EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 7.99 quadrillion rials ($28.48 billion) worth of investments were made in industrial units with establishment permits issued by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, while 1.52 quadrillion rials ($5.42 billion) were invested in projects with operating licenses during the current Iranian year’s first eight months (March 21-Nov. 21).

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism has identified 30 target countries (out of 84 under study) to attract tourists from.

EghtesadOnline: The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has come up with a roadmap to streamline the country’s tenancy market.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Defense Ministry plans to invest 10 trillion rials ($87.7 million) in local knowledge-based companies active in the field of defense technologies.

EghtesadOnline: UNIDO has held talks with the Iranian Information and Communications Technology Ministry ’s top brass to help Iranian startups establish a foothold in neighboring countries.