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  • SCO 2024-10-13 17:15

    Safeguard international fairness and justice, build a beautiful home of the SCO

    The 23rd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held in Pakistan. This will be beneficial for delivering the outcomes of the Meeting of the Council of Heads of State, and joining hands to build a more beautiful home of the SCO.

  • sponge iron 2024-10-13 12:46

    Sponge iron export stands at $146m in 6 months

    TEHRAN- Iran exported 596,000 tons of sponge iron worth $146 million during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), according to the data released by the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA).

  • zakeri 2024-10-13 12:40

    New passenger rail service to connect Tehran to Turkey’s Van

    TEHRAN – Newly appointed head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railway (known as RAI) has said a new passenger rail line is going to be launched between Iran’s capital Tehran and Turkey’s eastern city of Van.

  • highway 2024-10-13 12:23

    840km of highways to be inaugurated across Iran by late Mar. 2025

    TEHRAN – Some 840 kilometers of roads and highways are going to be inaugurated across Iran by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (late March 2025), the managing director of Iran's Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC) announced.

  • renewables 2024-10-13 12:23

    Renewables prevent emission of 12.8m tons of GHG in H1

    TEHRAN – Generating electricity from renewable sources prevented the emission of 12.8 million tons of Green House Gases (GHG) in Iran during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), according to the Iranian Energy Ministry.

  • russia 2024-10-13 12:23

    Non-oil exports to Russia rise 12% in 6 months on year

    TEHRAN - The value of Iran’s non-oil exports to Russia rose 12 percent in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21) compared to last year’s first half, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) data showed.

  • china 2024-10-13 12:22

    Beijing hosts Iran-China Friendship Association meeting

    TEHRAN – The 15th annual meeting of Iran-China Friendship Associations was held in Beijing on Saturday, Tasnim News Agency reported.

  • land allocation 2024-10-12 11:39

    Over 2,330 ha of lands provided for National Housing Movement units in H1

    TEHRAN- As announced by the Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry, 2,336.7 hectares of land have been provided for the construction of National Housing Movement units across the country in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21).

  • seyedi 2024-10-12 11:37

    ‘Iran needs $200b of investment by 2031 to achieve economic goals’

    TEHRAN – The new Head of Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) says the country needs $200 billion of investment by 2031 to achieve its economic goals, Mehr News Agency reported.

  • electricity 2024-10-12 11:37

    40 rural areas connected to national power grid since late March

    TEHRAN – The latest data released by the Iranian Energy Ministry shows that over 40 new rural areas have been connected to the national power grid since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).

  • brics 2024-10-12 11:37

    New cross-border payments system pitched at BRICS meeting in Moscow

    TEHRAN - Russia has proposed a new cross-border payment system to be conducted among BRICS countries to circumvent the western financial system, according to the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).

  • oil products 2024-10-12 11:37

    Monthly production of petroleum products rises 10%

    TEHRAN – Production of petroleum products in Iran has increased by 10 percent in the sixth Iranian calendar month of Shahrivar (August 22-September 21) compared to the previous month, according to a report published by the Supervision Office of Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO).

  • date export 2024-10-12 11:00

    Dates worth $78m exported in H1

    TEHRAN- Iran exported $78 million of dates in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) reported.

  • steel ingot 2024-10-12 10:50

    Iran’s steel ingots export stands at $730m in 6 months

    TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s steel ingots export stood at $730 million in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-Septemebr 22), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) reported.

  • iron ore pellet 2024-10-11 13:32

    Iron ore pellet export hits $454m in 6 months

    TEHRAN- Iran exported 5.383 million tons of iron ore pellet worth $454 million during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), according to the data released by the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA).

  • petchem 2024-10-11 13:30

    Iran’s petchem sector to grow 8% annually by 2027

    TEHRAN – The caretaker of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has said that the petrochemical industry will grow by eight percent annually during the seventh National Development Plan (2022-2027), in line with the orders of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution for achieving an eight percent economic growth in the country.

  • ansari 2024-10-11 13:23

    ISIPO’s new head appointed

    TEHRAN - Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Atabak appointed Reza Ansari as his deputy and the new head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO), IRIB reported.

  • watermelon export 2024-10-11 13:20

    Watermelon export stands at $128m in 6 months

    TEHRAN- Iran exported $128 million of watermelons in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) reported.

  • auto 2024-10-11 13:17

    Imports of auto parts fall 18% in 6 months on year

    TEHRAN- Iran imported $2.9 billion of auto parts during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), according to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

  • kygyz 2024-10-11 13:16

    Iran ready to provide water, electricity services to Kyrgyzstan

    TEHRAN - The head of the International Center of the Iranian Energy Ministry has said that the Iranian water and electricity industry is ready to provide services to Kyrgyzstan, IRNA reported.

  • turkmenistan 2024-10-11 13:15

    Iran's exports to Turkmenistan rise nearly 15% in H1

    TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s export to Turkmenistan increased 14.6 percent in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21) compared to the same period in the previous year, according to the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade Ruhollah Latifi.

  • trade 2024-10-11 13:14

    Iran, EAEU PTA zeroes customs tariffs on 87% of exchanged goods

    TEHRAN – The head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said on Thursday that the preferential trade agreement (PTA) between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has canceled customs tariffs on 87 percent of the goods exchanged between the two sides, IRNA reported.

  • nomad 2024-10-09 15:22

    Electricity supplied to 7,500 nomadic households since late Mar.

    TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Ministry has managed to supply electricity to 7,500 nomadic households in 20 provinces across the country since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), IRIB reported.

  • stock 2024-10-09 15:21

    Monthly sales of industrial companies active in stock market up 13%

    TEHRAN - The sales index of Iranian industrial companies active in the stock market has grown 13 percent in the sixth Iranian calendar month of Shahrivar (August 22-September 21) as compared to the figure for the same month in the previous year.

  • renewables 2024-10-09 15:19

    Renewable power plants capacity to be increased

    TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said the capacity of the country’s renewable power plants is going to be increased by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (late March 2025), IRIB reported.

  • Ports 2024-10-09 15:19

    Loading, unloading of goods in Iran’s ports up 7% in H1

    TEHRAN – The loading and unloading of goods in the ports of Iran increased by seven percent in the first six months of the present Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

  • transport 2024-10-09 15:14

    Transit via Iran’s roads rises 63% in H1 yr/yr

    TEHRAN - The transit of commodities through the roads of Iran increased by 63 percent in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21) compared to the previous year’s corresponding period, according to the data released by the Transport and Urban Development Ministry.

  • thermal 2024-10-09 15:06

    Capacity of thermal power plants to rise 16,000MW

    TEHRAN - The new head of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) said the electricity generation capacity in the country’s thermal power plants will increase by 16,000 megawatts (MW) to reduce the country's power supply and demand imbalance.

  • egg 2024-10-09 14:54

    Iran exports 77,000 tons of eggs in over 6 months

    TEHRAN- Iran exported 77,000 tons of eggs to the target countries since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20) up to October 8, Mohammad Moradi, chairman of the board of directors of Mihan Poultry Union said.

  • sea transport 2024-10-08 15:18

    Passenger transportation via sea down 3%

    TEHRAN – The loading and unloading of goods in the ports of Iran increased by seven percent in the first six months of the present Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.