After four years of a stubborn downturn in the Iranian housing sector, Tehran finally broke the chains as its home sales hit a 39-month high in a sign that the key sector's recovery has begun in…

Shockwaves from the recent US-North Korea crisis have heated the international gold market and investors rushed toward safe-haven assets with the knock-on effect being felt in Tehran's market,…

The total arrears of 27 Iranian private banks and non-bank credit institutions to the Central Bank of Iran up to April 20 stood at 347.8 trillion rials ($9.2 billion), marking a drop of 9%…

The prolonged stagnation in Iran’s housing sector, which started in March 2012, has persisted through the summer of 2017 as housing deals across the country are declining while rents are outpacing…

Iranian payment service providers unveiled new e-payment services and smartphone applications at the 23rd International Exhibition of Electronics, Computer and E-Commerce (aka Elecomp 2017) that…

During the first two months of the new Iranian fiscal year to May 21, the number of new apartments built in 12 old districts of Tehran leaped by 56% compared with the corresponding period of last…

The total volume of six state-run specialized banks’ debts to the Central Bank Iran by the end of the last Iranian year (March 20, 2017) reached 494.4 trillion rials ($13.2 billion), marking an…

Domestic production in Iran is highly subsidized by the state, which is borne out by the fact that the country is not a member of World Trade Organization and the significantly high tariffs it…

Iranian bank accounts in a handful of regional countries are being closed en masse due to reasons ranging from strained ties with Persian Gulf Arab states to Turkish foreign exchange policies,…

After a lackluster start to the new Iranian year (started March 21), Tehran real-estate residential deals rebounded during the second month (started April 21) to herald an imminent relief for the…

The Central Bank of Iran has called on banks and credit institutions to cease any involvement in investment funds as well as the purchase of any kind of securities and bonds, which the regulator…

Private insurance companies accounted for 62.2% of the total premium income in Iran's insurance market during the last Iranian year that ended on March 20, 2017, registering a growth of 3% year-on…

During the first month of the new Iranian year to April 20, the lion's share of the banking system's business lending–at 70.7%–went to meet the working capital demands of enterprises.

The average house price in Tehran stood at 43.7 million rials ($1,165) per square meter, registering a year-on-year increase of 3.6%, the latest report of the Central Bank of Iran for the first…

Iranian banks allocated 5,484 trillion rials ($146.2 billion) to various sectors during the fiscal year that ended on March 20, 2017, registering a growth of 1,310 trillion rials ($35 billion) or…

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif heralded better days for Iran's economy as a result of the opportunities emerging on the back of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—the formal name…

Iranian bank lending portfolio has doubled over the past four years. 

According to the latest report published on CBI’s official website, the total amount of loans in 2012 stood at 1,…