Head of the Management and Planning Organization said Iran is aiming for an average annual growth of 8% over the course of the next five years and to achieve this ambitious goal, the banking…

Pakistan is intent on increasing its trade volume and business cooperation with Iran and to do this, the two countries should work together to remove trade barriers, said the chief executive of…

When it comes to opportunities in e-commerce and retail, Iran holds great promise.

The 21th Executive Committee Meeting of ECO's Chamber of Commerce and Industries was held in Tehran on Tuesday with private sector representatives of the organization calling for renewed…

One year after Iran's historic deal with major global powers, a vigorous debate has surfaced over whether the country has benefited from the accord based on what it was promised.

As Iran pushes to get what it paid for in the landmark nuclear deal it signed a year ago with the six world powers, the country's private banks have taken the lead in rebuilding the financial…

This week it became official. Donald J. Trump was nominated as the GOP’s candidate for president after a last-ditch attempt by anti-Trump delegates to stop him was defeated.

What seemed a…

The government is doing all it can to promote the ease of doing business, reduce the bloated bureaucracy  and break the chains of red tape by creating optimal harmony between the workers and…

The Intelligence minister says the security apparatus strives to maintain a safe and secure environment for investment for both domestic and foreign businesses.

"We believe that security…

The 9th International Exhibition of Exchange, Bank & Insurance opened in Tehran on Sunday with government officials and public sector and private bank CEOs in attendance. The three-day event –…

When banks announced last month they would cut deposit rates by three percentage points, most market observers hailed the long-anticipated move, not least because it was a decision made by lenders…

The Money and Credit Council–the highest monetary decision-making body – voted Tuesday to lower lending rates by two percentage points. The decision comes after private banks decided earlier this…

As the shockwaves of Britain voting to leave the European Union on Friday continue to shake global markets, the effect was felt in Iran a day later – due to markets being closed on Friday–, a…

People do not decide to become extraordinary; they decide to accomplish extraordinary things, said the mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist Sir Edmund Hillary.

Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture as the country's main private sector assembly has made known its demands from the government, hoping to win the public sector's trust…

It was late last month that Akbar Komijani, Central Bank of Iran Vice-Governor, addressing the 26th Annual Conference on Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies in Tehran, briefly alluded to closed-…

Iran Persia International Bank is now connected to TARGET 2 interbank payment system, a significant development for the country's banks after years of being isolated from the global banking…

As Iran is slowly moving closer to the single-digit inflation after years of hyperinflation havoc, policy and decision makers are focused on stimulating growth and creating jobs for the younger…

When it comes to ties with Europe, Iran has no better friend than Italy. The eurozone’s third-largest economy, in the words of Vincenzo Amendola, undersecretary of state for foreign affairs “has…

The first edition of the Iran-Italy Summit was held in Tehran on Monday with a large delegation of Italian business leaders conferring with their Iranian counterparts on ways to foster closer ties…

Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, Agriculture voiced opposition to protectionism in all of its forms, demanding free-market economics be upheld by the incoming parliament.

As the US dollar continues its weak trend, investors are looking more toward gold as a safe haven. The Iranian rial registered gains against the American currency from Thursday when it gained 30…

It is said that life is a series of commas and not full stops; that’s the spirit behind the men and women running the Raad call center in Tehran, who don’t let their physical disabilities stand in…

The US dollar started the Persian New Year on weak ground, defying expectations that the currency would surge in the early days of the fiscal year (started March 20). It entered the week after the…

Iranians ushered in the New Year with renewed optimism for better living conditions for the 80 million population after enduring a decade-plus of hardship imposed by the unjustified and harsh…