The Statistical Center of Iran has put labor force participation rate—the proportion of the population of ages 15 and above that is either employed or looking for a job—at 41.4% or 25.84 million…
Domestic Economy
Iran’s air routes are attractive for flights linking Qatar, Turkey, the UAE and India, the managing director of Iran Airports Company said. Siavash Amirmokri added that flights from the…
A total of 5.14 quadrillion rials ($20.75 billion) worth of investments were made in industrial units for which establishment permits were issued during the first 10 months of the current…
Trade between Iran and 27 EU member states in 2020 stood at €4.24 billion, registering a 13.35% decline compared with €4.89 billion in 2019, latest data provided by the European Statistical…
The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of “communications” in the 12-month period ending Feb. 18, which marks the end of the 11th month of the current Iranian year, increased by 15.…
Iran's apparent steel usage—defined as production plus imports minus exports, sometimes also adjusted for changes in inventories—during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (started…
Bank Maskan, the state agent bank of the housing sector, has reduced the lending rate of home loans paid under the Youth Savings Account.
Reconstruction loans have been extended to 18,713 applicants (per housing unit) in urban slum areas since last Iranian year (March 2019), says Mohammad Hassan Alamdari, a senior official with…
The largest and most modern greenhouse facility for strawberry production was inaugurated in Khorasan Razavi Province on Sunday. “A total of 300 billion rials ($1.2 million) have been…
Mushroom production in Iran is estimated to reach 165,000 tons by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20).
A total of 7,711 tons of eels worth $636,906 were exported from Iran during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2020-Jan. 19), according to data released by the Islamic…
The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) has released a new report on sales registered by 74 major Tehran Stock Exchange-listed mining and mineral…
Members of the Iranian parliament have approved a 25% increase in the rate of salaries of government employees as per the budget bill of the upcoming Iranian year (March 2021-22).
A total of 7.39 billion cigarettes were smuggled into Iran during the nine months ended Dec. 20, 2020, indicating a 15% decrease compared with the corresponding period of last year. Citing data…
A total of 20,520 broiler chicken farms were registered throughout the country in the second quarter of the current fiscal year (June 21-Sept. 21, 2020), of which 16,542 were active and the rest…
The Central Bank of Iran Sunday unveiled a new 50,000-rial banknote with higher security features and four zeroes having a light hue. It has a depiction of Hafezieh, the tomb of Hafez,…
A new report by the Statistics and Economic Analysis Center of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture shows the Purchasing Managers’ Index for Iranian industries hit an…
A new commercial port will be set up in Kouh-Mobarak, the central district of Jask County of Hormozgan Province, says the managing director of Ports and Maritime Organization. Mohammad Rastad…
More than 60% of Iran’s trade with the neighboring Afghanistan are conducted through Dogharoun border checkpoint located in Iran’s eastern Khorasan Razavi Province, according to the head of Road…
A total of 21.4 million tons of essential goods worth $10.84 billion were discharged from customs offices during the 11 months to Feb. 18, according to Rouhollah Latifi, the spokesman of the…
Members of the parliament on Saturday approved the next fiscal year’s budget bill with a 170-8 vote while six members abstained.
Flights for Norouz (Iranian New Year) holiday vacations will not be canceled and the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAO) does not plan to do so either, the spokesman of CAO said on…
Members of the Iranian Parliament have passed a number of provisions as per the next fiscal year’s budget (March 2021-22) to encourage marriage and childbirth.
The Statistical Center of Iran has released new data on changes in export and import price indices in the third quarter of the current Iranian year (Sept. 22-Dec. 20, 2020).
The overall Purchasing Managers’ Index, known by its Farsi acronym Shamekh, for Iran’s economy settled at 53.73 in the month ending Feb. 18 from 48.83 in the month ending Jan. 19, indicating 4.9…
