Financial Tribune - The government will allocate subsidized foreign currency at the rate of 42,000 rials per dollar for the import of 80,000 tons of copy and print paper in the current Iranian year (March 2019-20), says Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi. A total of 39,000 tons of paper were imported last [fiscal] year [March ...

Al-Monitor | Parto Shariatmadari: Organizers of the 32nd Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) have set the stage for the Iranian capital's greatest annual cultural event, despite the ongoing paper crisis that has afflicted domestic publishers, and the devastating recent floods that led to the closure of dozens of libraries across the country. The ...

Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The futureof some Iranian newspapers is in limboas they can't affordpaper, a new phenomenon stemming in part from US sanctions. Paper imports have grownincreasingly expensive in the past year, and especially since May, whenthe United Stateswithdrewfrom the nuclear deal with Iran the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ...