Economics

Iran Forum Offers Europe's Companies Post-Sanctions Opening

  • RWE, Alstom, Tehran Exchange officials to meet in Geneva
  • Switzerland was first country to lift sanctions against Iran

An employee displays a dress at a luxury fashion store inside the Isfahan City Center shopping mall in Isfahan, Iran.

Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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Executives from some of Europe’s biggest companies are aiming to consolidate their links with Iran as the Islamic Republic prepares to rejoin the global economy.

Some 500 representative from companies including Alstom SA, RWE AG, the Tehran Stock Exchange and the National Iranian Oil Co. will meet in Geneva on Thursday and Friday to discuss everything from trade finance to business diplomacy at the second Europe-Iran Forum.