IRANIAN STOCK BROKER WORKING AT THE TEHRAN STOCK EXCHANGE, 2003-01-15 (photo)

TO MATCH FEATURE STORY IRAN-BOURSE An Iranian stock broker working at the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) on January 15, 2003. While leading stock markets in New York, London and Tokyo have plummeted the TSE has gone from strength to strength notching up a 41 percent rise in its all-share index in 2002. The soaring prices have drawn in tens of thousands of small investors with three million of the country's 65 million people now share owners. A large part of the money invested in the exchange has come from Iranians living abroad seeking better returns on their money than available in the United States and Europe. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl