Economy

Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association is urging the Pakistani government to slap up to 20% of import duties on Iranian cement, claiming that Iranian producers are “dumping” the industrial…

Chadormalu Mining and Industrial Company’s iron ore reserves are expected to run out in a few years and the iron ore giant’s survival hinges on exploitation of new deposits. 

Cement trading will resume at Iran Mercantile Exchange’s board of exports in the Iranian month of Ordibehesht (April 21-May 21, 2017), the head of Cement Employers Association, Abdolreza Sheikhan…

Under a newly approved law, authorities in Kazakhstan will from this summer have the power to remotely disable mobile telephones that are not registered in a state database.

Officials say…

DigiKala, Iran’s largest e-commerce store, has had its iOS app removed from the Apple Store according to a new report from local technology blog techrasa.com. The blog surmises several reasons why…

Google, Apple and other tech giants expressed dismay over an executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump.

The US tech industry relies on foreign engineers and other technical…

MTN-Irancell, the partly South African owned second largest local mobile network operator, has announced a new service which enables users to have multiple SIM cards all paid from the same account…

The latest analysis of data by the research arm of the Iranian Parliament has revealed that the negative growth in the property market will persist all the way to the end of the current fiscal…

Roads, Housing and Urban Development Research Center (BHRC), affiliated with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, on Saturday signed an agreement with Korea Institute of Civil Engineering…

In the latest plan to increase the capital of Iranian public-sector banks, Bank Melli Iran will receive almost half the total amount considered for the plan, the bank’s CEO revealed.

Tejarat Bank has filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice (ECJ), seeking compensation for the losses it incurred during the sanctions that targeted Iran's nuclear program, the bank's CEO…

Iran Air has published the image of an Airbus A330, which is said to be parked in France’s Chateauroux-Centre “Marcel Dassault” Airport and painted in the flag carrier’s livery.

As decided by Majlis Joint Commission last week, Iranians with an annual income of less than 240 million rials ($6,220) will be exempt from paying income tax in the next Iranian year (March 2017-…

Global Trade Review plans to organize the Iran Trade Finance Conference in Tehran on April 19. 

An Iranian company has expressed readiness to invest $1 million in the construction of infrastructure for a free economic zone Armenia plans to build near the town of Agarak, not far from the…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 334.90 points or 0.43% to end Saturday trade at 77,714.1.

More than 830 million shares valued at $45.3 million changed hands for the day.

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Iranian lawmakers have banned the development and production of genetically modified crops as well as their import and consumption without securing state permits. 

An Armenian company will establish a halal meat production unit in Iran's Aras Free Economic Zone, Chairman of Armenian Chamber of Commerce Martin Sargsyan announced. 

About $610 million worth of foreign investments have been made in Kurdestan Province since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013, the governor general of the northwestern Iranian…

The government has amended tariffs for importing rice by reducing it from the previous 40% to 26%, Trade Promotion Organization of Iran announced.

It was announced on January 21 that the…

The fourth round of Iran Automotive Industry International Conference is scheduled for February 12-13 at Tehran’s Milad Tower International Conference Hall.

Robert Bosch reported a slide in profits for 2016 as the company invested in the development of products for electric vehicles.

Underlying operating profit fell 6.5% to 4.3 billion euros ($…

Following the recent Iran Trade Expo in the Omani capital, Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has reported on how their booth at the Iran-only exhibition was received by the people of the Arab nation.…

Ford Motor Co.’s 2017 earnings will be hit by a delayed currency impact of at least $600 million from Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, putting last year’s record European profit levels…

Bank Pasargad Iran will hold the First Fintech Festival and the Second Fintech Trig-Up event, “to support commercializing innovative ideas in the financial sector and address fintech firms’…