EghtesadOnline: The newly-appointed minister of industries, mining and trade has called for eliminating a rule that obliges domestic automakers to scrap old cars in exchange for new car production.

EghtesadOnline: The government has passed new rules that require auto importers to scrap 2-8 old cars for each imported unit.

EghtesadOnline: Some 700,000 old cars will be scrapped by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2018), the deputy head of Iran’s Transportation and Fuel Management Headquarters said.