INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Australia has had continuous bilateral relations with Iran since it opened an embassy in Tehran in 1968
Similarly, Iran opened its embassy in Australia in 1971
For much of the period following the 1968 opening of Australia's embassy in Tehran, Iran was Australia's largest trading partner in the
Middle East and the ninth largest overall
delegation from Australia in 2015, and the Tehran Times interviewed Dr Mahmood Khaghani, an Iranian International Energy Expert, and Sam
Barden, an Australian Businessman, from SBI Markets at the time
Barden and two other senior members of the SBI Markets team, Mr
Persian Gulf Nations trading oil in Chinese Yuan on the back of Chinese brokered peace initiatives, and the general increase in bilateral
trade with Iran despite sanctions, and of course the Sultan of Oman, who has traditionally maintained close ties to Iran and the USA,
JCPOA, or something similar will have to be signed, if the US, Europe and Australia, want to participate in peaceful trade relations with
or another for 45 years, the market for Australian companies in Iran is wide open
The obvious low hanging fruit would be cooperation in establishing joint ventures in hydrocarbons and mineral extraction in the region
Similarly, Australia is experienced in delivering large-scale administrative, health, educational and government service sector projects
In relation to bilateral trade, Australia and Iran have many opportunities in the agricultural sector, from fertilizer, meat, nano
capital markets could be a good source of exploration and extraction funding in the future to deliver batteries in partnership with Iran to
market capitalization of $150 billion USD equivalent and is considered an Emerging Market.The Iran Mercantile Exchange, IME, trades $14
billion USD equivalent across agricultural, metal and mineral, oil and Petro chemical products handling 26 million tons of commodities per
regulatory frameworks already in place will lower counterparty and settlement risk, drive transparency and increase liquidity and
