Domestic Economy

The unemployment rate for university graduates stood at 13.5% in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20), registering a 3.3% year-on-year decrease.  Higher…

A temporary ban on the export of eggs has been lifted by the latest order of Market Regulation Headquarters, affiliated with the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade.  Nasser Nabipour…

The average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending July 21, which marks the end of the fourth Iranian month, increased by 26.4% compared with the corresponding…

Iran’s 34 stationery producers have created jobs for a total of 5,000 people, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Trade.

Iran Social Security Organization’s budget for the current fiscal year (March 2020-21) is at 1,700 trillion rials ($7.65 billion), which will be financed through capital gains and employment…

A total 37.64 tons of saffron worth $38.58 million were exported from Iran to 52 countries during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-July 20), according to the spokesman of…

Trade between Iran and EU member states during January-May 2020 stood at €1.83 billion to register a 6.49% decline compared with last year’s corresponding period, latest data provided by the…

Iran’s ranking in 2020 Competitive Industrial Performance Index of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, using 2018 data, has slipped by two notches to 56 from the previous…

Underemployment, the condition in which people in a labor force are employed for less than 44 hours of service per week, stood at 7.9% in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-…

More than 1.42 million tons of finished and semi-finished steel products were exported from Iran during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20) to register a 43% decline…

A total of 575 tons of tea worth $493,785 were exported from Iran to 12 countries during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-July 20), according to the spokesman of the…

A total of 120,000 soldiers attended courses held by Iran's Technical and Vocational Training Organization in the last fiscal year (March 2019-20), the head of the organization said. 

The Education and Human Resources Institute, affiliated to Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, is scheduled to hold a comprehensive course on trade in September and a…

A total of $31 million worth of non-oil commodities were exported from Iran to Kuwait during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 20-June 20), to register a 40% decline compared…

Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture has reduced its working hours by an hour as of July 18.  The decision was taken after the National Coronavirus…

Flooding in eastern parts of Golestan Province on July 16 has inflicted losses worth 1.5 trillion rials ($6 million). 

Iran’s private sector invested 500 billion rials ($2 million) in Astara Port located in the northern Gilan Province in the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), according to the head of Astara…

The spending gap between the richest and the poorest narrowed in the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), data from the Statistical Center of Iran show.  Individuals in the top 10% of income…

The Central Bank of Iran has expanded the list of businesses directly hurt by the outbreak of coronavirus, and therefore eligible to receive government-backed loans.  It has added…

A total of 54,000 tons of cement have been exported from Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province since the beginning of the current Iranian year on March 20, a local official said. "The…

Iranian steelmakers produced 12.5 million tons of semi-finished and finished steel products during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 20-June 20) to register a 2.21% year-on-…

The employment rate in Iran during the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 20-June 20) stood at 36.9% (22.96 million), down 2.9% compared with the same quarter of last Iranian year…

Education and Human Resources Institute, affiliated with Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, is holding four specialized courses on stock market, foreign trade, union…

Iran meets around 98% of its domestic demand for hybrid vegetable seed through imports that cost the country between $95-110 million per year, according to a recent report published by Majlis…

Caspian Sea sprat (common kilka) harvest has begun in Iran’s northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran where fishermen are using 73 vessels to harvest the species.