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  • Majlis 2020-10-28 17:16

    Majlis approves double-urgency plan of subsidized essential goods

    TEHRAN- Iranian parliament (Majlis) on Wednesday approved the double-urgency plan which obliges the government to subsidize essential goods, IRNA reported.

  • TCCIMA 2020-10-28 15:57

    TCCIMA holds webinar on expansion of trade with India

    TEHRAN – Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) held a webinar on the expansion of trade and economic ties with India in collaboration with India’s PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well the two countries’ embassies.

  • modern irrigation 2020-10-28 09:40

    Modern irrigation systems implemented in 185,000 hectares of farmlands

    TEHRAN – The director of Iranian Agriculture Ministry’s modern irrigation systems development plan announced that 185,000 hectares of farmlands have been equipped with modern irrigation systems since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).

  • Hamid Hosseini 2020-10-27 12:44

    BY: Ebrahim Fallahi

    Promoting barter trade a great way of increasing exports

    TEHRAN – Iran plans to implement an oil-for-good barter trade program based on which the country’s capable private and government-owned export companies will be given oil to sell to potential buyers and import basic goods in return.

  • petchem 2020-10-27 12:17

    Petchem production up 8% in 7 months yr/yr

    TEHRAN – Iranian petrochemical complexes produced 35 million tons of products in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-October 21) to register an eight percent rise from the figure for the same period last year, an official with the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) announced.

  • NIDC 2020-10-27 09:59

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Fruitful co-op between NIDC, contractors expedites digging operation

    TEHRAN- National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) dug and completed the digging operation of 72 oil and gas wells during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-October 21).

  • petchem 2020-10-26 15:23

    BY: Ebrahim Fallahi

    Iran’s petchem industry moving toward complete self-sufficiency

    TEHRAN – Over the past two decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been taking serious steps for cutting reliance on external sources for meeting the country’s industrial and technological needs, and in this regard indigenizing the knowledge for manufacturing machinery and equipment has been a major focus in a variety of sectors.

  • TCCIMA 2020-10-26 13:12

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    TCCIMA holding business forums online during coronavirus pandemic

    TEHRAN- Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (TCCIMA), which used to hold business forums between Iran and other countries regularly, has not stopped such activity during the coronavirus pandemic, while the chamber is holding such events online.

  • PMO 2020-10-26 10:13

    Over 70m tons of goods loaded, unloaded at Iranian ports in 7 months

    TEHRAN- Over 70 million tons of commodities have been loaded and unloaded at the ports of Iran during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-October 21), according to the Head of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Mohammad Rastad.

  • Sarajeh 2020-10-25 15:25

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Sarajeh UGS noticeably under development

    Iran has two major natural gas storage facilities in Sarajeh and Shourijeh, in which every year the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) stores the gas received from gas refineries all over the country to be used in the colder months of the year.

  • Solar 2020-10-25 13:20

    28 new renewable power plants to go operational in Iran by Mar. 2021

    TEHRAN – Some 28 new renewable power plants are going to be inaugurated across Iran by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2021), an official with the country’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (known as SATBA) said.

  • PGSR 2020-10-25 12:55

    PGSR’s exports rise 120% in 6 months on year

    TEHRAN- Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Refinery (PGSR)’s exported products during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21) were 120 percent more than the products exported in the same period of time in the past year.

  • inflation rate 2020-10-23 14:03

    Inflation rate rises 1.2%: SCI

    TEHRAN- The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) announced that the inflation rate in the twelve-month period ended on October 21, which marks the end of the seventh Iranian calendar month of Mehr, stood at 27.2 percent.

  • Rouhani 2020-10-23 13:11

    Rouhani launches, inaugurates projects for constructing 11,000 houses

    TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani launched and inaugurated the projects for the construction of nearly 11,000 residential units throughout the country via video conference on Thursday, IRNA reported.

  • TSE 2020-10-23 12:42

    TEDPIX drops 9.5% in a week

    TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), fell 149,000 points or 9.5 percent to 1.561 million in the Iranian calendar week ended on Friday.

