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EghtesadOnline: Despite the disqualification of a large number of reformist hopefuls, an Iranian lawmaker said the reformist camp is intent on increasing voter participation through advocating for the inclusion of candidates from all sides of the political spectrum in the upcoming parliamentary election.

EghtesadOnline: Symbol tickers of all companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange and Iran Fara Bourse (the junior equity market) were in the green Saturday amid renewed rush to buy shares.

EghtesadOnline: Tehran Stocks surged 28,543 points Sunday logging 3.7% growth to stand at 797,863 points, drawing nearer to the uncommon 800,000 points.

EghtesadOnline: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called on Iranians to fully participate in the Feb. 21 parliamentary election and make wise choices in order to form a strong legislature.

EghtesadOnline: Price of the US dollar reached 141,300 rials in Tehran’s open market on Sunday, the highest in the past nine months.

EghtesadOnline: Domestic gas consumption jumped to new highs on Tuesday reaching 693 million cubic meters per day, dispatching director at the National Iranian Gas Company said.

EghtesadOnline: Currency rates in Tehran’s market have been rising since last week after more than three months of relative calm.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s actual power generation is 59,000 megawatts and network load is projected to surpass 61 GW in summer. The 2,000 MW deficit will have to be compensated by load shedding and outages that will affect industries and households unless consumption declines in the hot season.