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  • electric 2023-11-25 15:07

    Iran-made commercial electric vehicles to come to market in 2024

    TEHRAN – Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Abbas Ali-Abadi has said currently three models of electric vehicles have been manufactured in the country which will come to the market in the first half of the next Iranian calendar year (starting in late March 2024), Tasnim News Agency reported.

  • metallurgy expo 2023-11-24 14:03

    800 companies partaking in Iran’s intl. metallurgy expo

    TEHRAN - Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds is hosting the 20th edition of Iran’s international exhibition of metallurgy, dubbed IRAN METAFO, during November 24-27, IRIB reported.

  • renewables 2023-11-24 14:01

    Monthly electricity generation from renewable sources increases 17%

    TEHRAN – The electricity generated by Iranian renewable power plants in the seventh Iranian calendar month of Mehr (ended on October 22) increased by 17.4 percent compared to the previous month, IRNA reported.

  • red meat 2023-11-24 08:54

    Monthly red meat production stands at 38,000 tons

    TEHRAN- Production of red meat in Iran stood at 38,760 tons in the seventh month of the current Iranian calendar year (September 23-October 22), showing a 29 percent fall compared to the same month in the past year, the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) reported.

  • iron ore 2023-11-24 08:51

    Over 28m tons of iron ore concentrate produced in 7 months

    TEHRAN- Iran’s nine large iron ore concentrate producers have produced 28,774,175 tons of the product during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22).

  • Export 2023-11-24 08:49

    Iran’s non-oil export to Kazakhstan rises 12% in 7 months on year

    TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s non-oil export to Kazakhstan increased by 12 percent during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade announced.

  • EAEU 2023-11-22 16:55

    Iran-EAEU FTA to be signed in near future

    TEHRAN - The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Eurasian and Economic Union (EAEU) are going to sign a long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA) in the coming month and the FTA could go operational in the next Iranian calendar year (begins in late March 2024), an official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said.

  • Oman 2023-11-22 16:34

    Iran, Oman stress implementing joint projects in free, special zones

    TEHRAN - Senior officials of Iran and Oman’s commercial-industrial free zones have emphasized the need for expanding relations and implementing joint projects in such zones, Iranian Free Zones News Agency (Freena) reported.

  • Budget bill 2023-11-22 15:47

    Govt. postpones submitting budget bill to parliament

    TEHRAN – Iranian parliament (Majlis) has asked the government to postpone the submitting of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1403 (begins on March 20, 2024) to the parliament after the approval of the seventh National Development Plan (2022-2026), IRNA reported.

  • Export 2023-11-22 05:23

    Iran’s non-oil export to Afghanistan up 4% in 7 months yr/yr

    TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s non-oil export to Afghanistan increased by four percent during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade announced.

  • Turkey 2023-11-21 13:24

    Tehran, Ankara discuss expanding agricultural ties

    TEHRAN – Deputy agriculture ministers of Iran and Turkey met in Tehran on Monday to discuss ways of expanding agricultural relations between the two countries, the portal of the Iranian Agriculture Ministry reported.

  • ISIPO 2023-11-21 12:17

    Chamber of Guilds, ISIPO ink co-op MOU

    TEHRAN - Iran Chamber of Guilds and Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in various fields, IRIB reported.

  • pakistan 2023-11-21 11:59

    Iran aiming to boost trade with Pakistan by establishing free zones, trade centers

    TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran is aiming to expand its economic and trade relations with Pakistan through establishing joint free zones and trade centers with the country, IRIB reported.

  • Turkmenistan 2023-11-20 14:17

    Iran, Turkmenistan begin drafting comprehensive economic co-op document

    TEHRAN – The head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) has announced the beginning of drafting a comprehensive economic cooperation document between the Islamic Republic and Turkmenistan, IRIB reported on Sunday.

  • oji 2023-11-20 14:17

    President Raisi pays visit to Oil Ministry

    TEHRAN – In line with the government’s new strategy to regularly supervise the country’s executive bodies, President Raisi paid an unannounced visit to the Oil Ministry on Monday, Shana reported.

