Online businesses growing fast in Iran
By Trend
Reza Olfat Nasab, secretary of the Association of Online
Business, said the Iranian government has identified as many as
32,000 online businesses in the country.
"So far, 32,000 businesses active in cyberspace have been
identified," Olfat Nasab told state TV, Mehr news agency reported
on June 11.
He added that the identity of the 32,000 online businesses has been
verified and that 18,000 more businesses are passing the process of
identity verification.
"Work permits for 600 online businesses have been issued in the
past six months," Olfat Nasab said.
He further called for more state support for the online businesses,
saying that there are still many problems facing such businesses
and they need help in order to be able to fully actualize
E-commerce in the country.
According to Iranian media reports, hundreds of thousands of online
businesses have suffered serious losses due to the filtering of
social media, particularly messaging app Telegram.
Many Iranians use social media such as Telegram as a platform for
advertising and selling products, and these businesses have been
negatively affected by the recent filtering.
On January 8, President Hassan Rouhani confirmed the negative
effect of filtering on more than 100,000 businesses and criticized
stricter censorship of the Internet.
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