EghtesadOnline: Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari has put forth the idea of granting duty exemption to the imports of raw materials for essential goods transported by international shipping lines in a letter to First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has long relied on its cheap energy costs and abundance of raw materials to sustain its steel industry, having to forego development of new technologies due to years of stringent international sanctions over its nuclear program.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has huge reserves of mineral and hydrocarbon resources that have made the country to an attractive market for foreign investors.