  • wheat 2023-11-20 14:17

    Iran’s wheat production rises 6% in 2023: report

    TEHRAN - Wheat production in Iran has increased by six percent in 2023, putting the Islamic Republic in 14th place among the world’s top producers of the strategic grain, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s World Agricultural Production report.

  • TCCIMA-Free Zones 2023-11-19 14:46

    Free Zones High Council inks co-op MOU with TCCIMA

    TEHRAN – Iranian Free Zones High Council signed a cooperation memorandum with the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) on Saturday, Freena reported.

  • Iran-Turkmenistan 2023-11-19 14:46

    Tehran, Ashgabat ink several co-op documents worth $900m

    TEHRAN - Iranian and Turkmen officials signed several cooperation documents and agreements worth $900 million in various fields at the end of the two countries’ 17th Joint Economic Committee meeting in Ashgabat on Saturday evening.

  • Export to Pakistan 2023-11-19 06:11

    Iran’s non-oil export to Pakistan rises 62% in 7 months on year

    TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s non-oil export to Pakistan increased by 62 percent during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade announced.

  • ICCIMA holds meeting to discuss investment in construction sector 2023-11-18 18:01

    ICCIMA holds meeting to discuss investment in construction sector

    TEHRAN - In a meeting of the Technical, Engineering, and Construction Services Committee of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), issues related to private sector investment in the construction sector were explored.

  • Iran to extend gas export deal with Iraq 2023-11-18 17:59

    Iran to extend gas export deal with Iraq

    TEHRAN - The Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIOC) has said the country’s gas export deal with Iraq is going to be extended by the end of 2023, Shana reported.

  • Turkmenistan, a strategic partner of Iran: Iranian minister 2023-11-18 17:57

    Turkmenistan, a strategic partner of Iran: Iranian minister

    TEHRAN- The Iranian minister of transport and urban development has described Turkmenistan as a strategic partner for Iran and called for taking a key step towards further bilateral relations between the two countries.

  • Shrimp 2023-11-18 05:09

    Annual shrimp output anticipated to be 40,000 tons

    TEHRAN – Iran’s annual shrimp production is expected to be 40,000 tons in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2024) , according to the secretary of the Aquatics Production and Trade Union of Iran.

  • Iran-Turkmenistan 2023-11-17 16:12

    ‘Iran-Turkmenistan trade exchanges noticeably increasing this year’

    TEHRAN- Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash announced the significant growth of trade exchanges between Iran and Turkmenistan this year and said: “In addition to trade and transit exchanges, the two countries have good cooperation in the field of energy.”

  • raisi 2023-11-17 14:08

    Raisi inaugurates numerous projects in visit to Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province

    TEHRAN – President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated numerous energy and infrastructure projects during a one-day visit to Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in southwestern Iran, ISNA reported.

  • oji 2023-11-17 14:08

    Iran, Iraq discuss expansion of energy ties

    TEHRAN - Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji and visiting Iraqi Minister of Electricity Ziyad Ali Fazel explored avenues of developing the two countries’ relations in the energy sector on Wednesday night.

  • CBI 2023-11-15 14:10

    Bank loans to economic sectors rises nearly 24% in 7 months

    TEHRAN- The Iranian banking system has paid 28.47 quadrillion rials (about $56 billion) of facilities to different economic sectors in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), registering a 23.9 percent rise from the figure in the same period of the previous year, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced.

  • RAI 2023-11-15 12:56

    Rail transportation brings Iran $1.3b in fuel savings in a year

    TEHRAN – The managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) has said using rail transportation has made the country $1.3 billion in fuel savings during the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20).

  • sponge iron 2023-11-15 05:59

    Sponge iron production up 5.4% in 7 months on year

    TEHRAN- Production of sponge iron in Iran rose by 5.4 percent during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), according to the data released by the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA).

  • Iran-Afghanistan 2023-11-14 16:09

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Iran, Afghanistan determined to expand trade, transit ties

    TEHRAN- Iran and Afghanistan, two neighbors with many commonalities, believe that the current level of their mutual economic and trade ties is not satisfactory, and they should pursue the development of these ties more seriously.