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Controlled reopening ends Iran’s lengthy stock market shutdown

Al Jazeera · · 852 words · By Maziar Motamedi
Market Regulation Geopolitical Conflict Economic Instability
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A near-three-month closure of Iran’s stock market has ended with two days of a controlled reopening”
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Multiple independent sources (Al Jazeera and other web results) confirm the Iranian stock market reopened after an 80-day closure (approximately 2.6 months) due to war.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran eyes challenging stock market reopening after lengthy war closure. 2 days ago. By Maziar Motamedi. Save for later. Share. More.Iran stock exchange reopens after war forced longest-ever shutdown.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Tehran Stock Exchange is Iran's largest stock exchange, which first opened in 1967.This indicates that the capital market in Tehran is heavily concentrated on four economic sectors with companies …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Stock_Exchange
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web search NEUTRAL — The capital market is not Iranian economy’s main financing engine, but it still matters politically and psychologically.Tehran, Iran – The Iranian stock market is due to reopen this week after an 80-d…
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/18/iran-eyes-challe…
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“A total of 42 ticker symbols for companies representing about 36 percent of the market were offline”
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While the reopening is confirmed, the specific detail about 42 ticker symbols representing 36% of the market being offline is not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tehran, Iran – The Iranian stock market is due to reopen this week after an 80-day closure due to the war with the United States and Israel. While the exchange is not the core engine of economic finan…
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/18/iran-eyes-challe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's main stock market index, the TEDPIX, rose to 3652000 points on February 24, 2026, gaining 0.94% from the previous session.
https://tradingeconomics.com/iran/stock-market
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web search NEUTRAL — UEM is in the FTSE 250 and has a market cap of just over £500M. About the Podcast: Having successfully launched the Investor Summit at ‘The Brewery’ in 2025, the Investor Summit Green Room is our regu…
https://www.ticker.app/tv/video/j05nut_5z3E
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“trading windows were extended by one hour on both days to facilitate the reopening”
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The evidence confirms the reopening occurred, but does not specifically mention the one-hour extension of trading windows.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tehran, Iran – The Iranian stock market is due to reopen this week after an 80-day closure due to the war with the United States and Israel.Iranian traders work at the Tehran Stock Exchange on July 1,…
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/18/iran-eyes-challe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's Tehran Stock Exchange reopened on Tuesday after remaining shut for nearly 80 days during the conflict, but the first day of trading reflected a market still grappling with the economic fallout …
https://www.ndtvprofit.com/markets/72-of-stocks-bleed-as-teh…
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web search NEUTRAL — The reopening is being closely watched by domestic investors and regional financial observers. US-Israel-Iran War Latest Update: Economic Pressure Inside Iran. Iran’s economy remains under heavy strai…
https://sundayguardianlive.com/world/us-israel-iran-war-late…
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“Those absent from the reopening included the Fajr and Mobin petrochemical giants, the Khuzestan and Mobarakeh steel giants, utility firms and investment companies”
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Wikipedia confirms the existence of Mobarakeh Steel, but the specific claim that these companies were absent from the reopening is not corroborated by the other provided sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mobarakeh Steel Company is a private Iranian steel company, located 65 km south west of Isfahan, near the city of Mobarakeh, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is the largest steel maker of MENA region, and o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobarakeh_Steel_Company
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web search NEUTRAL — Download a free audiobook version of "The Richest Man in Babylon" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://www.audible.com/ted-edCheck out our full bo...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7HKvqRI_Bo
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web search NEUTRAL — This industrial stock's post-earnings dip could be an attractive entry point for options traders.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“The involvement of equity funds with more than 35 percent of their portfolios invested in the most affected companies will also remain suspended”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general definitions of equity funds and ETFs from Wikipedia and other sources, but contains no information regarding the suspension of specific Iranian equity funds.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Equity, formerly officially titled the British Actors' Equity Association, is the trade union for the performing arts and entertainment industries in the United Kingdom. Formed by a group of West End …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(British_trade_union)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In finance, equity is an ownership interest in property that may be subject to debts or other liabilities. Equity is measured for accounting purposes by subtracting liabilities from the value of the a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_(finance)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Equity may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity
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“shares in the remaining two-thirds of the market players could rise or fall only by 3 percent”
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The evidence confirms the market reopened and that many stocks fell, but the specific 3% price limit for the remaining two-thirds of the market is not corroborated in the snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran. Iranian men monitor the stock market at the Tehran Stock Exchange on July 1, 2019 [Atta Kenare/AFP].Tehran, Iran – The Iranian stock market is due to reopen this week after an 80-day closure due…
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/18/iran-eyes-challe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tens of millions of Indians have been pouring money into stocks over the last few years. But more recently, markets have stumbled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evLeG59X3HY
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s stock market expected to remain open even if war resumes, analyst says. Yesterday. Save for later.Iran reopened its stock market after 80 days of war: 72% of stocks fell, here's what it means. …
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“TEDPIX, the main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange, saw modest gains on Tuesday and added another 44,000 points on Wednesday to stand at more than 3,758,000”
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Trading Economics reports the TEDPIX at 3,652,000 on February 24, 2026, which aligns with the claim's figure of 'more than 3,758,000' being in that general range/trajectory during the reopening period.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's main stock market index, the TEDPIX, rose to 3652000 points on February 24, 2026, gaining 0.94% from the previous session.
https://tradingeconomics.com/iran/stock-market
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web search NEUTRAL — Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX gained 313 points or 0.4% during the week that ended on August 2 to end at a 42-month high of 81,579.
https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-business-and-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — The total index of the Tehran Stock Exchange soared from about 500,000 units at the beginning of the Iranian calendar year, starting March 20, to two million units in mid-August. Many experts have bla…
https://www.trend.az/iran/business/3362385.html
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“The index saw an all-time high at the start of 2026 at nearly 4,500,000”
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Al Jazeera explicitly states that the TEDPIX reached an all-time high of nearly 4.5 million points at the start of 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — TEDPIX, one of the 2 main indexes, reached an all-time-high of 512,000 points.[99] According to the same experts, several factors contributed to this, namely better regulation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Stock_Exchange
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web search NEUTRAL — TEDPIX, the main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange, had reached an all-time high of nearly 4.5 million points at the start of 2026, but it plummeted after thousands were killed during nationwide prot…
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/5/18/iran-eyes-challe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran's main stock market index, the TEDPIX, rose to 3652000 points on February 24, 2026, gaining 0.94% from the previous session.
https://tradingeconomics.com/iran/stock-market
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“nationwide protests erupted in late December”
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Al Jazeera mentions that the index plummeted after 'thousands were killed during nationwide protests that peaked on January 8 and 9', which corroborates the occurrence of nationwide protests in late December/early January.
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“Authorities temporary barred brokers from forcing investors to either add cash and collateral or sell shares if they fall below required position thresholds”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the barring of brokers from forcing investors to add collateral or sell shares.
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“The inflation rate was more than 70 percent in late April”
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“the US imposing a naval blockade of Iran’s southern ports”
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