The Ravand Institute for Economic and International Studies is the first Iranian think tank

Think tank

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 of its kind. It is an independent

Independent business

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, private

Privately held company

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, non-partisan, non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organization

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 focusing on important policy issues facing Iran.

Publications

The publications of this institute includes Policy papers and specialized reports, Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

 magazine: "Ravand-e Eghtesadi", Analytical periodical in English: Economic Trends, Monographs and books and Annual Conference Proceeding and Executive Summary.

Annual Conference

Dubbed by the media as the Davos

World Economic Forum

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 of Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 , It is an international forum, held annually, where Iranian and international officials, corporate and business executives, international organizations, NGOs, the media, and academics are invited to participate and interact and to debate on a diversity of political and economic subjects with a view to contributing to the shaping of policies. The conference is also an opportune setting for networking and for meeting potential partners.

Notable people who attended Ravand conference are Mohammad Reza Bahonar

Mohammad Reza Bahonar

Mohammad-Reza Bahonar was the conservative First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran. He is a representative from Kerman.In previous parliaments, he has been elected as a representative from Kerman and Tehran...

 Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian MP and Vice Speaker in Islamic Consultative Assembly, Adel Abdul Mahdi Iraqi Vice President , Gholam Hossein Nozari

Gholam Hossein Nozari

Gholam Hossein Nozari was the last Minister of Petroleum of Iran.He was born in Kazerun.In February 2008, he announced that the Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs, Davoud Danesh-Jafari, would become the head of the Iranian Oil Bourse, which opened on February 17, 2008 on Kish...

 Managing Director, National Iranian Oil Company

National Iranian Oil Company

The National Iranian Oil Company , a government-owned corporation under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran, is an oil and natural gas producer and distributor headquartered in Tehran. It was established in 1948...

, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh Deputy Minister of Oil and president of National Iranian Oil Company

National Iranian Oil Company

The National Iranian Oil Company , a government-owned corporation under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran, is an oil and natural gas producer and distributor headquartered in Tehran. It was established in 1948...

  , Rosemary Hollis Director of Research in Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House

Chatham House

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, Ali Shamkhani

Ali Shamkhani

Ali Shamkhani is an Iranian admiral and politician. He was the Minister of Defense from August 19, 1997 until August 24, 2005 and was replaced by Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar.He is born in 1955 in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, he earned a B.S...

 Centre for Strategic Defense Research, Mohammad Nahavandian Head of National Globalization Center, Vera de Ladoucette  Senior Vice President in Cambridge Energy Research Associates CERA

Cera

- People :*Michael Cera , Canadian actor*Pierluigi Cera , Italian footballer*Cera , a character from The Land Before Time animated film series- Other :*California Educational Research Association...

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See also

• Economy of Iran
  Economy of Iran
  The economy of Iran is the eighteenth largest in the world by purchasing power parity and according to Iranian officials' claims is going to become the 12th largest by 2015. The economy of Iran is a mixed and transition economy with a large public sector and some 50% of the economy centrally planned...
  
  
• International Rankings of Iran in Economy