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  • $239m Supplied to Meet Public Forex Demand
    The Central Bank of Iran has supplied $239 million over the past three months at the official exchange rate to satisfy public demands for foreign currency to pay for medical, educational,...
  • Iran Government to Expand Secondary Forex Market
    As the negative consequences of the government’s policy in enacting a single exchange rate for the US dollar are becoming clearer, report from local media suggest that the government is finally...
  • 90 Percent of Iranian  Pension Funds Bankrupt
    Of the 20 funds paying pension to retirees in Iran, 18 are bankrupt, a member of Majlis Social Commission said. Rasoul Khezri added that all the pension providers in Iran are in a state of...
  • Domestic Steel Market Prioritized Over Exports
    The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has issued a directive mandating steelmakers to increase their supply to Iran Mercantile Exchange to reach the minimum volume set by the government, or...
  • Stocks Rally on Rumors of Forex Policy Change
    Investors can finally imagine the government loosening its grip on the foreign currency market without being called dreamers. And with the prospect of change on the horizon, stocks have jumped....
  • Tehran Home Sales Cool as Prices Surge
    Residential deals in Tehran cooled in mid-summer but prices continued on their rising trajectory, the latest data released by the Central Bank of Iran show. A report published on CBI's website on...
  • Hemmati, 61, is the former head of Central Insurance of Iran who became the 18th head of the country’s central bank.
    Abdolnasser Hemmati, the newly-appointed governor of the Central Bank of Iran, has in his first comments as the country's top monetary policymaker pledged to promote the country's economic growth...
  • Growth Owes to Allocation of Loans to  Private Sector, Development Budget
    The 4.3% economic growth for Iran confirmed by the International Monetary Fund in its April report is thanks to the allocation of 190 trillion rials ($4.41 billion) in loans to the manufacturing...
  • Theft Cases Increase 7%
    A total of 585,906 cases of theft were reported in the fiscal 2016-17, registering a rise of 7% compared with five years before, the Statistical Center of Iran said. The nationwide rate was one...
  • Forex Trading at 3 Rates in 3 Markets
    A third unofficial foreign exchange market has emerged, despite the government's efforts to prevent the turbulent currency market from spiraling out of control, a lawmaker warned. "In fact, a third...
  • EU Countermeasures Against US Sanctions Questioned
    With the reimposition of US sanctions on Iran expected to come into effect in autumn,...
  • Stock Investors in Wait-and-See Mode
    Investors took a wait-and-see approach last week at the stock market, as political tensions escalated between Iran and the United States, with the first wave of sanctions against the Islamic...
  • Social Security Organization Comes Under Private Sector Fire
    Iran’s Social Security Organization does not abide by the law and it has caused numerous problems for different businesses, said representatives of the private sector in the 19th session of Tehran...
  • Austria’s Kontrollbank to Guarantee Iran Business
    The Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB) will issue guarantees for the overwhelming majority share of Iran-Austria trade, the president of Vienna Economic Chamber has said. "During our...
  • Rent Contract Bill to Help Tenants
    Iran’s Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is pursuing a change in the way home rent contracts are devised to curb skyrocketing rents and provide a helping hand to frustrated tenants that have...
  • Investment Funds Stage Lackluster Performance
    According to data released by Financial Information Processing of Iran, the 214 investment funds in Iran’s capital market posted an average return of -0.08% during the fourth month of the current...
  • TEDPIX Ends Week at 108,800
    Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 404.11 points or 0.37% on Wednesday to end trading at 108,800. About 2.45 billion shares valued at $79.71 million changed hands at TSE for the day....
  • Call for Boosting Secondary Forex Market
    The Majlis Economic Commission criticized the government’s poor handling of a crisis that hit the hard currency market in April and stressed the need for measures to boost the Secondary Forex...
  • ESCO Readies 2nd Batch of U33 Rails
    Esfahan Steel Company has produced the second batch of rails to be delivered to the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways. The batch contains 1,000 tons of U33 rails as part of ESCO's commitment to...
  • Hemmati Appointed CBI Chief
    The Cabinet on Wednesday agreed to appoint Abdolnasser Hemmati as the new governor of the Central Bank of Iran, a move widely seen as the first step in the widely expected reshuffle of President...
  • Iran’s Cryptocurrency to Back Bank Transactions in 1st Phase
    Iran's in-the-works national cryptocurrency, which is expected to be unveiled soon, will in its first operational phase solely focus on clearing limited bank transactions, a top advisor to the...
  • Pistachio Exports Grow 50%
    Around 123,000 tons of pistachios worth $1.2 billion were exported from Iran during the nine months since the beginning of the current crop year (September 23, 2017, to June 2018), registering a 10...
  • Saman-Munich Re Partnership Endures
    The contract signed by Saman Insurance Company with Munich Re last year is still binding, despite new developments in the wake of the US pullout from the Iran nuclear deal, the company’s CEO...
  • 43 Medical Centers Under Construction
    Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei said a total of 43 medical centers are under construction in Iran while studies are being carried out to soon build 58 more.  In the...
  • New Pharmacy Regulation Draws Ire
    The new regulation regarding the establishment of pharmacies has invited a wide array of criticism, as it allows a decrease in the number of active doctor’s offices required for the establishment...

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