Surging prices may push Iran's housing sector back into recession - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Maziar Motamedi

Maziar Motamedi

Sep 17, 2018

A view shows buildings under construction in Tehran, Iran January 20, 2016. To match IRAN-NUCLEAR/INVESTMENT REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - GF20000100959 — A view shows buildings under construction in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 20, 2016. — REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

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Maziar Motamedi

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Construction cranes work on a high rise buildings in the foothills of the Alborz mountains in north Tehran April 15, 2010. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has asked 5 million Tehranis to evacuate the capital since they know their sprawling metropolis is due for a massive earthquake. When the last major earthquake hit, in 1831, Tehran was tiny compared to the metropo

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