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Iran News
Chinese to build Iranian railway
The Chinese Railroads Minister will travel to Tehran on 12 September to sign the contract
Iran sells bonds for South Pars gas development ahead of schedule
Bonds will be used to finance development of gas fields
Namvaran emerges as frontrunner Assaluyeh methanol plant
Delayed Iran-Venezuela joint venture could be awarded within two weeks
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UAE considers buying $7bn missile defence system
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Iran's ports see 5.4 per cent increase in traffic
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Mahan Air denied fuel at Birmingham airport
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Iran’s gasoline consumption down 12 per cent
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Iran begins loading Bushehr nuclear power plant
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Iran unveils first unmanned bomber
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Iran and Venezuela review joint venture methanol plans
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Iran extends Marjan methanol plant deadline
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Iran’s Turquoise Partners raises $2.8m for mutual fund
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Iran's Dana Insurance initial public offering raises $14m
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Iran set to launch first nuclear power plant
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Gulf Air not threatened by Iran's demand
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Iran to launch first initial public offering on 17 August
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Crescent Petroleum denies Iran gas deal is off
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Shell scales back Iran office
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Toyota suspends exports to Iran
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Iraq confirms Iranian gas import deal
Iran Analysis
Tehran switches trade strategy
New international sanctions targeting fuel trade into Iran are having mixed results
Maintaining the Iran market rally
Tehran needs the outside world if its stock exchange is to sustain its stellar performance
Iran capital markets
Six key officials leading the development of Iran’s capital markets: Hassan Ghalibaf Asl, Seyyed Shamseddin Hosseini, Morteza Khazanedari, Ali Salehabadi, Gholamreza Kord-Zanganeh and Mahmoud Bahmani
Gulf projects will be driven by demand
The region’s projects market has remained resilient in the face of the downturn
Iran Special Reports
Special Report: Power & Water
The top GCC power and water developers are preparing for a surge in business over the next two years
Special Report: Gulf Aviation and Airports
The global aviation industry has had to grapple with an unprecedented series of problems in the past three years: Soaring fuel prices; a severe economic recession; the threat of a swine flu pandemic; and, most recently, the closure of European airspace brought about by a lingering plume of volcanic ash from Iceland
Special Report: Metals & Mining - Gulf states target copper
The Middle East is well placed to take advantage of a anticipated surge in global copper prices. Saudi Arabia is leading the way in mining its copper deposits, with two new mines in the kingdom scheduled to start commercial production by the end of 2011, the largest of which, the Jabal Sayid project, will produce 57,000 tonnes a year of copper in concentrate.
Iran Data
Completions add to summer slowdown
With few new projects being launched, the seasonal lull across the region continues
Gulf Projects: 19 August 2010: Bahrain records biggest growth
Little activity in most markets
Gulf Projects 12 August 2010: Riyadh and Baghdad sustain market
At its peak, at the start of 2009, the value of projects planned or under way in the Gulf topped $3 trillion, according to projects tracker MEED Projects. The GCC accounted for about $2.6bn.
Financial crisis highlights need for Middle East and North Africa to diversify
The economies of the Middle East and North Africa region were better placed than many in the world to weather the global economic downturn but their need to stimulate sustainable growth is no less pressing
Middle East and North Africa states are coping with financial crisis
Masood Ahmed, director of the International Monetary Fund Middle East and Central Asia department, assesses the prospects for the Middle East and North Africa as the region recovers from the downturn
Iran struggles to cut subsidies
If Iran is to become self-sufficient and have a fair and competitive market, its plan to cut state subsidies and introduce real market prices must go ahead, in spite of a likely angry backlash from the public
