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  • trade 2025-06-11 14:16

    Iran reaches preferential tariff deals with Oman, Pakistan

    TEHRAN - Iran has reached agreements with Oman and Pakistan to export goods under preferential tariff arrangements, Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Atabak announced on Wednesday.

  • sponge iron 2025-06-11 14:03

    Sponge iron export up 22% in a month on year

    TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s sponge iron export increased by 22 percent in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year, Farvardin (March 21-April21), as compared to the first month in the past year, the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) reported.

  • Iran-Turkey trade 2025-06-11 14:03

    Iran exports non-oil goods worth $673m to Turkey in 2 months

    TEHRAN- Iran exported non-oil commodities valued at $673 million to Turkey during the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-May 21), according to the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

  • oil 2025-06-11 13:55

    Oil Ministry moves to attract investment, ease upstream contracting

    TEHRAN - Iran’s Oil Ministry is stepping up efforts to draw in investment and accelerate contract processes in the country’s oil and gas sector, according to a senior official at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).

  • Iran-Kazakhstan 2025-06-10 16:10

    Iran’s agriculture minister left Tehran for Astana leading a trade-agriculture delegation

    TEHRAN- Iranian Agriculture Minister Gholam-Reza Nouri, leading a trade-agriculture delegation, left Tehran for Astana, on Tuesday, to attend the meeting of Iran-Kazakhstan Joint Economic Committee.

  • stock 2025-06-10 16:06

    SEO to revive intl. stock exchange project in FTZs

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) is moving to revive its long-delayed international stock exchange project in the country’s free trade zones through renewed collaboration with the Free and Special Economic Zones High Council.

  • SP 2025-06-10 14:52

    Daily gas output from South Pars Phase 11 rises by 60%

    TEHRAN - Iran has increased daily natural gas production from Phase 11 of the South Pars gas field by 60 percent over the past 10 months, raising output from 12 million cubic meters to 20 million cubic meters per day under the current administration.

  • thermal 2025-06-10 14:23

    Industries ready to add 895MW of thermal power to national grid in summer

    TEHRAN - Iran's aluminum producer Almahdi connected the second 183-megawatt unit of its thermal power plant to the national electricity grid on Monday, a senior official said, as part of a broader push by energy-intensive industries to boost self-supplied power generation.

  • vene 2025-06-10 13:29

    Iran, Venezuela to finalize FTA in coming days

    TEHRAN - Iran and Venezuela are set to finalize the text and annexes of their long-anticipated free trade agreement within the next two days, a senior Iranian official announced following a meeting in Tehran.

  • sanctions 2025-06-09 15:33

    By Seyed Mehrdad Bani-Hashemi Kahangi

    Sanctions and soul of a nation: Rethinking economic warfare on Iran

    In the quiet corridors of Iranian hospitals, where children wait for medicine that never arrives, and in the crowded markets of southern Tehran, where inflation is rewriting the price of bread by the hour, one truth has become inescapable: the real cost of U.S. sanctions is not political—it is profoundly human.

  • conference 2025-06-09 15:33

    Private sector pitches 30 investment packages as mining investment forum kicks off

    TEHRAN - A specialized conference on investment opportunities in Iran’s mining and mineral industries opened on Monday in Tehran, bringing together private sector operators and officials from the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade.

  • gas 2025-06-09 14:41

    Gas injection to Shourijeh storage facility rises 23%

    TEHRAN - Gas injection into the Shourijeh underground storage facility has been increased by 23 percent since the beginning of the season, the managing director of Shahid Hasheminejad Gas Refinery said.

  • dollar 2025-06-09 14:02

    Over $1b allocated for medicine imports since March

    TEHRAN - Central Bank of Iran (CBI) announced that it has allocated and supplied more than $1.041 billion for the import of medicines, pharmaceutical raw materials, and medical equipment since the beginning of the current Iranian year (late March).

  • Export to UAE 2025-06-09 14:00

    Iran exports non-oil products valued at $1.094b to UAE in 2 months

    TEHRAN- Iran exported non-oil commodities valued at $1.094 billion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-May 21), according to the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

  • smart meter 2025-06-09 14:00

    7m smart meters to be installed across Iran by late March 2026

    TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Ministry aims to install seven million smart electricity meters by the end of the current Iranian year (late March 2026), with the goal of reaching nine million units by the following fall, a senior official at the state-owned Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Company (Tavanir) said.

