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2021-08-02 16:55
By Mahnaz Abdi
National Housing Action Plan to provide affordable houses for variable groups
It was in the winter of 2018 when Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry launched the National Housing Action Plan, which includes the construction of 400,000 small and medium-sized apartments (70-100 square meters in size) across the country and particularly in Tehran, where housing prices have risen most sharply.
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2021-07-17 17:10
By Mahnaz Abdi
‘Armenian market a special opportunity for Iranian SMEs’
TEHRAN- The Armenian market is a special opportunity for Iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially in the field of foodstuff and home appliances, according to Iran’s deputy industry, mining, and trade minister.
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2021-07-10 16:43
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iran, Oman determined to boost trade ties
TEHRAN- Iran shares borders with fifteen countries, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Oman, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kuwait, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia. Expansion of trade with these neighbors, specially increasing non-oil exports to them, is one of the major plans that the Iranian government is now pursuing.
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2021-06-30 15:16
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iranian port activities noticeably ongoing despite limitations
The condition created by the coronavirus outbreak has had some devastating effect on different aspects of global trade.
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2021-06-26 17:05
By Mahnaz Abdi
‘Capital market capacities at the service of production growth’
TEHRAN- The head of Iran’s Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) stated that the capacities of the country’s capital market are at the service of production growth.
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2021-06-23 11:43
By Mahnaz Abdi
Can CGT increase homebuyers’ purchasing power?
TEHRAN- During an open session of the parliament on May 26, the Iranian MPs approved the general outline of capital gains tax (CGT) plan.
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2021-06-19 16:29
By Mahnaz Abdi
Capital market’s unprecedented growth in 2 years
TEHRAN- Over the past two years, a number of factors affecting Iranian economy have created a new status in the country’s capital market, in a way that this market experienced such a growth in the past Iranian calendar year 1399 (ended on March 20) that was never seen in its history of more than 50 years.
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2021-06-14 13:01
By Mahnaz Abdi
Sirik power plant highlighting Iran-Russia energy cooperation
In August 2016, Iran had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Russia for implementing a 1,400-megawatt power plant project in Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province.
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2021-06-07 15:34
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iranian ports’ capacity can double in a 5-year course
TEHRAN- Iran’s ports, as the major gates of exports and imports, play some significant role in the country’s global trade, and the ongoing operation at the ports indicates that they are playing their part perfectly in this regard.
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2021-05-26 13:57
By Mahnaz Abdi
Transit of goods via Iran rising
Today, transit has become more important due to the expanded global trade relations and the intensity of competition for new markets. So that many countries have achieved huge incomes in this way by planning and making optimal use of their transit opportunities and facilities.
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2021-05-17 15:17
By Mahnaz Abdi
Programs underway to prevent power outage in peak consumption period
TEHRAN- The rising trend of electricity consumption in Iran has created serious concerns about power outage in the summer peak period.
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2021-05-15 13:42
By Mahnaz Abdi
Major strategies to boost trade between Iran, Armenia
TEHRAN- Expansion of trade with the neighboring countries, especially boosting exports to the neighbors is one of the major policies that Iran is seriously pursuing to nullify the effects of the U.S. sanctions on its economy.
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2021-05-08 16:18
By Mahnaz Abdi
Maritime sector to realize ‘supporting production, eliminating obstacles’
Based on the latest statistics, over 80 percent of cargo transportation in the world is conducted through sea, which highlights the significance of maritime transportation.
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2021-04-24 14:02
By Mahnaz Abdi
Tire production industry materializes slogan of ‘Surge in Production’
In a bid to nullify the U.S. sanctions, Iran is determined to strengthen its domestic production to achieve self-reliance.
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2021-04-12 16:59
By Mahnaz Abdi
Gas supply noticeably successful during winter
TEHRAN- Despite the unprecedented increase in natural gas consumption in the country, the gas industry was able to register a record high in terms of gas supplying during the peak consumption period in winter.
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2021-04-11 14:46
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iran records great annual performance in oil refining, distributing
While the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) was a difficult time for Iran’s oil sector, which is the country’s major source of income, some great performance was witnessed in terms of refining and distribution of oil and oil products.
