EghtesadOnline: Iran’s commercial attaché to Iraq, Nasser Behzad believes many economic players who are interested in making investments and conducting business activities outside Iran do not have accurate information on opportunities available in neighboring Iraq.

EghtesadOnline: T he development of Russian ports in the Caspian Sea will attract investors from Iran to North Caucasus, an advisor to the head of the North Caucasus Development Corporation, Nurali Rezvanov, said on Thursday.

EghtesadOnline: With the number of investors in Iran’s capital market having crossed the 11-million mark, the market’s penetration rate reached 40%, meaning four out of 10 Iranians trade shares in the domestic stock market.

EghtesadOnline: A report by Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said that during the first quarter of the current fiscal year that began on March 21, the money market registered the strongest performance in terms of returns on investment.

EghtesadOnline: Institutional investors accounted for the lion’s share of trading at Tehran Stock Exchange during the Iranian month of Dey (December 21-January 19).

EghtesadOnline: Presently 9.2 million investors are trading in Iran’s securities market, the head of Central Securities Depository of Iran said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s debt market is set to become even larger, as more governmental Islamic bonds are being issued.