Iran Officially Bans American Goods

[Chinese-Dragon]

nonsense if they want to support domestic production , they must ban some low quality Chinese goods that Iranian market are full of them.

Ban whatever you like. Your country your rules.

 

[libertad]

Bad idea to discourage trade especially now when sanctions are winding down. If you were smart you would reach out on an economic level and show American companies the economic prowess of 80 million Iranians. Once this is established, everything else will work out.

 

[mingle]

Deal with it when you are using our words.

Comon man i wrote what is true tell me whats wrong in my statement ?

 

[Hyperion]

There is no such thing as "American Good Will"...... maybe you're confusing American Interests with goodwill perhaps?

Iran should try to enhance its economic relationship with the US instead of placing a ban on US goods. This will not earn any goodwill.

 

[Aramagedon]

Bad idea to discourage trade especially now when sanctions are winding down. If you were smart you would reach out on an economic level and show American companies the economic prowess of 80 million Iranians. Once this is established, everything else will work out.

Americans have even sanctioned passenger airplane parts for 37 years.
They have sanctioned our exports including oil etc... why should we give them money?

This is the new congress sanction against Iran to weaken Iranian economy and decrease foreign investment and tourism in Iran:

Congress Just Put Iranian-Americans and Others At Risk for Becoming Second-Class Citizens

The monkeys in the congress call us 'state sponsor of terrorism' while we're fighting against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. On the other hand they're the ones who have created ISIS and terrorism in the ME and al Qaeda in Middle Asia and Afghanistan. They're the ones who bomb Pakistan daily. They're the ones who support PGGC dictatorship monarchies and give them weapons to bomb defenseless Yemeni people 24/7. And sell PGCC monarchies advanced weapons to give those weapons to al Nusra and FSA terrorists in Syria.

Saudis bomb Yemeni cities with these craps:

US approves $1.3bn sale of ‘smart’ bombs to Saudi Arabia — RT USA

U.S. Announces $60b Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia, Says 'Israel Doesn't Object' - Haaretz

Human Rights Groups Criticize U.S. Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia : Parallels : NPR

Two terrorist friends, first cancer of the ME and second cancer of entrie world:

Filthy American regime burn Quran in the US and make movies against prophet Muhammad (PBUH) which is insult to 1.8 billion Muslims, and despite this, Obama says we will not remove them from youtube because of freedom of speech! And it happens when whoever in the Europe or US talk against holocaust get jailed for 5 years!

And on the other hand president Putin gift a Noble Quran to Iranian leader and China help some Islamic countries like Iran and Pakistan.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

They have even sanctioned passenger airplanes tools since 37 years ago.
They have banned drugs, our exports, oil etc... why should we give them money?

What China did is we said: "If you want access to the Chinese domestic market, you have to do a joint-venture with a domestic company and share technology with them".

This allowed us to catch up in terms of domestic manufacturing and production, so now most of our market sectors are controlled by domestic companies (even the internet search sector is majority controlled by Baidu... Google only has a 2% market share).

It's your country, so you can basically set any rules that you like. And the best end goal of course is self-sufficiency.

 

[Aramagedon]

What China did is we said: "If you want access to the Chinese domestic market, you have to do a joint-venture with a domestic company and share technology with them".

This allowed us to catch up in terms of domestic manufacturing and production, so now most of our market sectors are controlled by domestic companies (even the internet search sector is majority controlled by Baidu... Google only has a 2% market share).

It's your country, so you can basically set any rules that you like. And the best end goal of course is self-sufficiency.

Thank you bro. Self sufficiency is the best thing for every country because SS make you needless to the outsiders.
This is our military capabilities despite 37 years hardest sanctions:

Iranian Military Videos

China is a good Iranian friend. They have helped us in thin and thick. As much as US is bad, China & Russia are good Iranian friends. Meanwhile China is even better for Iran. China is a good friend for all of Islamic countries especially Iran & Pakistan. Iran must boost all out ties with China and also India.

That's true that some of Chinese products have low quality but China helps us in many fields. For example China is associating Iran in military usage of beidou navigation satellite system.

 

[KediKesenFare3]

What China did is we said: "If you want access to the Chinese domestic market, you have to do a joint-venture with a domestic company and share technology with them".

This allowed us to catch up in terms of domestic manufacturing and production, so now most of our market sectors are controlled by domestic companies (even the internet search sector is majority controlled by Baidu... Google only has a 2% market share).

It's your country, so you can basically set any rules that you like. And the best end goal of course is self-sufficiency.

That's not the whole truth, unfortunately. Only countries with a large domestic market can set up such rules. For Iran or Turkey, this strategy is not working.

 

[LowPost]

That's true that some of Chinese products have low quality but China helps us in many fields. For example China is associating Iran in military usage of beidou navigation satellite system.

As China rises, more resources are available for R&D. China is developing at a breakneck speed and is absorbing the useful matters from the West and Russia which will help it to create its own products etc.

The progress of breaking the low-quality stereotype is underway.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

US brands also make up the bulk of contraband cigarettes in Iran. Up to 6-7 billion Marlboro cigarettes, made by Philip Morris USA, are annually smoked in Iran which translates into imports of three truckloads per week.

A senior official said recently Iran had launched a serious campaign to stem the flow of bootleg cigarettes.

I wouldn't be too sure about the "Made by Phillip Morris" part.

