Economy

Only an insignificant volume of Iranian assets frozen overseas remain inaccessible, the Central Bank of Iran’s deputy for foreign exchange affairs said.

Bank Sepah is ready to review foreign investment projects in Iran and guarantee them, a board member of the state-run bank announced.”Foreign investors need to be confident that they can have…

After a lackluster start to the new Iranian year (started March 21), Tehran real-estate residential deals rebounded during the second month (started April 21) to herald an imminent relief for the…

More than 43,600 tons of tomatoes worth 355 billion rials (over $9.5 million) were exported in the first month of the current Iranian year (started March 21), figures released by the Islamic…

The Central Bank of Iran has published growth figures for the third quarter of the last Iranian year (September 22-December 20, 2016).

According to CBI, the Iranian economy grew 15.7% last…

Order registrations are valid for rice imported until July 23 only, director general of Imports and Exports Regulations Bureau at the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, Ali Aliabadi, said.

An exhibition and sales outlet for Iranian goods in the fields of restaurant equipment and hospitality opened in Muscat, Oman, on Saturday. Iran’s deputy envoy to Oman, Mohammad Toutounchi, who…

The average Producer Price Index in the 12 months ending May 21, which marks the end of the Iranian month of Ordibehesht, reached 5.9% compared with last year’s corresponding period, the latest…

Iran exported $17 million worth of medical devices during the fiscal 2016-17, registering an 18% increase year-on-year, an official with Iran Trade Promotion Organization said.

Mohammad…

Yahya Al-e Es’haq, the former head of Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, believes the reinstatement of Commerce Ministry is key to solving economic problems in Iran…

Thailand is currently the world’s fourth largest importer of steel and Iran is gradually becoming a major exporter to the Southeast Asian market.

The kingdom imported a total of 13.2…

Imports of semi-finished steel dropped by 88% in the first month of the current Iranian year (started March 21) compared with last year’s corresponding period to stand at 29,000 tons, according to…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 208 points or 0.26% to end Sunday trade at 80,713.2.

More than 480 million shares valued at $32.66 million changed hands for the day.

Bojnourd…

The rate of mobile Internet usage has grown 42% over four years, with the latest data putting the number at 33 million subscribers at the end of the previous fiscal that ended in March, an…

Drones capable of carrying more than a ton of goods to long-distance deliveries are part of plans by one of China’s biggest online retailers to develop a massive logistics network covering remote…

Internet search giant Google has launched a new venture capital program focused solely on artificial intelligence in a bid to boost the fledgling industry and back some future key players. …

The Sri Lanka government and Iran’s envoy to that country signed two memoranda of understanding to boost mutual cooperation in the fields of science and technology.

The two sides are in…

Dubai Police Department has launched a new mobile robotic police constable to help people with their queries in a bid to boost security presence in the country.

The first robot –…

Iran has launched a new telecommunications center in the southern city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province with an initial investment of 67 billion rials ($1.8 million).

According to local…

A member of the Expediency Council, which resolves disputes between the parliament and the constitutional watchdog Guardians Council, has joined a string of officials and observers in calling for…

The process of banks getting rid of their excess assets is gathering pace with Bank Refah Kargaran becoming the latest lender to auction its assets through the Company for Selling Banks' Excess…

The 8% growth target set in the sixth five-year development plan (2017-22) is a tall order for the country, a faculty member of Tehran's Allameh Tabatabai University said in a recent conference…

Emami gold coin dropped below 12 million rials ($320) by May 24 to set a two-week low record until Saturday when it regained 50,000 rials to reverse the bearish trend.  

The value of…

Bank Melli Iran is planning to overhaul its European branches after clearing the procedures both inside the country and abroad, the director of BMI's Department for Foreign Exchange said.

Annual production of gold in Iran has declined by two-thirds from 180 tons in the fiscal 2011-12 to 60 tons in 2016-17, mostly due to the 9% value added tax imposed on gold and jewelry sales and a…