Eighty-five million people. A super-app ecosystem built under sanctions. Domestic payment rails processing tens of billions of transactions a year. A startup scene solving problems most markets never face. And almost no consistent, high-quality, English-language window into any of it.
Tehran Index exists to close that gap. We map the companies, track the signals, and explain the movements of Iran's innovation economy: for investors, operators, researchers, and anyone who needs to understand this market rather than guess at it.
Tehran Index is founded and written by Mehdi Pirooznia, a Danish-Iranian operator who has spent fifteen years building inside this ecosystem: director at Rocket Internet's Bamilo (Iran's first online marketplace), founder of Wego.com's Iran operation, and international expansion director at Digikala Group. The analysis is his; the standard is documentary; see the methodology.
Full company profiles, sector deep dives, and commissioned research are available by request. Tell us what you need to understand about Iran's digital markets, and we'll scope it: desk@tehranindex.com
We respond within one business day. Engagements are invoiced or settled in digital assets, scoped in writing before work begins.
The week in Iran's innovation economy. Five minutes, verified, free.