Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 43

24-Oct-2011

IRAN

Iranian Official Estimates FDI For 2010 At $6Bn

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Iran was estimated at $6bn in 2010, more than the figure of $3.7bn given by UNCTAD in The World Investment Report, according to the head of the Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran, Behrouz Alishiri. In an interview with Tehran Times of 16 October, Mr Alishiri noted that the UNCTAD data showed that FDI rose from $900mn...