The Iranian National Tax Administration collected 13 trillion rials ($342.1 million) from new taxpayers in the last Iranian year (March 2016-17), according to INTA’s chief, Seyyed Kamel…
Domestic Economy
With an eye to the May 19 presidential election, Hamid-Reza Baqaie, a probable presidential candidate who happens to be one of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s close confidants, has promised…
Economically tied with high volume trade in crude oil and politically tied with similar interests for stability in the Middle East, Afghanistan, India and Iran have traversed a long and…
US Senators Ben Cardin and John McCain say Iran Aseman Airlines’ multibillion dollar deal with Boeing for up to 60 passenger jets is unlikely to be blocked by the US Congress.
Russian Railways’ export business RZD International and Islamic Republic of Iran Railways signed a €1.2 billion contract on March 28 for the electrification of the 495-km route from Garmsar on the…
Around 2.2% of Iran’s population are foreign-born, the findings of the recent National Population and Housing Census show.
Iran’s current population is 79,926,270, of whom 1,583,979 or 1.98…
Close to 5.6 million tons of goods worth about $1.8 billion were exported from Kermanshah in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), according to the director general of the western Iranian…
Social Security Organization paid off 25 trillion rials (about $658 million) of its outstanding debts to hospitals amounting to 45 trillion rials ($1.18 billion) in the last Iranian year (ended…
China was Iran’s biggest trading partner in the last Iranian year (March 2016-17). The East Asian country exported $10.75 billion and imported $8.37 billion worth of goods last year to remain…
Iran exported $321 million worth of hand-woven carpets during the 11 months of the last Iranian year (March 20, 2016-February 18, 2017), the head of National Carpet Center said.
This shows…
Tehran Province generated 290.89 trillion rials ($7.65 billion) in public revenues in the 11 months of the past Iranian year (March 20, 2016-February 18, 2017), registering an 18.5% rise compared…
More than 200,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises were founded in Iran during the Iranian year that ended on March 20, 2017, the head of Iran Chamber of Guilds said.
“SMEs account for…
Tehran with 969.2 people and Semnan with 7.2 living in each square kilometer are the most and least populated provinces in Iran respectively, the findings of the recent National Population and…
The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines has signed a memorandum of understanding with two Japanese port and logistics services in Singapore.
Iran Aseman Airlines has signed a memorandum of agreement with the American planemaker Boeing to purchase 30 B737-Max passenger jets worth $3 billion based on catalogue prices with the option of…
Since the signing and implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, European businesses have shown great interest in reentering Iran. Trade between Iran and the EU has already picked…
Iran Aseman Airlines has signed a Minute of Agreement (MOA) with the American plane giant Boeing to purchase 60 B737-Max passenger jets worth more than $5 billion based on catalogue prices.
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Iran finally became self-sufficient in iron ore pellets after a long period of deficit and is set to export pellets following large-scale expansion of its pelletizing capacity.
The Middle…
The average Producer Price Index in the 12 months ending March 20, which marks the end of the final month of the last Iranian year (Esfand), increased by 5% compared with last year’s…
The capacity of Iran’s cold storage facilities has increased by 60% since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013.
Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojatti said that by the end of…
The new planes ordered by Iran after the lifting of nuclear sanctions will create 20,000 direct jobs in Iran, an official with the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran said.
“The figure…
The recent National Population and Housing Census, conducted nationwide, showed Hamedan and North Khorasan provinces recorded negative population growths compared with the previous round of census…
Although the agriculture sector had an effective role in Iran’s economic growth in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), former agriculture minister, Isa Kalantari, believes the new year…
The investment treaty between Iran and Japan will come into force as of April 26, a statement released by the Embassy of Japan in Iran on March 27 reads.
The two countries signed the…
Plans are underway to establish five medicinal herbs export terminals in Iran, says an official with the Ministry of Agriculture.
