Alibaba Group co-founder Majid Hosseini Nejad said in an on-record video interview that Alibaba Travel has grown from fifth place to roughly 70% of Iran's online travel market. The figure is a self-reported share of online travel bookings, not the total travel market. [Temporal note 2026-07-10: this claim is from a podcast episode published 18 Apr 2025; it was added to Tehran Index on 2026-07-09 and is classified as a historical disclosure, not a current event.]
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