Daily ingestion
Scheduled ingestion keeps current prices and the historical series in one Postgres schema, so today’s figure and last season’s sit in the same query.
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Zharfahan
An Iranian steel price reference: live prices from every major mill, a complete daily archive, an assistant grounded in that data, and an export layer for the region.
- Status
- Live
- Field
- Data platform
- Year
- 2026
Zharfahan is a steel price reference for the Iranian market, built and operated by ZharfAI. It ingests current prices across every major mill and product category, keeps a complete daily archive rather than only today’s number, and exposes both through search, category pages, factory pages, city pages and calculators. The assistant on the site answers from that same price data instead of from open-ended generation, which is the difference between a chatbot and a market tool: a question about a rebar grade resolves against the archive, with the figure and its date attached. A separate export layer covers Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey and the GCC, and the whole experience is Persian RTL first with Arabic, English and Turkish routes.
Capabilities
Grounded assistant
The assistant answers from the stored price series rather than free generation, so a quoted figure carries its category, mill, and date.
Market navigation
Category, product, factory, city, terminal, and exchange routes let a buyer reach a specific price without knowing the site structure.
Practical calculators
Weight tables, freight, and conversion tools answer the arithmetic a buyer actually does before placing an order.
Regional export layer
Dedicated export routes address Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, and the GCC with the language and terms each market uses.
Four-language delivery
Persian RTL is the primary experience, with Arabic, English, and Turkish routes built on the same data.
The assistant in this product
ZharfahanThe steelworker
Helps find prices, compare mills and prepare an inquiry, checking product data for price information.
Steel orange, a raised welding visor, and a small welding arc with sparks during work make its trade visible in motion.
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The operating challenge
A price that is worth trusting tomorrow
Iranian steel price sites publish a number for today and lose it. Without an archive and a visible date, a buyer cannot check a trend, settle a dispute, or plan a purchase.
- Prices published without a retained history
- Figures with no mill, category, or timestamp attached
- Assistants that generate numbers instead of citing them
Solution
An archive first, then the interface on top
Ingestion and storage came before the site: every price is retained with its category, mill, and date, and every surface, including the assistant, reads from that record.
- Ingest all categories daily into one schema
- Keep the full historical series, not a rolling window
- Ground the assistant in stored prices so answers carry evidence
Technology and delivery
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Drizzle ORM
- Tailwind
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
Where it works
- Steel buyers and traders
- Mills and distributors
- Regional export desks
- Price research and archives