EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran attracted billions of dollars in foreign investments in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20 and it will continue to focus on absorbing foreign funds this year, its governor said, as he outlined his bank’s measures for realizing this goal.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani has ordered the National Development Fund of Iran to prepare a plan to attract foreign investments, according to a board member of the fund who also referred to measures taken for boosting foreign relations through other channels.

EghtesadOnline: The volume of foreign investments attracted during the previous fiscal year (ended March 20, 2018) registered a notable increase compared with the previous year, the head of the Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran said.

EghtesadOnline: An entity established by Iran's private sector for attracting foreign investments mainly by identifying and introducing feasible projects has begun its work in earnest in recent months.

EghtesadOnline: Foreign investors have invested about $8 billion in Iran’s debt market so far this fiscal year (started March 21), Managing Director of Iran Fara Bourse Amir Hamouni said.