  • tse 2025-06-08 16:07

    TEDPIX loses 5,700 points on Sunday

    TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), lost 5,700 points to 3,035,000 on Sunday, which is the second day of the Iranian calendar week.

  • petchem 2025-06-08 14:15

    NPC needs $18b investment to fully utilize petchem industry capacity

    TEHRAN – Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) requires nearly $18 billion in investment to overcome challenges and unlock the full potential of its petrochemical industry, a senior official said, underscoring the critical need for a stable supply of feedstock.

  • mining 2025-06-08 14:13

    Iran targets $893m savings through domestic production in mining sector

    TEHRAN - Iran aims to save $893 million in foreign currency through the domestic production of equipment and components in its mining and mineral industries during the current Iranian year (ending March 2026), according to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO).

  • road 2025-06-08 14:10

    Over 27m passengers traveled via public road transport in 2 months

    TEHRAN - More than 27 million passengers used Iran’s public road transport fleet during the first two months of the Iranian calendar year 1404 (March 21 to May 21, 2025), according to the country’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.

  • Kenya 2025-06-08 14:01

    Iran offers to build 1m housing units in Kenya

    TEHRAN - Iran has expressed readiness to help build one million social housing units in Kenya, according to the head of Iran’s Urban Regeneration Company during a meeting with Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing, and Urban Development.

  • loan 2025-06-08 14:00

    Iranian banks pay $152b in loans in a year: CBI

    TEHRAN – Iranian banks disbursed 7.6 quadrillion rials (approximately $152 billion) in loans during the last Iranian year (ended late March), a senior official with the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said, while criticizing the lack of a clear economic prioritization strategy to match the scale of financing with sustainable growth.

  • Export 2025-06-07 17:21

    Non-oil goods worth $4.2m exported from North Khorasan province in a month

    TEHRAN- Non-oil commodities worth $4.208 million were exported from North Khorasan province in the northeast of Iran during the first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin (March 21-April 21, 2025), the director-general of the province announced.

  • overhaul 2025-06-07 14:05

    Overhaul of phases 17, 18 offshore platforms at South Pars completed

    TEHRAN - The overhaul of the offshore platforms in phases 17 and 18 of Iran’s South Pars gas field has been successfully completed after carrying out more than 1,300 operational tasks, according to the head of South Pars gas platform maintenance.

  • solar 2025-06-07 14:05

    Over 1,200 government offices equipped with solar panels

    TEHRAN - Iran has equipped 1,239 government offices with solar panels as part of a nationwide energy-saving initiative, an official from the state-run Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) said.

  • gdp 2025-06-07 14:04

    Iran’s monthly GDP grows 0.9%, driven by non-oil sectors

    TEHRAN - Iran’s economy grew by 0.9 percent in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year Farvardin (March 21 – April 21), according to a new report from the Iranian Parliament’s Research Center.

  • farzin 2025-06-07 14:04

    Iran seeks BRICS bank membership in talks with President Rousseff

    TEHRAN - Iran’s central bank governor, Mohammad Reza Farzin, met with Dilma Rousseff, president of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), in Shanghai on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)'s finance summit, reaffirming Tehran’s intention to join the multilateral lender.

  • iron ore concentrate 2025-06-07 13:47

    Iron ore concentrate export up 153% in a month on year

    TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s iron ore concentrate export increased by 153 percent in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year, Farvardin (March 21-April21), as compared to the first month in the past year, the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) reported.

  • flare 2025-06-06 15:24

    Petchem sector invests $5b to curb gas flaring, aims to cut carbon emissions by half

    TEHRAN – Iran’s petrochemical industry has invested $5.0 billion to reduce gas flaring in upstream oil operations and is drafting a strategic roadmap to further cut emissions, according to the health, safety and environment (HSE) director of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC).

  • refinery 2025-06-06 15:23

    Iran’s refining capacity rises to 2.4m barrels a day

    TEHRAN – Iran has increased its daily crude oil refining capacity to 2.4 million barrels, with the Abadan refinery contributing the largest share to the rise, according to a senior official at the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC).

  • Iran-Uzbekistan 2025-06-06 15:21

    Iran’s Mazandaran province opens trade center in Tashkent

    TEHRAN- Iran’s northern Mazandaran province opened a trade center in Uzbekistan’s capital city Tashkent.