"China's Marlboro Country"
https://www.reportingproject.net/underground/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9

 

[mike2000 is back]

That's not the whole truth, unfortunately. Only countries with a large domestic market can set up such rules. For Iran or Turkey, this strategy is not working.

True, that's what i was about to say. China(and India to some extent) are different from countries like Iran or Turkey. Since China and India are both large countries with huge population of over a billion plus people. In fact China and India are each more populous than the whole continent of Africa combined plus the U.S on top. Tells you just how populous these two countries are.

This means Western powers simply cant ignore these two giant markets, since there is a lot of money to be made there, plus production/manufacturing there is far lower/competitive for western companies to produce there than here, reason we moved many of our factories to China,Vietnam,India etc.

Iran simply cant use China's strategy because for one Iran is far smaller than China and India(it has a smaller population than India one of India's most populous state for example. lol), Iran's foreign policy is also based on ideology which means Iran is less flexible in its relations with other countries meanwhile China has long shed that bullshit since Mao's death for a more pragmatic/re-conciliatory relationship with the west which paid off for them quite well as we can see today. Iran is also situated in a different region than China i.e in an unstable chaotic neighborhoods, where foreign powers are all vying for influence/dominance while China is located in a fairly peaceful non religious neighborhood close to developed powerhouse like Hong Kong, S.Korea, Japan and other smaller countries in the region with large amount of overseas Chinese citizens, all of which contributed immensely to China's development and growth when the country opened up in the early 80s.

So the two are completely different countries in different situations/environment/era/ideology etc. In fact if China had the same population as Iran it will never even be a threat to the U.S/West at all in the first place, since it's scale/reach will be obviously limited just like S.Korea. It's its huge population that give it an edge in negotiations with foreign/western/ powers.

 

[Irfan Baloch]

Iran should try to enhance its economic relationship with the US instead of placing a ban on US goods. This will not earn any goodwill.

and when we think Iranian ayatullahs are any better than the Arb wahabis.. they pull off a stunt like this

 

[Daneshmand]

and when we think Iranian ayatullahs are any better than the Arb wahabis.. they pull off a stunt like this

I think such simplistic statements are better avoided. The situation is more complex than you think and comparing Iran with 'Arab Wahabis' is completely uncalled for.

Iran has had two strategic economic development plans before. The first one which was initiated over two century ago and continued till 1960's, was about importation of technological end products.

Since 1960's and specially after 80's a policy of import substitution was implemented. This has not been able to meet the strategic goals of Iran.

Since about few years ago, Iran is waking up to the fact that, the only sustainable and only viable development comes not from acquiring technology or its local substitution, but through a vibrant science and technology based economy whose basis is not in economics but in knowledge production of a country and its ability to convert that knowledge to economic gains.

Iran's new strategic economic plan envisions the goal of not being a market for others, but being a player in the market. This means, with removal of sanctions, Iran does not want to go back to import model or import substitution models which, it has been familiar with and is very easy for Iran to slip into. Such laziness must be combated and instead Iran should put itself on the road of developing a knowledge based economy instead of remaining a consumer market, specially after sanctions are removed.

You see, not even one Islamic country has a knowledge based economy. All are import based economies, many depending on foreign aid to pay for those imports while few others have some sort of import substitution economies of varying degrees from being sweat shops for Western companies to stand alone copy shops. Iran wants to be a front runner in this regard and develop its own economy based on local abilities.

 

[Arminkh]

Iran should try to enhance its economic relationship with the US instead of placing a ban on US goods. This will not earn any goodwill.

You can't do that when the other side doesn't want to play nice. Did you hear about the controversial bill regarding the citizens of other countries with Iranian origin?

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh has issued a directive to prohibit the import and distribution of any consumer goods made in the United States.

Yadollah Sadeqi, head of Iran’s Center for Guilds and Trade, announced that Nematzadeh issued the directive earlier this week, and that importing and distributing US consumer goods will no longer be permitted.

The Iranian official further pointed to certain contracts signed with two American companies for the import of US-made cigarettes and soft drinks, and stressed that these contracts have been inked by the private sector not the government.

No license is issued for American brands to operate in Iran even if there has been any such a thing in the past, he added.

Sadeqi also referred to the recent shutdown of a restaurant in Tehran named KFC, and reiterated that the Iran-based fast food restaurant did not have any link to the American fast food chain, KFC.

The promising prospect of trade with Iran following the recent nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers has prompted giant American firms, among those from other countries, to explore the market potential in the populous Middle East nation.

While many consider the JCPOA – the finalized text of the agreement- a major breakthrough in the improvement of ties between Iran and the West, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has made it clear that Tehran’s policy towards the US will remain unchanged.

In a speech in August, Ayatollah Khamenei underlined that Iran acts “decisively” to block Washington’s abuse of the outcomes of the nuclear talks, noting, “With all our strong capabilities, we will not allow Americans’ economic, political or cultural infiltration or political presence in Iran.”

Tasnim News Agency - Iran Officially Bans Import of US Goods

So is for example iPhone incluede? It is designed in US but not built in US. Actually most of the consumer goods are produced somwhere cheaper these days.

 

[Aramagedon]

You can't do that when the other side doesn't want to play nice. Did you hear about the controversial bill regarding the citizens of other countries with Iranian origin?


So is for example iPhone incluede? It is designed in US but not built in US. Actually most of the consumer goods are produced somwhere cheaper these days.

IPhone is not included
An American come to Iran and say wth you have more iPhones in Iran than America itself!