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Iran: Special Economic Zones and Trade-Industrial Free Zones Map
Iran has been making great strides towards bolstering its economy and proving itself an attractive investment destination. The key factors driving the country’s economic growth are the Iran Special Economic Zones and the Iran Trade-Industrial Free Zones.
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Riyadh-Tehran reconciliation sponsored by Beijing, what next?
Iran and Saudi Arabia, longtime regional rivals, have agreed to resume friendly diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies after Chinese-led negotiations in Beijing. The two governments announced the agreement via their respective state media agencies and China’s Xinhua News Agency.
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Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union signed an agreement on a Free Trade Zone
The agreement on creating a Free Trade Zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union stressed the rising diplomatic and economic efforts that Tehran and Russia are sustaining to counter Western sanctions and find alternative solutions for their economies and import-export activities.
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Protests in Iran: popular demand or enemy provocations?
The mass demonstrations that swept Iran in the past months have subsided significantly, but the protest mood in the country does not fade away. This analysis investigated international interest in Iranian protests and national political parties.
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Russian economy is shifting toward Eurasian markets through Iran
The Western sanctions against Russia caused by the Ukraine conflict have changed the Kremlin’s foreign policy, which currently seems to be more oriented toward the Eurasian market, as the recent Iran-Russia trade conference highlighted.
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Russia and Iran intensify trade and economic ties
While the Western world is increasingly moving away from Russian exports, Moscow and Tehran are taking measures to intensify trade and economic cooperation, as evidenced by intensive negotiations between the parties.
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Japanese interests in Iranian ports and the Persian Gulf
The recent meeting between the Japanese Ambassador in Iran and the head of the Ports and Navigation Department of the Hormozgan province to discuss investments underlined Japan’s interests in expanding maritime cooperation in the Persian Gulf exploiting the Iranian ports’ role.
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Iran promotes gas projects in Qatar
The Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi arrived in Doha to attend the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) and probably sign several Memorandum of Understandings, most notably to realise a crucial underwater project that will connect Iran and Iraq.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) boost trade partnership and investments in Iran
The United Arab Emirates expressed their interests in increasing investments and trade with Iran whose geographical position in the Middle East and connections with the Caucasus and Central Asia plays a strategic role in international trade and relations.
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In Lebanon politicians and activists established the “National Council to End the Iranian Occupation”
The establishment of the National Council to End the Iranian Occupation in Lebanon, a significant development within the country’s political landscape, shed the light on sentiments held by a portion of the population towards Iran and its influential ally, Hezbollah.
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Taliban reported a meeting with Ahmad Massoud and Ismail Khan in Tehran
The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Taliban interim Government Amir Khan Muttaqi said that he had met with the head of the National Resistance Front Ahmad Massoud and the leader of the Herat militia Mohammad Ismail Khan in Tehran.
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Geopolitical del porto iraniano di Chabahar (Parte 3)
Il porto di Chabahar in Iran ha attratto l’attenzione di attori regionali e internazionali grazie alla sua capacità di influenzare le dinamiche geopolitiche e del commercio della regione eurasiatica (Parte 3)
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Geopolitica del porto iraniano di Chabahar (Parte 2)
Questo report si propone di analizzare l’importanza e il ruolo del porto di Chabahar per India, Afghanistan e Pakistan, attori direttamente coinvolti da questa infrastruttura insieme alla Repubblica Islamica dell’Iran (Parte 2)
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Geopolitica del porto iraniano di Chabahar (Parte 1)
Il porto iraniano di Chabahar, situato nel Golfo dell’Oman, è un progetto nato dalla collaborazione trilaterale fra Iran, Afghanistan ed India che potrebbe portare benefici per Teheran in materia di commercio e sviluppo economico (Parte 1).
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Why we should monitor the Iranian presidential election
The upcoming Iranian presidential election is among the 2021 most important geopolitical events because the future Iranian president might influence the Iran-United States negotiations on the Nuclear Deal, Tehran’s foreign policy and domestic economy strategy.