Economy

Iranian ports recorded 8 percent growth in marine traffic during the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20) compared with the previous year. The number of ships berthing in Iran’s ports…

Close to 3,700 metric tons of various bony fish species have so far been caught from the Caspian Sea in the northern Mazandaran Province in the current fishing season, which indicates a 6 percent…

Commodities worth $1.9 billion were exported to Iraq through Khosravi and Parviz Khan border-crossings in Qasr-e Shirin county of Kermanshah Province in western Iran during the past Iranian…

Transit of goods through the country’s borders exceeded 12.34 million metric tons in the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20), indicating a 6.5 percent increase compared with the previous…

Trade exchange between Iran and China exceeded $50 billion during the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 20), deputy minister of industry, mine and trade, Reza Nowruz-Zadeh said in a meeting…

The parliament has urged immediate identification of the heavy debtors who officials say have deviated banking resources towards brokerage and speculative activities in the past decade,…

The rial will strengthen after the start of the upcoming Iranian year which starts on March 21, said head of Tehran’s Gold and Jewelers Union.

MTN-Irancell, Iran’s second largest mobile telecoms company by number of subscribers, has announced it won three golden trophies at the seventh Iranian Technology Stars Festival.

Innovation…

The online retail development environment in Iran has been improving over the recent years, according to Reportbuyer, a leading industry intelligence solution company that provides all market…

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has had the upper hand for sales of online goods for the better part of a decade now in the US, and with their bonus services like Amazon Prime and Amazon Air, the company is…

Mizan credit institution has been merged with Bank Saderat, according to Hamid Tehranfar, deputy governor for supervision in the central Bank of Iran (CBI).

Benchmark bullion coin, Azadi, halted its advance on Wednesday, while its sister Emami fell in line with gold edging down in the international arena. Azadi remained unchanged at 9,300,000 rials by…

The US dollar rose for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, carrying momentum from unsettling remarks from diplomats involved in the nuclear talks between Iran and the six world majors. The…

According to the Supreme Audit Court, the country’s two major iron ore mines, Golgohar and Chadormalu, owe 34.85 trillion rials to the government in accumulated debt over the years as mine royalty…

About 50,000 tons of iron ore, priced $17 per ton, was offered by Sangan Iron Ore Complex in Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME)’s the export trading floor on Wednesday.

According to IME public…

The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) recently initiated a national project to explore the potential rare earth element (REE) reserves and…

Stocks staged a broad rally at the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) at Wednesday’s close to compensate part of the huge losses incurred in the prior trading day, with the recently returned refining…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has announced its preparedness to help Iran organize its data on agricultural land through a cadastral system, IRNA reported.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL Group) transported 33 million tons of cargo in the outgoing Iranian year (to end March 20), registering a record high…

Tehran will face an exacerbated water crisis unless immediate reforms are implemented, the governor of Tehran province told news outlets recently.

An extraordinarily dry winter combined…

The CEO of Azarnoosh company—a producer of raw materials and additives for the food industry— discussed the advantages of investing in the Iranian food industry, as well as the problems this…

The production of tile and ceramics reached 340 million square meters over the past 11 months of the current Iranian year (to end March 20), growing by 25 percent compared with the similar period…

Excessive imports have hurt the domestic agriculture sector, forcing many farmers to stop production, head of Iran’s Agriculture Trade Union, Mousa Rahnamayee told Mehr news agency on Wednesday.…

The Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) on Wednesday announced the rate of value-added tax (VAT) in the upcoming Iranian year (starting March 21) at 9 percent, including 6 percent towards…

An Iranian bank registered in Russia has been announced as a new financial transit route for transactions between Iran and foreign countries, ISNA reported on Tuesday.

Mir Business Bank was…