EghtesadOnline: The state-backed Omid Entrepreneurship Fund has paid 28 trillion rials ($112 million) in loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises, knowledge-based companies and startups since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 2020).

EghtesadOnline: A total of 1,170 industrial units located in Iran’s industrial parks and estates have been revived since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 20, 2020), the deputy head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization said.

EghtesadOnline: Small- and medium-sized manufacturers located in industrial estates in Iran exported 2.4 billion worth of goods in the last fiscal year that ended on March 19, 2020, accounting for 5.8% of Iran's total non-oil exports ($41.37 billion), the deputy minister of industries, mining and trade said.

EghtesadOnline: The banking system must spend the lion’s share of its resources on granting long-term loans to large enterprises, because of which small- and medium-sized enterprises ( SME s), as well as households, have fewer opportunities to take out small loans.

EghtesadOnline: Small- and medium-sized businesses, affiliated with Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization, exported $1.74 billion worth of goods during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 20-Sept. 21) to register a 16.7% growth compared with the similar period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: A total of 545 small- and medium-sized enterprises were revived during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 20-Aug. 21).