Near $34m worth of guarantees issued for small industries in 9 months

TEHRAN- Iran’s Small Industries Investment Guarantee Fund announced that guarantees worth 1.426 trillion rials (about $33.9 million) have been issued for the small industries during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21), IRNA reported on Monday.

Over $5b of loans paid to industrial units in 5 months

TEHRAN- Some 212.552 trillion rials (about $5.06 billion) of loans has been paid to 29,000 industrial units throughout the country during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), ILNA reported on Saturday.

SMEs account for 10% of exports in Iran

TEHRAN- Iran’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for just 10 percent of the country’s exports, according to the managing director of Small Industries Investment Making Fund.

Iran, South Korea join hands to develop startup business

TERHAN – Iran and South Korea to expand cooperation in the field of startup business in the future, IRIB reported on Saturday.

Annual exports of SMEs at $2.3b

TEHRAN- A top official from Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) announced that domestic small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) could export 2.3 billion of goods during the previous Iranian calendar year 1396 (ended March 20, 2018), IRNA reported on Saturday.

Small industries to offer 161,000 job opportunities in 4 years

TEHRAN - The head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization said during the next four years 161,000 new job opportunities will be created in 20,000 small industrial unites across the country, IRIB news reported on Tuesday.

ISIPO’s new head appointed

TEHRAN- Iranian Industry Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari appointed Sadeq Najafi as his deputy and the new head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO), IRNA reported on Saturday.

By Afshin Majlesi

Tehran crafts expo: A venue for dialogue

TEHRAN - During a visit to the 28th National Crafts Exhibition on Sunday, I gradually realized that many visitors, craftspeople, exhibitors, entrepreneurs and even officials are in ongoing dialogues, a phenomenon that was seemingly a prevailing feature of the event.