Survey: In the Midst of Economic Crisis, Online Businesses in Iran are Booming

Survey: In the Midst of Economic Crisis, Online Businesses in Iran are Booming

In contrast to much of the fraught wider economy, online commerce is booming in Iran. In the first 10 months of 2019 alone, some 10,000 businesses obtained "E-Namad" – a type of digital accreditation from the Ministry of Industry – followed by 28,000 more in 2020, a year when Covid saw the overall economy shrink by 4.6 percent.

A recent survey by Iran Open Data looked at the dynamics of this growing trend. Of the 789 respondents, most of whom were based in cities and especially Tehran, about a third said they used the internet to make money and just under half, 47 percent, said either they or a family member had an online business...

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