Domestic Economy
A major bridge building project, called Persian Gulf Bridge, which was to be inaugurated in 2013, has a physical progress of only 3%, said the secretary of Center for Free and Special Economic…
The recent plan of action published by the government to help stop and reverse the economic recession and create conditions for decent levels of growth is still being debated in the parliament.…
The housing market improved in the period August 22– September 23 compared with last year’s sales which were deeply affected by the recession.
Iran and Kazakhstan are to start the construction of a glass manufacturing company in October. The decision to run the factory was made in Astana during President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to…
The water and wastewater operation and maintenance company has successfully implemented a pilot project to exclude drinking water from tap water with the aim of overcoming the current water crisis…
After the election of President Hassan Rouhani in 2013, Iran saw a surge in interest and hope that the country will rejoin the club of powerful world economies. Rouhani, elected last year after…
The government has allocated $1.1 billion (31,417 billion rials) for the agriculture sector in next year’s budget.
The technical and Vocational Training Organization has launched an exhibition in Tehran to display its recent achievements and provide free skill-focused training services for a group of young…
Iran and Malaysia have discussed ways to promote collaboration in the cooperatives sector, reported Mehr news agency. Iran’s deputy minister for cooperatives, labor, and social welfare, Hamid…
An Iranian commercial delegation is in Moscow to discuss ways to put into operation the recent agreements the two countries have reached regarding expansion of trade volume, reported Tasnim News.…
Representatives of workers have filed a complaint against the Supreme Labor Council at the Parliament’s Article 90 Committee, reported Mehr News Agency. They claim the council failed to adequately…
Iran has started conducting its fourth agriculture census, said the head of Statistical Center of Iran, adding that the process will take two weeks. Based on the last census conducted eleven years…
The deputy minister for cooperatives, labor, and social welfare has participated in the fourth session of the Permanent Committee of Social and Economic Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic…
Those who have gone through official employment process will be employed by the government as of the next Iranian calendar year (to start March 21), said the Head of Management and Planning…
It can be said with a degree of fairness that curbing the disturbing rate of inflation is among the major achievements of the Rouhani administration after it took over the reins of power in the…
After two years of stagflation, the economy grew 4.6 percent in the first quarter (March 21 - June, 21) of the current year compared to the same period last year, according to a report released by…
The inflation rate in the 12 months ending Shahrivar (August 22 - September 21) increased to 21.1 percent from 14, the central bank reported on Friday.
The consumer price index (CPI) in…
The National Water and Wastewater Engineering Co. in cooperation with the Energy Ministry is preparing to exclude potable water from non-potable water across the country, news reports said. A…
In our Saturday issue (Sept. 27, No. 18) we carried a piece ‘Gov’t Economic Roadmap - Will it Help End the Recession’. This is a follow-up to that article.
In a visit to Hormozgan Province, African diplomats named Iran as “the best and the most reliable route to transit grains from Central Asia to East Africa”, IRNA reported on Friday.
