Business And Markets

The average unemployment rate for university graduates stood at 19.4% in the last fiscal year (March 2017-18), registering a decline of 0.6% compared with the year before, according to a new…

Iran produced 24.08 million tons of cement during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22).

“This registers an increase of over 244,000 tons compared with last…

Since the beginning of the fiscal 2018-19, the Iranian rial has, as economists say, “gone through the floor”—the currency has depreciated by nearly 70% against its benchmark.

UK-based security solutions supplier Westminster Group said it had made significant progress with its Iran airport contract and remains committed to starting it as soon as possible. The contract…

Cryptocurrency transactions in Iran have significantly declined since April when a blanket ban came into effect. 

As Sepehr Mohammadi, chairman of the Blockchain Association of Iran…

Iran's housing and construction sector registered a fourth consecutive positive growth rate during the quarter to June 21, the latest figures disclosed by the Central Bank of Iran show.

A man has been arrested for smuggling $38,000 from Afghanistan to Iran, an Afghan official said on Tuesday. The cash was being carried to the neighboring country in a cement truck, said Jelani…

Esfahan Steel Company has produced 1,000 tons of UIC60 rails based on the latest international standards, the manager of the Rolling Engineering Department of ESCO said. “We were totally reliant…

Major Iranian copper producers produced 488,859 tons of copper concentrate during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22), which indicates a 12% growth compared with…

Looking for a job and finding better employment were the main reasons behind internal migration in Iran in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2018) after “following family’s decision”.

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 157,328.7 points or 0.47% on Tuesday to end trading in last week at 157,328.7.

About 3.61 billion shares valued at $81.86 million changed hands at…

The Eurasian Economic Commission Council approved the roadmap to implement the interim agreement on Iran’s entry into the Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Zone.

The announcement was…

The research arm of Iran’s Parliament has conducted a first-of-its-kind domestic investment security study, finding among other things that businesspeople active in the crude oil and natural gas…

Following the recent passage of the law banning the employment of retired people in state bodies, three deputies at the Central Bank of Iran are set to leave.

The Central Bank of Afghanistan raised concerns about the increasing smuggling of US dollars to neighboring countries, especially Iran, from Afghanistan and warned that this could further impact…

Farmers who have incurred losses from natural disasters during the Sept. 2017-18 harvest season will enjoy a three-year break in paying back their loans to banks. The Central Bank of Iran…

Iran exported more than 25.47 million tons of mineral products worth over $4.41 billion during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22), down 9.2% in tonnage and up 12…

According to IMF’s latest report on “Shadow Economies Around the World: What Did We Learn Over the Last 20 Years”, shadow economy includes monetary and non-monetary transactions of a legal…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 225.44 points or 0.23% to end Monday trade at 98,033.5.

About 806 million shares valued at $36.89 million changed hands at TSE for the day.

Iran's gross domestic product in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21) stood at 1,676.7 trillion rials ($12.59 billion at Sanarate.ir's Sunday exchange rate of 133,132…

Key entities in Iran's government are preparing to officially endorse the import of hardware required to mine cryptocurrency in complementary efforts aimed at backing crypto mining to help an…

A senior banking official said the steep fall in the value of rial against the US dollar has strained banks’ balance sheets by dealing a blow to their capital levels. 

The Statistical Center of Iran has published its latest figures concerning construction permits, showing that the number of permits issued increased both across Iran and in Tehran during the…

The Market Regulation Headquarters has called for the speedy import of diapers amid rising shortage of the product in the domestic market. The call also extends to the import of raw materials…

Iran exported 117,103 tons of copper concentrates worth $115.43 million during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22). This was announced in the Islamic Republic of…