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2 Football Clubs Will be Offered to Highest Bidders

2 Football Clubs Will be Offered to Highest Bidders

The financial statements have been signed to help remove the last obstacle in the way of privatization of the two major state-owned football clubs, Persepolis and Esteghlal, said Jaafar Sobhani, the top adviser to the director of the Iranian Privatization Organization (IPO).

Privatization of Major Football Clubs

Privatization of Major Football Clubs

Despite previous announcements that the two major state-owned football clubs, Persepolis and Esteghlal, would be priced and be ready for auction by the end of the third quarter of the year, the ambiguities in debts have hindered the price-setting process, said Abdollah Pouri-Hosseini, the director of Iranian Privatization Organization (IPO).

Privatization Key to Recovery

Privatization Key to Recovery

President Hassan Rouhani’s Chief of Staff Mohammad Nahavandian said on Monday that the government’s role in the economy must be minimized in favor of the private sector.

Record IPO Issuance

Record IPO Issuance

More than 132 trillion rials worth of government securities have been transferred via initial public offerings (IPO) to the assignees since 2005 in accordance with the Article 44 of the Constitution, Iran Privatization Organization’s public relations office reported.

IPO Offers Hoard of Securities for Sale

IPO Offers Hoard of Securities for Sale

The Iranian Privatization Organization has offered a large amount of government securities, valued almost 32 trillion rials, within the past 8 months, the IPO’s public relations department announced.