Iran: Open For Telecommunication Connections
November 2nd, 2016
Via The Iran Project, a report on Iran’s telephony market: When Twitter’s Jack Dorsey tweeted Hassan Rouhani in 2013 to ask if any of the citizens of his country were able to read the Iranian president’s tweets, he probably did not expect a response. To the surprise of many in the West, Mr Rouhani quickly […]
Read more »Iran Opens A New Chapter For China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
October 29th, 2016
Via The Iran Project, a look at the role Iran can play in the success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): An economic and political analysis of Pakistan believes that Iran can play an important role in the success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), opening a new chapter of cooperation. Speaking to a reporter […]
Read more »Iran: Potential To Become A Strategic Metal Producer
September 17th, 2016
Via The Iran Project, a look at Iran’s mining potential: Iran’s first titanium production plant will be up and running in the next six months, the manager of the Kahnuj titanium pilot project says. The plant with a capacity to produce 2 tonnes of titanium pigments per day is at the phase of equipment installation in […]
Read more »Axis Of Data: Iran To Carry Internet Traffic Between East And West
September 9th, 2016
Via TechRasa, an article on Iran’s ambitions to become a data transit hub: Iran is planning to further develop its infrastructure in order to become an internet transit hub between the east and west. During the Iran Connect 2016 conference, Mahmoud Vaezi, Iran’s Minister of Communications announced that the country is looking forward to the new opportunities […]
Read more »Iran’s Real Estate Market: Unlikely To Boom Anytime Soon
August 2nd, 2016
Via Al Monitor, a look at Iran’s real estate market: Signals from the Iranian real estate market suggest that a recovery is on the way, after an almost three-year-long recession. Yet there are contradictory statements being made about the likelihood of a property boom. Indeed, those who are practically engaged in the housing industry are […]
Read more »Iran’s Shanghai Dream
July 25th, 2016
Via Foreign Affairs, an interesting article on the pros and cons of Iran joining China’s security club: In late June, during the 15th annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a China-led security bloc, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the signing of the U.S.-Iranian nuclear deal and the lifting of UN sanctions meant that […]
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