran and the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology have approved the plan’s regulations.
The regulations have been devised in the form of 14 articles that stipulates 20 types of legal protection for domestic platforms and businesses, ICTNA reported.
Various payment channels, hardware infrastructure, incentives for setting up businesses in science and technology parks and discounts for advertising on the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting have been foreseen for business platforms.