Economy

Iran exported $13.5 million worth of commodities to the United States during the first two months of 2017, which figure stood at $2.1 million for the corresponding period of 2016. Iran’s imports…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index inched up 55.70 points or 0.07% to end Sunday trade at 77,860.4.

Close to one billion shares valued at $47.7 million changed hands for the day.

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More than 285 kilometers of freeways have come on stream since August 2013 when President Hassan Rouhani took office, according to the deputy head for construction and development at…

As the head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization, Mehdi Karbasian has been the face of the Iranian mining industry for the past few years.

Iran's scientific research is well known in the international community, often surprising foreign academia on the scale of topics currently being researched, however, problems persist hampering…

A report says Internet tariffs have actually increased since 2013 and after  President Hassan Rouhani took office, refuting earlier official reports to the contrary.

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Following the increasing pattern of online shops and services on the Persian-language Internet, two new websites have been launched recently -- one of them offering services unheard of. The…

The first passenger jet Iran has ordered from American planemaker Boeing, a 777-300ER,  will join Iran's air fleet within a month, says deputy minister of roads and urban development Asghar…

Despite restrictions imposed by sanctions, some of which having outlived the 2015 nuclear accord, the administration of President Hassan Rouhani managed to significantly close the technological…

The first draft of banking collaboration between the central banks of Iran and Malaysia has been finalized and will be signed by the governors of the two banks.

Abdolnasser Hemmati, the president of Central Insurance of Iran, and Alice Vaidyan, CEO of GIC Reinsurance Company, discussed ways of expanding insurance ties between Iran and India…

The Ministry of Economy has published the details of letters of credit and banking guarantees that Iranian banks allocated over the past few years, which marks the progress of these banks after…

Track-laying for a railroad linking the city of Mianeh in the northwestern East Azarbaijan Province to its capital city Tabriz started on Friday in the presence of Minister of Roads and Urban…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 114.80 points or 0.15% to end Saturday trade at 77,804.7.

Some 1.2 billion shares valued at $93.7 million changed hands for the day.

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Untying the Gordian Knot of unemployment is no easy task. That’s what all officials and analysts say.

As 700,000 jobs are created in the Iranian economy annually, around 500,000 job-seekers…

Saba Steel Complex, a subsidiary of Iran’s largest flat steel producer Mobarakeh Steel Company, has managed to finish the second phase of its expansion project, allowing it to double steelmaking…

Khouzestan Steel Company became Iran's largest exporter of steel by exporting 1.9 million tons of billet and slab in the Iranian year that ended March 20, 2017, according to KSC sales deputy,…

Close to 90% of Iran’s domestic demand for butter are met by imports, Deputy Agriculture Minister Hassan Rokni said.

“Iranians consume some 60,000 tons of butter every year, some 50,000…

Some 81,500 tons of honey were produced in Iran in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2017), says Deputy Agriculture Minister Hassan Rokni, adding that the figure is expected to rise 5.5% to…

The government issued more than 15,000 permits for the construction of industrial units with an investment of 1.16 quadrillion rials ($30.7 billion) in the 11 months of the past Iranian year (…

As of the new Iranian year (started March 21), those who employ undocumented immigrants will be fined five times the minimum daily wage, the director general of Immigrant Employment Office with…

The shares of five state companies valued at 13.69 trillion rials ($360.28 million) will be put on sale by Iran Privatization Organization on April 16.

Renault, a pioneer of electric cars, says mainstream acceptance of electric vehicles is reaching a tipping point and it welcomes increasing competition as European rivals such as Volkswagen and…

Car prices in Iran will remain unchanged in the new fiscal year according to a price-list released April 6 by auto website Asre Khodro.

Global ride-hailing behemoth application Uber has been given 10 days notice to close operations across Italy, in a landmark ruling which hampers the company’s European expansion plans.

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