Domestic Economy

The population of unemployed women increased from 830,996 in the fiscal 2011-12 to 1,037,516 in 2017-18, registering an annual growth of 3.8%.

Four provinces of Khuzestan, Fars, Isfahan and Zanjan have been selected for the pilot production of licensed organic produce, an advisor to the agriculture minister said. 

Iran's major industries staged a relatively weak performance during the first quarter of the current fiscal year that ended on June 21 in terms of production, latest data published by the…

Representatives of Iran’s private sector met with Omani officials in Muscat and surveyed ways of expanding bilateral cooperation in a host of fields, including banking, joint investments, techno…

The findings of the recent National Population and Housing Census show Iran’s nomad population is 1,186,830, of which 51.3% are men and the rest women.

Sixty-three percent of people…

Some $25 million worth of flowers and ornamental plants were exported from Iran during the last fiscal year (March 2017-18).

Iran accounted for only 0.1% of the world trade in the field…

The government earned 2.5 trillion rials ($17.48 million) from cigarette tax in the first five months of the current year (March 21-Aug. 22).

The figure indicates a rise of 36.6%…

High-level private sector officials of Iran and the Czech Republic have met in Tehran to discuss bilateral commercial ties despite the looming reimposition of US sanctions. 

The…

The High Council of Transportation announced on Saturday that truck rental rates for domestic cargo will be calculated on a ton-kilometer (tkm) basis.

New figures show that due to volatile currency fluctuations in recent months, which triggered steep price surges in the housing market and threatened the long-term outlook of the beleaguered…

Close to 4.95 million tons of oil and non-oil commodities were transited through Iran during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22) to register a 2% rise compared with…

A considerable area of Iran's capital city comprises distressed areas that house 15% of all its residents, an official with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said.

A database on 3.5 million Iranian goods is accessible on Irancode.ir. 

Using this database, goods can be traced along the entire supply chain, according to the head of GS1 Iran (…

Saffron harvest season has begun and production is estimated to reach 350 tons this year, the deputy head of Iran National Saffron Council.

“Though land under saffron cultivation…

Iran’s budget deficit came in bigger than expected in the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22) to reach 369.1 trillion rials ($2.49 billion), latest data released by…

A total of 622,680 tons of watermelon worth $116.75 million were exported from Iran to 36 countries during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22).

Home appliances topped the list of confiscated commodities in the sixth month of the current Iranian year (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22).

According to data released by the Ministry of Industries…

Top representatives of Iran's private sector have met with Syria's ambassador in Tehran to better analyze the role Iranian businesspeople will have in rebuilding Syria.

Around 70.77 million tons of commodities were handled in Iran’s 17 major ports during the first half of the current Iranian year (March 21-Sept. 22), registering a 7.3% decline compared with the…

More than 83 tons of raw silk worth about $3.44 million were imported into Iran during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Aug. 22), latest data released by the Islamic…

Many transportation companies have already closed or are on the verge of shutting down, thanks to a series of escalating problems, the secretary of the Transportation Committee of Tehran Chamber…

The Market Regulation Headquarters has given the go-ahead to domestic household appliance companies to launch online presales of their products, a spokesman of Home Appliances Manufacturers…

An Iranian economic delegation is in Qatar to meet Qatari officials and businessmen and discuss ways of further developing bilateral economic relations.

According to the head of Bushehr…

Some 2.2 trillion rials (around $16 million) worth of damage have been inflicted on the agriculture sector of the northern Mazandaran Province during the heavy rainstorm and the consequent flood…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways has signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran’s Emergency Medical Services Organization to improve the health and safety of passengers, as well as IRIR…