  • chocolate exports 2020-10-23 11:43

    Chocolates, sweets, cereal products export rises 12% in H1

    TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s export of chocolates, sweets, and cereal products has increased 12 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), from the same period of time in the past year, according to an official with the country’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO).

  • trade 2020-10-21 13:45

    Non-oil trade with Arab partners exceeds $9.5b in H1

    TEHRAN – Iran’s non-oil trade with its Arab trade partners reached $9.579 billion in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), the portal of the country’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) reported.

  • south Pars 2020-10-21 12:24

    Iran’s daily gas refining capacity on verge of breaking 1bcm record

    TEHRAN – Despite all the external challenges like the coronavirus pandemic and the U.S. sanctions, the Iranian gas industry is developing at a fast pace and the country is passing new milestones in this industry every day.

  • Iran India 2020-10-21 10:21

    TCCIMA to hold Iran-India online business forum next week

    TEHRAN- Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (TCCIMA) will hold an Iran-India online business forum on October 27.

  • mine 2020-10-20 15:52

    147 idle small-scale mines revived since March 20

    TEHRAN – Deputy head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) said on Monday that 147 idle small-scale mines have been put back into operation since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).

  • South PArs 2020-10-20 15:45

    South Pars complex fully prepared for gas supply in winter

    TEHRAN – The director of production and operations in Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), which is in charge of developing Iran’s giant South Pars gas field, said all the necessary measures have been taken for the preparation of the complex for sustained supply of gas during the winter.

  • copper concentrate 2020-10-20 14:20

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Copper concentrate production hits record high in H1

    TEHRAN- Production of copper concentrate in Iran stood at 599,624 tons during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21).

  • dejpasand 2020-10-20 12:16

    Privatization brings govt. over $7.8b in 6 months

    TEHRAN - Iran’s Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad Dejpasand has said that transferring the shares of state-owned companies to the private sector has brought the government 330 trillion rials (about $7.85 billion) of income in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21).

  • Ardakanian 2020-10-19 16:46

    Afghanistan calls for expansion of economic ties with Iran

    TEHRAN - Chairman of Afghan Peace Council Abdullah Abdullah said on Monday that there are great potentials for economic cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan and called for the expansion of trade ties, the portal of Iranian Energy Ministry (Paven) reported.

  • copper anode 2020-10-19 15:19

    Copper anode output rises 10% in H1

    TEHRAN- Production of the copper anode in Iran has risen ten percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), from the same period of time in the previous year.

  • iran-syria 2020-10-19 12:53

    Iran, Syria confer on signing free trade agreement

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) held a meeting on Sunday with Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Hassan Mahmoud in which he stressed the significance of signing a free trade agreement between the two sides.

  • Goreh-Jask 2020-10-19 12:04

    Iran’s strategic oil pipeline project nearing completion

    TEHRAN – Iran’s new 1000-kilometer-long Goreh-Jask oil pipeline in the southern Hormozgan province, which will provide the country with an alternative route for crude oil exports that are currently transferred through the Strait of Hormuz, has registered over 60 percent of physical progress and is underway with full force.

  • ports 2020-10-18 16:42

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Ports operating non-stop despite sanctions, pandemic

    While the coronavirus pandemic has created many limitations for the economic activities all around the world, operations at Iranian ports are underway continuously, and even the U.S. sanctions could not halt activities at the ports.

  • Iran-Syria 2020-10-18 15:59

    Iranian trade center opens in Damascus

    TEHRAN - The chairman of the Iran-Syria Joint Chamber of Commerce announced the official inauguration of the Iranian trade center in Damascus, the portal of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) reported on Sunday.

  • geothermal 2020-10-18 11:53

    Iran’s 1st geothermal power plant to come on stream by Mar. 2021

    TEHRAN – Iran’s first geothermal power plant, with the primary electricity generation capacity of five megawatts (MW), is going to go operational in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2021), Deputy Energy Minister Homayoun Haeri announced.