Domestic Economy

The goods and services Consumer Price Index for urban areas for Aban, the Iranian month ending Nov. 21, increased by 39.9% compared with the similar month of last year, the Central Bank of Iran…

The export price index stood at 997.9 in the seventh month of the current fiscal year (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) to register a 17.5% increase compared with the preceding month and a 282.2% rise compared…

Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Farhad Dejpasand has appointed Mehdi Mirashrafi to replace Foroud Asgari as his deputy and the new head of the Islamic…

No cigarettes were imported into Iran during the first half of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22) while 1.42 billion cigarettes were imported during last year's corresponding period,…

Heads of the specialized commissions of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture recently met with other high-ranking private sector representatives to outline their proposals…

Two high-ranking members of the Islamic Republic of Iran Medical Council (IRIMC) have formally called on the United Nations to help eliminate US restrictions against the supply of medicines and…

Nine new private companies have been granted a permit by the National Rating Center of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture to officially operate in the area of credit…

The goods and services Consumer Price Index in Iran registered a year-on-year increase of 34.9% in the Iranian month Aban (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) compared with the similar month of last year, the…

1. Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif: European countries are finding it difficult to set up a Special Purpose Vehicle to allow non-dollar trade with Iran. (ICANA) 2. Reza Nourani, the head…

The new railroad connecting the two Iranian provinces of Qazvin and Gilan was tested on Thursday.  The maiden journey started from the city of Siah Cheshmeh and ended in Rasht, the capital…

Following the visit of a US mission to Armenia to brief the southwest Asian country on reimposed sanctions against Iran, Yereven said there is no need to make any changes to economic ties with…

Trade between Iran and Russia during the first half of 2018 stood at more than $945 million, which shows a 28.3% increase compared with the corresponding period of last year, according to data…

Iran's exports to neighboring Iraq will reach $12 billion by the end of the current Iranian year on March 20, 2019, the president of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce said. "Iran's exports to Iraq…

Three Iranian chambers of commerce, namely those of Shiraz, Khorramabad and Yasouj, will be representing Iran in the latest edition of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and…

Trade between Iran and the 28 member states of the European Union during the first three quarters of 2018 amounted to €14.89 billion, which shows a 7.5% rise compared with the similar period of…

A new railroad has come on stream in northwest Iran. The 182-kilometer-long route was inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani late Monday. A total of 5.13 trillion rials (more than $39 million…

Over 8,000 traders were involved in export business during the first seven months of the current year (March 21-Oct. 22), indicating that 1,100 more companies have tried their hand compared with…

The powerhouses of Iranian steel production were urged to accept the challenges created by the new round of sanctions reimposed by the United States and offer workable solutions to manage the…

The "Iran-EU Seminar on Development of Agrifood Trade, Standards and Agricultural Cooperation" was held in Tehran for eliminating agrifood trade barriers and becoming familiar with each other’s…

Senior officials of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture met with Chinese counterparts and made proposals to maintain trade with the major partner in the face of…

Some 915,000 tons of pomegranates are estimated to be produced in Iran in the current Iranian year that ends on March 20, 2019, to register a 22% increase compared with the previous year.…

High-level representatives of the private sectors of Iran and Slovakia have met to discuss ways of boosting bilateral trade that they perceive is now at a much lower volume than it has the…

Iran Minerals Production and Supply Company, a subsidiary of state-owned Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization, said it has signed a memorandum of…

The gap between unemployment rates for Iranian provinces was the highest in the fiscal 2016-17 and lowest in 2014-15 over the seven years reviewed by the Statistics and Strategic Information…

Russia's State Duma has endorsed an agreement for the establishment of a free trade zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union. In Thursday's open session, a majority of State Duma…