IRAN TO OPEN 8 OVERSEAS COMMERCIAL CENTERS

Tehran Times
January 28, 2010

Tehran Times Economic Desk

TEHRAN — Iran plans to open 8 commercial centers in Tajikistan,
Qatar, China, Senegal, Afghanistan, Sudan, South Africa, and Armenia,
the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran’s Director Babak Afqahi said
here on Wednesday.

Talking on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s
commercial center in Oman, he added, "The commercial center in Oman
is the first overseas center which has been launched by the private
sector," the Mehr News Agency reported.

Previously a state-owned commercial center has been established in
the United Arab Emirates.

The commercial centers aim at boosting Iran’s presence in regional
trade markets.

Iran opened its first foreign-based commercial center in Shanghai,
China in November, 2009.