Majlis Research Center has put forth eight proposals for the consideration of Foreign Ministry, including one for the revival of the economic department in the country’s diplomatic apparatus.…
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The government has invested $1.5 billion in railroad projects ever since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013, Saeed Mohammadzadeh, CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways,…
The second round of negotiations between Iran and Pakistan on a free trade agreement started in Islamabad on Tuesday and concluded on Wednesday.
A three-member delegation from Trade…
Iranian economist, Mohammad Mehdi Behkish, believes Iranian industries do not need a 400-page list of plans to become competitive, as goals and objectives can be stated in a single page.
Iran’s consumption of flat steel is expected to increase rapidly as a result of an investment contract with a consortium led by French oil and gas company Total SA to develop Iran’s major South…
Mohsen Pourseyyed-Aqaei, the former head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, believes that the move to divide the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development is “untimely”.
Indonesia and Iran have agreed to finalize negotiations on a preferential trade agreement by the end of 2017. Chief of the Indonesian team participating in the negotiation, Made Ayu Marthini, said…
Iran’s budget deficit stood at 288.5 trillion rials ($7.62 billion) in the last fiscal year (March 2016-17), indicating a 50.8% rise compared with the year before, the Central Bank of Iran…
The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways signed a €1.2 billion deal with its Italian counterpart late Tuesday for establishing a high-speed railroad between the Iranian cities of Qom and Arak.
Iran exported $6.6 billion worth of goods to the UAE in the last fiscal year that ended March 20, 2017, registering a 35% increase compared with the year before, according to the Arabic-African…
The First Specialized Fruit Industry Exhibition is scheduled for August 22-25 in Tehran’s Olympic Hotel, an executive manager of the event said.
Some $270 million worth of decorative stones were exported in the last Iranian year (March 2016-17), registering a 35% increase compared to the year before.
"The production of ornamental…
Iran Chamber of Guilds has put forward a proposal to the Social Security Organization to eliminate employers’ share of insurance premiums for small workshops with fewer than five employees, the…
More than 650,000 tons of goods were loaded and unloaded in the southern port of Bushehr in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), the head of Bushehr Province’s Ports…
Exports from Iran’s seven free trade zones increased by 31% from $640 million two years ago to reach $840 million in the last Iranian year that ended on March 20, 2017, the deputy for production,…
Manufacturing and mining businesses are eligible for tax holidays for five to 10 years as part of incentives to shore up investment in these sectors, the head of Iranian National Tax…
The judiciary branch can play a pivotal role in Iran’s economic growth, the chairperson of Competition and Privatization Commission of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture,…
Close to 235,000 tons of goods valued at 651 billion rials ($17.2 million) were exported from Bandar Lengeh in the southern Hormozgan Province during the three months to June 22, recording a %73…
Cotton boll production is estimated to increase by more than 12% to reach 180,000 tons in the current Iranian year (March 2017-18), up from last year’s 160,000 tons, the executive of the Cotton…
Turkish Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci met with top Iranian officials in Tehran on Saturday.
In his meeting with First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri, Zeybekci called on the two sides…
The city of Sardroud in southwest Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, is considered the global hub of carpet tableaux production.
“The turnover of the industry in Sardroud, depending on…
As trade ties between Iran and Europe are strengthening following the removal of nuclear sanctions, plans are underway to shift part of the shipment of commercial exchanges to railroads.
The job market is driven by two determining sides of employers as providers of job opportunities and employees who seek to grab the same. For the two sides to interact efficiently, detailed…
The government plans to increase the area under greenhouse cultivation in Iran to 48,000 hectares within the next 10 years, a deputy agriculture minister said.
The first catamaran watercraft made in Iran will be delivered to Turkey within the next three months, CEO of Arvandan Ship Construction Company Hossein Qorbani said.
