Domestic Economy

Iran’s first shipment of fruits and vegetables to Kuwait since the outbreak of the new coronavirus has been exported from Dayyer Port in Bushehr Province to Shuwaikh Port in the neighboring…

Chicken farmers have suffered 21 trillion rials ($130 million) in losses in the past five months due to a production surplus, the head of Iran Broiler Breeders Union’s board of directors said.…

Kashan in Isfahan Province is home to 1,740 traditional workshops, 36 industrial factories and 78 semi-industrial units producing rosewater, plus thousands of hectares of damask rose. 

A decrease of 2.4 percentage point was registered in the Producer Price Index for the Iranian month ending April 19 compared with the preceding month (Feb. 20-March 19), according to Governor of…

A total of 34,936 tons of goods worth $4.92 million were exported from Hamedan Province to 13 countries during the first month of the current Iranian year (March 20-April 19), registering a 39%…

A total of 22 tons of mushroom compost worth $5,000 were exported from Dezful in Khuzestan Province to Armenia during the week ending May 1.

Iran’s unemployment rate stood at 10.7% in the last Iranian year (March 2019-20), indicating a 1.5% decline compared with the year before, the latest report by the Statistical Center of Iran…

Spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration Rouhollah Latifi has given the latest account of Iran's commercial exchanges through border crossings with neighboring countries…

More than 17.5 million tons of cement and clinker were exported from Iran in the last fiscal year (March 2019-20), registering a 32% growth compared with the previous year, according to the head…

The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade's review of fiscal 2019-20 shows that the output of 30 industrial and mineral products registered growth compared to the year before. The highest…

Iran exported more than 10,000 tons of eggs to neighboring countries, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Oman and Qatar, in the first month of the current Iranian year (March 20-April 19), says Reza…

Uzbekistan lifted the limitations it had set on Iranian trucks transiting through its territory since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of…

Using the International Labor Organization’s Social Protection Floors Calculator, the Social Welfare Department of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has estimated the costs…

Governmental bodies are prohibited from owning teams in professional sports leagues, as per the country’s law that has been loosely implemented in recent years. However, it seems that the…

Trucks have been banned from using the border crossings of Parvizkhan and Bashmaq until further notice due to the long lines of vehicles waiting there to cross into Iraqi Kurdistan, says Mohsen…

Iran exports $180-220 million worth of detergents annually, says the secretary of the Association of Detergent, Hygienic and Cosmetic Industries. According to Abdolreza Mozaffari, Iran is the…

The production of 135,000 tons of fresh tea leaves is estimated in Iran in the current fiscal year that started on March 20, to register a 10% increase compared with that of last year, says the…

The Statistical Center of Iran's latest report on price changes in food products shows the biggest month-on-month price rise for a food item during the month ending April 19 was recorded for…

A total of 49 work and residence permits were issued for foreign nationals in Aras Free Trade and Industrial Zone located in West Azarbaijan Province last year (March 2019-20), indicating a 104…

The global coronavirus pandemic has hit the food service industry while Muslims around the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, and Iran is no exception. Many small businesses have…

A total of 783,000 people have filed for unemployment benefits since March 13, of whom 654,000 were found eligible, says an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.…

A total of 898 tons of medical products used against the coronavirus, including disposable gloves, surgical and N95 masks and disinfecting gels were imported from March 20 to April 25 via Shahid…

Seven contracts by the private sector worth 4,080 billion rials ($25 million) were finalized at Chabahar Port last year (March 2019-20), indicating a 20% rise compared with the year before.…

Real-estate agents’ commission on rentals will remain unchanged in the current Iranian year (March 2020-21), Mostafa Qoli-Khosravi, the head of Tehran Realtors Association has said. 

Iran’s trade with Turkey stood at $645.44 million during the first three months of 2020 to register a decrease of 70.03% compared with bilateral exchanges in the corresponding period of the…