Domestic Economy

Iran’s imports from its western neighbor, Iraq, stood at 313,612 tons worth $175.99 million in the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Aug. 22), showing a 970% and 430% surge…

The first round-trip flight between the city of Ramsar in the Caspian Mazandaran Province and the resort island of Kish in the south was operated by Kish Air from Ramsar International Airport on…

A new report released by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has ascertained indices related to Iran’s education system and compared it to global standards.

In a letter to the Supreme National Security Council, the Iranian Steel Producers Association has put the losses incurred by steel mills due to power outages at $6 billion from March 21 to Sept…

The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade's survey of the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21) shows the output of 20 industrial products (out of 30 under review…

A contract has been signed worth 80,000 billion rials ($294 million) for the annual production of 100,000 tons of copper cathode in Sungun Varzeqan Copper Complex, located in East Azarbaijan,…

Flights between Iran and Afghanistan resumed on Sept. 15 after political upheavals in the neighboring country and problems at Kabul International Airport, also known as Hamid Karzai…

Iran and Iraq have agreed to cancel visa requirement for travelers of their respective citizens between the two neighboring countries after Arbaeen. “The decision was made during meetings…

Despite achieving laudable improvements in indexes such as adult literacy, infant mortality and pregnancy-related deaths and life expectancy, Iran’s policies have failed to achieve goals related…

The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade's review of the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21) show the output of 10 mineral products (out of 12 under review)…

Exports from Golestan Province reached 221,000 tons worth $58 million during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Aug. 22), showing a 126% and 30% growth in weight and…

A total of 109,834 tons of olives are estimated to be produced in Iran during the current Iranian year (started March 21) to register an 8.47% decline compared with last year’s yields, the…

Iranian steelmakers have registered a significant growth in exports, latest data released by the Iranian Steel Producers Association show. A total of 3.08 million tons of semi-finished steel…

A total of 2.5 tons worth $202.43 million of damask rose oil were exported from Iran in the last fiscal year (March 2020-21), which makes Iran the biggest damask rose oil exporter in the world,…

Iran’s exports to Lebanon reached $12.7 million during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Aug. 22), showing a massive growth of 677% and 226% in weight and value…

A total of 126,400 permits were issued for starting businesses by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21),…

Housing accounted for 27.4% of total expenditure of Iranian households in the year ending March 2020, a report by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare says. 

With a coefficient of 26.64%, the Consumer Price Index of “Food and Beverages” for all Iranian households stood at 436.5 in the month ending Aug. 22, which marks the end of the fifth Iranian…

The total value of all Covid-19 vaccines imported from Feb. 3 to Sept. 12 stood at $421 million, according to the technical deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.

The 21st edition of the International Exhibition of Building and Construction Industry opened at Tehran International Fairgrounds on Sept. 13, in the presence of Minister of Roads and Urban…

Iran exported a total of $1.07 billion worth of commodities to member states of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March…

A report by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare regards high levels of out-of-pocket health financing a major problem in Iran’s healthcare system. 

Iran’s home appliance market is currently worth $6 billion per annum, 40% of which are dominated by contraband, according to the head of Iran’s Household Appliances Industry Union.

Most of the walnuts in Iran’s domestic markets are smuggled from the US, Chile and Bulgaria, the secretary of the Union of Food Wholesalers said.

A total of 570 billion rials ($2 million) were invested in mines and mining firms of Semnan Province in the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), according to an…