EghtesadOnline: A total of 229 new cooperatives were registered during the fourth month of the current Iranian year (June 22-July 22), which shows a 30% decline compared with the corresponding period of last year, latest data released by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare's Statistics and Strategic Data Center show.

EghtesadOnline: Iran Fara Bourse, over-the counter stock market based in Tehran, was ranked second in terms of value and volume of trade and the number of stockbroker companies handling IFB trade in 2018 among 15 members of the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS).

EghtesadOnline: Rapidly declining water resources has impelled the government to increase the number of plains from which water withdrawal is banned from 15 in 1968 to 405 now -- up 2,600%.