TEHRAN – Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization has issued licences for opening nine new trade centers in various countries, the TPO portal reported.

The new trade centers will be established in Iraq’s Basra and Mosul, Inida’s Mumbai, Kazakhstan's Almaty, China’s Tianjin, Vietnam’s Hanoi, Thailand’s Bangkok, and Oman’s Muscat.

Iran has five trade centers in Iraq, five others in Russia, three ones in Syria, eight ones in Africa, and some other trade centers in Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Poland, the UAE, and other trade partners, according to a TPO report published earlier this year.

Underlining the significance of commercial attachés in trade ties between countries, the TPO report said that Iran currently has as few as 17 commercial attachés in different countries with the number expected to grow to 30.

Iran will appoint two commercial attaces ones in Brazil and Uzbekistan in the near future, and other Iranian commercial attachés also expected to start their missions in Indonesia, the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Shanghai, Nigeria, and East Europe countries such as Poland and Serbia, the report added.

Appointing a commercial attaché to Saudi Arabia is also on the agenda of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, it said.

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