Lavish Malls Sprout Up To Attract Iranian Elite
January 20th, 2015
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at Iran’s numerous shopping mall developments: The low rumble of powerful engines reverberated against the high-rises of Zaferanieh, an upmarket neighborhood, as Porsches and Mercedeses lined up to enter the multistory parking lot of a fancy new shopping mall, the Palladium, the latest addition to Tehran’s shopping […]
Read more »Iran Shares Cast A Spell
September 15th, 2014
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at the Tehran Stock Exchange: The best performing stock market in the world in 2013 was up 130 per cent last year*. The country it serves has a population of nearly 80m, some 40 per cent of whom are under the age of 24. It has one of […]
Read more »Iran: Fourth In Crude Oil Reserves, Second In Natural Gas
July 24th, 2014
Via Eurasia Review, a detailed look at Iran’s energy profile: Iran holds some of the world’s largest deposits of proved oil and natural gas reserves, ranking as the world’s fourth-and second-largest reserve holder of oil and natural gas, respectively. Iran also ranks among the world’s top 10 oil producers and top 5 natural gas producers. […]
Read more »Turkmen Natural Gas Through Iran
May 12th, 2014
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at a potential land route for Turkmen gas to Europe: With Russian opposition to the Trans-Caspian pipeline likely to impede its construction for the short to medium term, Turkmenistan is looking for a land route to reach European consumers. The pipeline network has about 10 billion cubic meters […]
Read more »Iran’s Plans to Export Natural Gas to Europe Face Obstacles
May 10th, 2014
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), some interesting analysis of Iran’s desire to export natural gas to Europe: A man walks along South Pars natural gas field facilities in the southern Iranian port of Asalouyeh on Jan. 22. Summary Iran has ramped up its rhetoric about possible deliveries of Iranian natural gas to Europe in the […]
Read more »Iran Bullish On Oil Potential
April 9th, 2014
Via Energy Daily, a report on Iran’s oil potential: Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Zanganeh said the country is bent on increasing the level of oil production despite Western economic sanctions. Zanganeh told the Oil Ministry’s official news site, Shana, the Iranian government wasn’t waiting for the United States and its allies to relax sanctions on […]
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