• العربية
  • فارسی
Brand
  • Iran Insight
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Analysis
  • Special Report
  • Opinion
  • Podcast
  • Iran Insight
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Analysis
  • Special Report
  • Opinion
  • Podcast
  • Theme
  • Language
    • العربية
    • فارسی
  • Iran Insight
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Analysis
  • Special Report
  • Opinion
  • Podcast
All rights reserved for Volant Media UK Limited
volant media logo
ANALYSIS

Tehran Stock Exchange reopens under tight controls as key firms stay closed

May 20, 2026, 03:39 GMT+1

After an 80-day shutdown, the Tehran Stock Exchange reopened on Tuesday under heavy state controls, with 42 major firms still suspended and reported curbs on large-scale selling amid uncertainty over war damage and corporate losses.

Trading resumed on the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) under strict and highly managed conditions, with parts of the market reopening while 42 major, mostly export-oriented companies remained suspended.

The restart marked a procedural return to activity, but within a framework designed to tightly control selling pressure and limit volatility.

Steel and petrochemical companies — traditionally among the most influential drivers of the TEDPIX index — did not reopen.

Read the full article here.

Most Viewed

Tehran rents hit three times many workers’ monthly pay
1

Tehran rents hit three times many workers’ monthly pay

2
INSIGHT

Iran moves to ratify Caspian Sea pact with seabed rights still unsettled

3

Iran says US must meet its demands before Hormuz reopens

4
ANALYSIS

What the Islamic Republic does to its women footballers

5
ANALYSIS

Iran’s reality TV boom abroad captures a generation in limbo

Banner
Banner
Banner

Spotlight

  • From Karbala-4 to AMIA: Mohsen Rezaei returns to Iran’s security helm
    INSIGHT

    From Karbala-4 to AMIA: Mohsen Rezaei returns to Iran’s security helm

  • The strange power of Iran’s absent supreme leader
    ANALYSIS

    The strange power of Iran’s absent supreme leader

  • First red meat, now dairy: Iran’s household diet keeps shrinking
    INSIGHT

    First red meat, now dairy: Iran’s household diet keeps shrinking

  • Tehran rents hit three times many workers’ monthly pay

    Tehran rents hit three times many workers’ monthly pay

  • Iran’s reality TV boom abroad captures a generation in limbo
    ANALYSIS

    Iran’s reality TV boom abroad captures a generation in limbo

  • What the Islamic Republic does to its women footballers
    ANALYSIS

    What the Islamic Republic does to its women footballers

  • Ending Iran war could expose regime to its greatest threat yet, experts say
    PODCAST

    Ending Iran war could expose regime to its greatest threat yet, experts say