The water crisis in Iran, which manifested itself in large after Zayandehrud River and Lake Urmia dried up, highlights improper economic planning and will continue to cripple all future economic…
Domestic Economy
A mining official has urged the Iranian private sector to try to obtain a share in the neighboring countries’ mining markets. “The presence of the private sector must be guaranteed in the mining…
Iran has 776,000 kilometers of air routes for passengers and freight services, according to an industry official.
The government is planning to allocate $600 million in finance to five production-exports development funds.
The revenue of Tehran Customs Administration increased 73 percent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year reaching 14.3 trillion rials ($410 million at market exchange rate), Ahmad…
Iran’s Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojati and Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov discussed how to improve bilateral economic ties in a meeting in the capital city of Astana on Monday.…
About 50% of the annual handling capacity of the country’s airports remains untapped, Mohammad Ali Ilkhani, Iran Airports Company Mohammad Ali Ilkhani said on Sunday.
A top official says 116 plans and 600 infrastructural projects are under way in the transportation sector.
A delegation of eight Armenian ministers accompanied by their deputies was set to arrive in Tehran on Monday morning to attend the 12th meeting of Iran-Armenia joint commission with the aim of…
Minister of Agricultural Jihad Mahmood Hojati on Sunday morning left Tehran to attend the 13th prime ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in…
Trade diplomacy is key to dynamic presence in global markets and could lead to reduction of costs. Many experts believe that this is an area where Iran still lags far behind. Instead, they say,…
Monetary discipline enforced by the government in the wake of recent volatilities in the market has brought tranquility and stability into the market, according to President Hassan Rouhani’s Chief…
The Mehr housing scheme is expected to be eventually completed by the end of next Iranian year, ending March 20, 2016, Mohsen Nariman, the deputy minister of roads and urban development, said in…
Iran has the capacity to increase its non-oil exports to $70 billion by the end of the current year (ending March 20, 2015), Asadollah Asgaroladi, head of Tehran’s chamber of commerce,…
Iran has agreed not to seal fuel tanks of Turkish trucks crossing the Iranian border anymore. Iran has also agreed to let Turkish trucks cross the border by only paying regular tolls, Behzad…
An official has announced that 36 kilometers of the Gorgan railway, which is part of Gorgan-Inche Boroun-Turkmenistan railway project, will be renovated in the near future. President Hassan…
To encourage milk consumption in the country, the government has commenced distribution of free milk in schools, President Hassan Rouhani said in Iran Dairy Product Company on Friday, IRNA…
Ten employment websites have been launched to ease employment procedures, Hassan Taie, the deputy minister of cooperatives, labor, and social welfare said, as reported by ISNA on Saturday.
The free movement of money across the borders of states, which is a familiar practice in some western countries, is at odds with legislators and policy makers in Iran.
It is indicated in the budget bill submitted by the Iranian government to the parliament that next year we may expect a balanced budget. The government revenues would be 2,673 trillion rials, 3.8…
Stimulating the housing market has been proven to be the cheapest and easiest way for the government to tackle unemployment and recession, Hamed Mazaherian, the deputy minister of roads and urban…
More than 240 major national projects are set to become operational by yearend (March 21, 2015), Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, vice president for strategic planning and supervision said in a meeting…
The value of ‘suitcase trade’ – purchasing consumer goods where prices are low and later selling them elsewhere for profit – in the first eight months of the current year (March 21-Novemebr 21)…
The inflation rate in Iran's rural areas reached 17.3 percent in the Iranian month of Aban (ending November 21), down 1.6 percent from one month earlier, a recent report released by the…
President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that reliance on oil revenues has considerably reduced in next year's budget.
"The unprecedented oil price fall has made it possible for the…
