
Ahmad Ali Harati Niek,
Managing Director of National Iranian Steel Company (NISCO) |
Steel: Iran’s Industrial Heavyweight
Iran is scheduled to produce some 8.1 million
tons of steel and 7.6 million tons of steel slabs in 2003. |
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Dr. Masoud Nili, Senior
Economist |
Iran’s Next-Door Neighbor
The war has cost the U.S. $120 billion thus
far. How many years will it take for such a huge expenditure to be returned
through selling Iraqi oil? |

Ahmad Khorram, Minister
of Roads and Transportation |
Airbus Deal Aloft or Crash Landed?
In the absence of a suitable air fleet, Iran
Air will inevitably lose its international passenger market to foreign carriers,
who are gradually controlling more and more of Iran’s market share. |
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Gholamreza Shafeyi,
Tehran’s ambassador to Moscow |
Knowing thy Northern Neighbor
Our ties with Russia have been strengthening
in recent years and politically we are on good terms and on a strong footing. |