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Iran drops foreign investment limits
TEHRAN. May 8: Iran government has decided to drop limits on foreign ownership of business enterprises in the country, opening the door to majority holdings by Investors abroad, reports AP
The official decision comes just before Friday's runoffs to April 10 parliamentary elections In which the economy and economic development have been key Issues.
The elections are expected to replace anti-Western hardliners- with supporters of President Hashemi Rafsanjani, a so-called pragmatist who seeks Improved relations with the West to attract investment, a move opposed by his hard-line opponents.
Tehran newspapers noted Thursday that the Supreme Council for investment decided to drop the Investment limits, which had restricted foreigners to 49 per cent ownership in Iranian ventures.
The Farsl-language daily Abrar said Tuesday's decision was designed to attract funds from the World Bank and the International Monetary Funds for several projects.
It said the institutions had advised Iran to abolish limitations on foreign ownership.
Abrar said Iran was seeking Investment from the International institutions In the fields of gas. energy, agriculture, transportation and communlca-tlon.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Mohsen Nour-bakhsh, and Mohammad Adell, Governor Genera) of the central Bank, returned this week from Washington, where they attended the spring session of the World Bank and IMF.
There has been more than a decade of strict regulation following the 1979 Islamic revolution that has reduced foreign Investment in Iran to little more than a trickle. Removing the limitations indicates the Immense pressure on Rafsanjani’s government to improve economic conditions for Iran's 58 million people.
At a round-table discussion In Tehran earlier this week, Dr Rahim Rahlmzadeh Oskol, a lec-
turer at the Industrial Management Organization In the capital, revealed that "32 million people are living under the poverty line in Iran."
'He called that "appalling."
Abrar. which has radical leanings, was quick to point out that the decision to scrap limitations on investment contravened the constitution, which empowers the parliament to review foreign Investments and bans outright ownership of ventures by foreigners.
There Was no indication In the newspaper report that the move by the High Council for Investment had to be approved by the new parliament, which Is expected to be seated later this month.