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Investing in Iran

Last activity 17 August 2020 by Fred

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Diksha

Hello everyone,

During your expatriation in Iran, you might have been made aware of interesting investment schemes (local or international). Whether one wants to make money grow, protect oneself or prepare for retirement, investment is always an attractive option. It is, however, never free of risk. Would you, therefore, like to share some practical information for other expats and expats to be?

Is the Iranian economy open to foreign investment? Do local authorities encourage investment (through formalities, tax etc.)?

What are the promising sectors to invest and do business in Iran?

Who do you turn to for information before investing your money? (organisation, professional, lawyer, consultant)

According to the sectors of activity and the projects, what budget should be foreseen for an investment in Iran?

What do you think are the pitfalls to avoid and what advice would you give someone who wants to invest?

Thanks in advance for your feedback,
Diksha

Emran86

Hi. lots of questions but good questions of course. I can answer them all but since the post is for a month ago, before i answer i gotta ask do you still wanna know?

Diksha

Hello Emran86,

I would highly encourage you to do so since the answers and advice you may provide could potentially be useful to our members on the Iran forum.

This topic is part of a series of topics which we regularly launch on the forum to enable interaction between members.

Go for it. You are the most welcome to get the conversation started around this subject :)

Thanks for your participation and showing interest,

Diksha
Team Expat.com

Emran86

These questions are great and useful but they don't have "one sentence" answers and they also change  both legally and practically. So I answer to the one question that has been the same for a while; the first one. Iran economy is open for foreign investors. There are two different methods: 1- Private investment, 2- Official investment.
1- Private investment: If you find a partner or a company willing to accept and invest your money or participation (equipment, market, work, ...) you can invest. It has the same legal protection as all other investments by nationals.
2- Official investment: It is the investment authorized by the government in authorized sectors. It has more protections and supports than an investment by an Iranian national and a private investment. It is good for big investments. The supports and protections in this type is for foreign investments only and a foreign investment is an investment with foreign origin even if the investor is Iranian.
The third type of foreign investment is investing in stock market. This is an official investment only so it can't be done with private methods. If you wanna buy shares of a company that is not in stock exchange market, it is again a private investment and only private investment so it will not get the protections that official investments have. Try to be careful in such cases and generally I don't recommend buying company shares in private transactions unless you are absolutely sure about the company and its members and directors. Also as it happened to a client of mine, you might confuse two things so I mention it: If you wanna buy a company's share that is not in stock market, remember: A company can not sell its shares, a shareholder can. So if you wanna buy shares, buy it from shareholders not the company itself even if there are many signed and stamped papers on behalf of the company.
As you see, the answers are long so if someone needs, repost or ask, I will answer according to real time changes and laws.

Fred

US sanctions make it impossible for many people to invest in Iran as they might well face financial ruin if they do so. People from countries that are in a position to ignore the US can do so, but they may face problems if they operate, hold bank accounts, or own property in many other countries as the US might well try to consficate assets by way of punishment. Ships taking Iranian products abroad, or even suspected of doing so, have been subject to piracy and a whole bunch of other dirty tricks in order to try to stop them.

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-cente … _iran.aspx

News stories suggest there are less than legal moves going on as well, but I'll leave opinion to those who wish to look further.

Regardless of your opinions regarding sanctions, the fact remains it can be difficult and dangerous to invest in Iran.

XTang

Yep it works both ways.   You can't invest in Iran from outside the country and if you are based in Iran, you won't be able to open accounts with international brokerages etc either due to the sanctions.

ho3ein935

Hello Sweetie
i can teach you how t invest in Iran.
i'm totally pro in this field.

Please ask me whatever you wanna know.

wish you health and wealth.

rad1970

Hi
You can use this link ,it is official website for investing in Iran by  government.
https://www.investiniran.ir/en/home
B.R
A.Rad

Fred

The world position might be changing as we speak as the US is losing a lot  of influence as we have just seen with the latest UN vote.
Without expressing too much by way of bias either way, the fact is it's looking brighter for people interested in investing in Iran.