EghtesadOnline: The Social Security Investment Company plans to issue put options for stocks of the Tehran Stock Exchange to help reassure investors that shares are worth buying.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s largest holding, the financially troubled Social Security Investment Company, also known by its Persian acronym Shasta , has called on the government to help finance several infrastructural projects undertaken by one of its subsidiaries.

EghtesadOnline: Morteza Lotfi has assumed the leadership of Iran’s largest holding, Social Security Investment Company.

EghtesadOnline: Share prices increased on Tuesday amid high sentiment. The main index of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, rose by 35,000 points in the early trading hours.

EghtesadOnline: Steep rise in the price of shares of Social Security Investment Company, known locally as Shasta , pushed up the benchmark of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, to new levels, threatening a temporary closure of the market.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s largest holding, Social Security Investment Company has announced plans for privatizing its subsidiaries.