Editing Economy of Iran (section)

=== World Trade Organization ===
{{Main|Iran and WTO|Group of 15}}
{{See also|Taxation in Iran#Customs|Middle East economic integration|Intellectual property in Iran|l1=Trade policy and customs in Iran}}
[[File:Economic Cooperation Organization map.svg|thumb|A map of the [[Economic Cooperation Organization]] (ECO) member states]]

Iran has held observer status at the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) since 2005. Although the United States has consistently blocked its bid to join the organization, observer status came in a goodwill gesture to ease nuclear negotiations between Iran and the international community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iran-daily.com/1386/2817/html/focus.htm |title=WTO Membership |access-date=April 9, 2010 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215030351/http://iran-daily.com/1386/2817/html/focus.htm |archive-date=February 15, 2008 }}. ''Iran Daily'', April 15, 2007.</ref> With exports of 60 products with revealed [[comparative advantage]], Iran is the 65th "[[Economic complexity index|most complex country]]".<ref name="MIT">[http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/irn/ Atlas: Iran]. [[M.I.T]] (The Observatory of Economic Complexity). Retrieved December 15, 2016.</ref>

Should Iran eventually gain [[Iran and WTO|membership status in the WTO]], among other prerequisites, [[Iran and copyright issues|copyrights]] will have to be enforced in the country. This will require a major overhaul. The country is hoping to attract billions of dollars' worth of foreign investment by creating a more favorable investment climate through freer trade. [[Free trade zone]]s such as [[Qeshm]], [[Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone|Chabahar]], and [[Kish Island]] are expected to assist in this process. Iran allocated $20 billion in 2010 to loans for the launch of twenty trade centers in other countries.<ref>[http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8810261289 Iran Plans to Open Trade Centers Abroad] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301004459/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8810261289 |date=March 1, 2012 }}. Fars News Agency, January 16, 2010. Retrieved January 18, 2010.</ref>