• Khosro Kalbasi
  • There are dozens of online guides for travelers on what they should pack before visiting Iran. This is a guide to what applications you can install on your smart devices before hitting the road…

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  • Local developers and technology-based businesses have started uploading their applications on alternative Android and iOS app markets en masse to counter a recent unprofessional move by Apple…

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  • French auto companies are gradually making a comeback to Iran (PSA Group, Renault) and now one of the largest French inspection and testing firms is set to offer services to local businesses.…

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  • A web hosting business in the Netherlands, Resello, has stopped offering services to Iranians. The company cites “sanctions by the international community” as the reason for the move.

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  • Iran’s major Internet service provider Shatel Group (aka Arya Rasana Tadbir Co.) started offering Mobile Virtual Network Operator services on September 2.

    The service was launched at a…

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  • Iran Auto Importers Association has filed a complaint against the Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Mojtaba Khosrotaj.

    In a drastic move five weeks ago, the TPO stopped…

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  • The Office of Foreign Assets Control, the US Treasury Department’s financial intelligence watchdog says Apple is not prohibited from hosting Iranian applications.

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  • During the past decade, continent by continent, Renault has bought out bankrupt companies and transformed them into profit-making production centers. Now the French business is on a similar…

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  • In an underhand move Apple Inc. has once again removed applications of several Iranian companies from the company’s iOS App Store.

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  • Cumbersome regulations imposed by the government on the one hand and unbridled prices charged by voracious auto importers on the other are set to impose new costs on customers.

    Last…

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  • French carmaker Renault has signed the long-awaited trilateral production deal with Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran and a local private company Negin Khodro (aka Naseh…

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  • Following success in Tehran and other major cities, Iran’s first low-cost ride hailing app, Snapp, has started offering services in the northeastern shrine city of Mashhad, capital of Khorasan…

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  • The main hurdle in the way of implementing Renault’s joint venture deal with the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) ostensibly is the country’s weak auto parts…

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  • The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has announced a proposal, the implementation of which is certain to tighten the grip of Iran Khodro and SAIPA, the largest state-controlled automakers…

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  • Last winter authorities in Tehran in an unexpected move put an end to gray imports of vehicles depriving the sector of almost half the resources and channels used for auto imports.

    Gray…

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  • The head of Iran Auto Importers Association, Farhad Ehteshamzad, is of the opinion that cumbersome regulations related to the auto import sector are unwarranted leaning on imprudence, and…

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  • Data regarding production of CNG hybrid vehicles indicate a 6.3% year-on-year decline during the last fiscal year that ended in March.

    According to the Ministry of Industries, Mining and…

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  • Snapp, Tap30, and Carpino are three ride-hailing applications which have become regular discussions at the dining table in Tehran. The services have radically transformed how people use cars and…

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  • Volkswagen is on the verge of signing a deal with a new Iranian auto manufacturer, according to reports from Tehran.

    In the past few months, the German automaker has been in discussion with…

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  • All major international automakers have rushed to take the lion’s share of Iran’s auto market and Renault was no exception, after the western sanctions against Iran were lifted.

    Throughout…

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