On May 15, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> The sanctions have continued and expanded in recent years, which makes
> it difficult for the neoliberal faction of Iran's power elite to
> privatize as much as they would like.
Ahmadinejad among them. From yesterday's FT:
> Ahmadi-Nejad woos expat investors
> By Simeon Kerr in Dubai
> Published: May 14 2007 03:00 | Last updated: May 14 2007 03:00
> Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad used the first visit to the United Arab
> Emirates by an Iranian president since the 1979 Islamic revolution
> to call on expatriate Iranians to invest in the republic's -
> privatisation programme
>
> Mr Ahmadi-Nejad told -Iranian businessmen that the planned sale of
> half of the state-owned enterprises gave them the opportunity to
> invest in Iran via the stock market.