Deputy Minister of Economy: Last year, 17 billion dollars of investment permits were issued and 1 billion dollars were withdrawn
Mehdi Heydari, head of Iran's Organization of Investments and Economic and Technical Assistance, said that one of the main challenges of foreign investments is the gap between the granting of permits and the actual entry of capital and said: Last year, permits were given for approximately $17 billion of foreign investments, but approximately $1 billion of capital entered the country.