Domestic Economy

Iranian industries are seeing significant improvement in their latest indices from purchasing manager surveys after steep declines earlier in the current fiscal year (started March 20).

The average Consumer Price Index of the education sector in the 12-month period ending May 20 increased by 21.6% compared with last year’s corresponding period.

A total of 30,900 tons of red meat were produced in Iran during the month ending May 20 to register a 23% rise compared with the similar month of the year before. The Statistical Center of Iran…

Red meat production by nomads in Iran is estimated to increase by 15-20% in the current Iranian year (March 2020-21), compared with last year amid high precipitation that led to the bountiful…

The Statistical Center of Iran has published a report reviewing changes in Export Price Index and Import Price Index in the fourth quarter of last Iranian year (Dec. 22, 2019-March 19).

Istanbul Airport will resume flights to and from Iran from August 1, says Maqsoud Asadi-Samani, secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines. According to the official, domestic airlines…

Iran’s commercial exchanges with Armenia stood at $101.06 million during January-April to register a 0.37% decline compared to the corresponding period of 2019. Latest data released by the…

Iran’s agricultural output is expected to reach 128 million tons by the end of the current fiscal year (March 2021), says Shahrokh Shajari, director general of the Agriculture Ministry's Export…

The Iranian economy grew by 1.1% in the fiscal 2019-20, excluding oil, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran says. The GDP contracted by 6.5%, including oil, Abdolnasser Hemmati also wrote…

Iran exported 4.5 million tons of fruits and vegetables worth $1.65 billion during the last fiscal year that ended on March 19, 2020, to register an 11.5% and 12% rise in tonnage and value…

Iran’s 21 major ports loaded and unloaded a total of 18.99 million tons of commodities during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 20-May 20) to register a 27.04% decline…

A total of 41,535 tons of goods were exported through Astara border rail terminal during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 20-May 20), to register a 178% growth compared…

A total of 117,000 tons of watermelons were exported from Iran during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 20-May 20) to register a 5.12% increase compared with the similar…

Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to build a highway from the Iranian border city of Mehran to the southern city of Najaf in Iraq.

The average Consumer Price Index of hotels and restaurants in the 12-month period ending May 20, which marks the end of the second Iranian month, Ordibehesht, increased by 34.3% compared with…

The production of elevators has currently declined from 70,000 units in the fiscal 2013-14 to between 25,000 and 30,000 per year. According to Abbas Abrishami, the head of Iran’s National…

A total of 4,600 hectares of greenhouses will be constructed or expanded in the current Iranian year (started March 20), according to the director of Agriculture Ministry’s “Greenhouse Expansion…

The average Consumer Price Index of transportation sector in the 12-month period ending May 20, increased by 45.7% compared with the similar period of the year before—the highest among 12 groups…

The Purchasing Managers’ Index, known by its Farsi acronym Shamekh, for Iran’s overall economy rebounded in the second month of the current fiscal year (April 20-May 20), thanks to a jump in…

A total of 620,000 tons of tropical and subtropical fruits worth close to $500 million were exported from Iran during the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), according to the director general of…

A total of 359,683 tons of essential goods were transported via railroad from the southern Imam Khomeini Port to destinations across the country during the first two months of the current…

A contract has been signed for the construction of a silo with a capacity to store 30,000 tons of grains in the northern Amirabad Port. According to Director of Amirabad Special Economic Zone…

Tabas Coal Concentrate Plant, located in South Khorasan Province, was inaugurated on Thursday by Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, the head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran. The plant has a…

Two iron ore processing units, namely Sangan Iron Ore Concentrate Plant and Sanabad Pellet Plant both located in city of Sangan in Khaf County of northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province, were…

The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade's review of the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 20-May 20) shows the output of nine industrial products (out of 22) saw growth…