Foreign Direct Investment in Iran

Ever since the government of President Ebrahim Raisi took office in August 2021, Russia has made the biggest volume of investment in Iran, according to deputy economy minister Ali Fekri.

Foreign direct investment into Iran declined almost 10% in 2020 compared to the year before, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Based on data…

Iranians usually opt for investing directly in the stock market and are less inclined to let investment funds or asset managers to trade on their behalf. In most countries the opposite is the…

After the implementation of the historic international deal on Iran’s nuclear program in 2015, the country has managed to attract $14 billion worth of foreign investments, the head of the…

Having attracted some $12.2 billion worth of foreign direct investment, Iran was the second biggest FDI destination in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2016, according to the latest…

In a bid to attract foreign investments to Iran and pitch commercial opportunities to international bidders, Iran Privatization Organization is holding talks with UK investment banks and private…

 President Hassan Rohani has regularly reminded foreign companies of the investment attraction of Iran because of its massive market. Just recently, the government announced major tax breaks…