Controlled reopening ends Iran’s lengthy stock market shutdown

Tehran, Iran – A near-three-month closure of Iran’s stock market has ended with two days of a controlled reopening among some restrictions for investors. Although Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s sessions of the Tehran Stock Exchange allowed investors to generate some liquidity, underlying economic troubles were also evident. A little more than a third of the market’s main players were absent, reportedly to protect shareholders from the effects of the United States-Israel war. …