Online Gold Trade to Be Legalized: Gov’t 

The Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade in collaboration with the relevant unions will soon start issuing license for gold trade on the internet. 
According to Alireza Shahmirzaei, a deputy minister, the aim is to replace unauthorized trade, as is taking place in social media platforms, with authorized websites that will be licensed soon, Tasnim news agency quoted Shahmirzaei as saying. 
On concerns over legalizing online trading of the yellow metal, the official said, “The concerns must be studied in detail. Yes, they [opponents] do say that they are worried about people’s money, but their real intention could be something else.”