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2021-03-14 12:01
By Mahnaz Abdi
Industrial growth achieved despite sanctions, pandemic
TEHRAN- The U.S. sanctions have targeted Iran’s all aspects of economy and industry, but the “self-reliance” approach that the Islamic Republic has taken to nullify the sanctions has proved that nothing can impede Iran from progress.
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2021-02-28 16:51
By Mahnaz Abdi
Car scrapping industry dormant; scrap imported
TEHRAN- It’s a couple of years that Iran has launched a car scrappage scheme, mainly aimed at reducing air pollution, especially in the capital Tehran.
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2021-02-14 12:29
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iran’s sponge iron production leap outstanding
TEHRAN- While Iran is fighting the U.S. severe sanctions on its economy, and the country’s different industrial and economic sectors have been affected by the limitations and difficulties caused by the sanctions condition, the country’s mining sector is moving forward noticeably, overcoming such barriers.
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2021-02-07 12:36
By Mahnaz Abdi
“Domestic Production” materialized in mining sector
This month last year, the previous head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), which is the country’s major state-owned holding active in the mining sector, announced the organization’s top 10 targets to be followed up through some programs for domestic production of parts and equipment used in the mining sector as well as indigenizing required technology of this sector.
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2021-01-22 14:54
By Mahnaz Abdi
Lack of liquidity a main hurdle for production units
In early July last year, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) instructed the country’s banking network the regulations on financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the aim of smoothing the path of national production and supporting enterprises in order to fulfill the slogan of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2020-March 2021), which is “Surge in Production”, through directing society's liquidity to productive sectors and financing domestic production units, as well as providing the required working capital for the enterprises.
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2021-01-11 11:41
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iran’s copper cathode production, export significantly rising
TEHRAN- The periodical reports and statistics indicate that Iran’s metals sector is progressing both in terms of production and export despite the limitations imposed by the U.S. sanctions.
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2021-01-09 15:32
By Mahnaz Abdi
Increasing tax income in budget bill not logical in current condition
Iran’s national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1400 (starts on March 21), whose draft was submitted to the parliament on December 2, 2020, has predicted a tax income of 2.47 quadrillion rials (about $58.809 billion), rising from 1.95 quadrillion rials (about $46.42 billion) envisaged in the present year’s budget.
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2021-01-04 13:42
By Mahnaz Abdi
Government's ETF approach still under debate
According to Note 2 of the budget law of the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 20, 2020), the government is allowed to offer and sell its remaining shares in the state-owned companies in the usual way or through the exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
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2020-12-27 16:50
By Mahnaz Abdi
NPC’s 30 strategic projects to diversify products noticeably
TEHRAN- The managing director of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said that a fourth step has been defined for the development of Iran’s petrochemical industry, in which the basket of petrochemical products will be noticeably diversified through 30 strategic projects.
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2020-12-26 16:01
By Mahnaz Abdi
Iran’s steel production, export not affected by sanctions
While the U.S. sanctions has targeted Iran’s metal sector besides its oil industry, the periodical reports released both by the international and domestic sources show that Iranian steel industry has not been affected by the sanctions, while it has also been booming.
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2020-12-21 14:30
By Mahnaz Abdi
Industrial units’ activities being developed to promote production
TEHRAN- Iran’s industrial parks play a significant role in making the country independent through boosting production, which is a major strategy of Iran to combat the U.S. sanctions.
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2020/12/02
By Mahnaz Abdi
Organizing automotive industry through offering cars in commodity exchange
In recent months, the price of cars in the free market has become significantly different from the factory price.
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2020-11-27 14:05
By Mahnaz Abdi
Solar energy to tackle electricity shortage in remote rural areas
The limitation and difficulty in the way of supplying electricity to the remote rural areas which are hard to reach has been always one of the major challenges in the sustainable development of villages.
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2020-11-25 16:46
By Mahnaz Abdi
Anzali Free Zone development necessary to expand trade with EAEU
TEHRAN- Located in Gilan Province, north of Iran, Anzali Free Trade-Industrial Zone is the sole free zone in the southern part of the Caspian Sea with an area of 9,400 hectares and 40 kilometers shoreline.
