Iran Khodro and SAIPA say they want to export 30% of their cars to regional markets. Question: which countries would buy?

Iranian car companies at the minimum are another three years…

Financial sanctions have in a sense been good for Iranian companies, they have allowed time for local companies to develop their own technological skills and boost local job creation. After all…

Iran’s baby boomer generation is now entering prime parenting territory with the age of marriage at 26 for women and over 30 for men on average in Tehran according to recent figures released by…

For decades university degrees and higher education were recognized as the way to a more prosperous future.

After all, university graduates, on average, earn several times more than…

On more occasions than one following the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran’s auto industry experts and pundits have said on and off the record that China’s auto relations with Iran…

A one-day conference was held in the Irish capital Dublin on July 6 to survey Iran's post-sanctions investment opportunities.

The event, organized by the Irish Republic's state-owned…

One of the major issues for Iranians is getting credit. The monumental hurdles for acquiring personal loans are apparent, and even the recently introduced charge cards by some banks still remain a…

It’s no secret that almost 90% of all startups globally disappear before their first anniversary. Of the remaining 10% many are on the way out in the second and third year.  

Feature phones are the old-style mobiles we used before smartphones came around. Now most of us spend a lot of time messaging friends on Telegram, giving our fingers an ache from scrolling up and…

Over the past several years there has been a significant shift in how Iranians purchase new cars with the beginnings of broader range of cars and the flurry of financial incentives to support…

It’s that time again, two new phones have been released since you bought your beloved ‘flagship’ smartphone, and the battery is starting to become unreliable, but what are your options for buying…

Supermarket chains like the US’ Wal-Mart, Britain’s Morrisons and France’s Carrefour are all getting in the act to offer consumers online delivery.

In the past couple of years more than two dozen firms prepared themselves to join the newly emerging Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) market in Iran in the hope that with several new players…

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…

As part of Avatech Accelerator’s fourth round of startups, one company OTEX.ir is planning to sell cars via its website using at least two new novel methods.

A startup accelerator is a…

Smoking in Iran is at record levels, social observers and  national health groups say. Every day more and more people are taking up the habit, some as young as 13 years old, according to the…

Following a dressing down from the Persian Academy of Language and Literature over SAIPA’s new hatchback model named ‘Quick,’ the firm has so far failed to respond to the controversy, according to…

The Geneva Motor Show got underway this week in the luxurious Swiss city where a not very expensive watch can cost you $40,000 and a car the price of your house elsewhere.

Nevertheless most…

Online food ordering industry in Iran has gone from strength to strength in recent years with the many baby boomers (those born during and after the revolution in 1979) falling in love with …

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has had a troubled birth in Iran with Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting originally revoking the licenses of the first five providers of the service at the…

PSA Group’s announcement this week that they are looking to purchase the Opel/Vauxhall brands from General Motors is hardly surprising to many who know the European car market and its flagging…

Every car brand in the country and those looking to make market entry are attending this year’s Tehran Auto Show with the theme of the latest gathering appearing to be big cars. 

Big winners of Iran’s e-commerce boom in the past few years have made their brands household names. However, according to data released in January, these brands may have hit their peak. 

Chairman of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO), Mansour Moazami, told a press briefing at the opening of the new Punch Powertrain transmission manufacturing…

Donald Trump’s controversial order that Iranians and people from six other countries are banned from entering the US for a 90-day period ostensibly tries to paint a poor picture of people from…