Economy

Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture will host a joint forum between the businesspeople of Iran and Mexico on Oct. 15.

About 39,000 tons of seafood worth $121 million were exported from Iran during the five months to Aug. 22, according to the director general of Seafood Quality Improvement, Processing and…

The southern Vietnamese city of Can Tho expects to export its first batches of rice to Iran in the last quarter of 2017, deputy director of the city’s Department of Industry and Trade said.

An Iranian delegation headed by Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati visited Sommet de l’Elevage (livestock summit in French), Europe’s number one livestock show in France over the weekend.…

Google’s single-lensed Pixel2 and Pixel2 XL phones have shot straight to the top of DxOMark’s camera benchmark charts, beating the iPhone 8 Plus and the Galaxy Note 8, both of which feature dual…

China said on Thursday it has approved HP Inc’s $1.1 billion purchase of Samsung Electronics’ printer business with certain restrictions, citing concerns about the US firm’s dominance of the…

Georgia and Iran are set to hold a joint business-to-business forum on technological cooperation in Tbilisi on October 18-19.

The event is sponsored by Iran's Presidential Office for…

The third edition of Sharif University of Technology’s national programming competition ‘Code Cup’ opened on Friday. During the initial stage, programmers from across the country compete online…

For making Iranian financial institutions conform to international standards, Money and Credit Council–a top monetary decision-making body–has approved a directive that requires banks to…

The Export Guarantee Fund of Iran has signed an agreement to bolster banking and insurance cooperation with KUKE, its Polish counterpart.

Since complying with international standards and building strong infrastructures are prerequisites for opening a branch in another country, Sina Bank has managed to complete the first phase of…

Bank Melli Iran, owned by the government and the largest commercial bank in Iran, has invested more than 1 trillion rials ($25.6 million) in three knowledge-based startups, an official at the…

With the aim of expanding banking correspondent relations to support foreign trade, Bank Melli Iran has succeeded in establishing correspondent ties with Brazilian banks, the lender’s deputy for…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 74.50 points or 0.09% to end Wednesday trade at 85,429.5.

About 601 million shares valued at $37.44 million changed hands for the day.

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Sometimes all it takes to retard a well-oiled machine is one loose cog. And for the Iranian steel industry, the increasingly limited supply of graphite electrode is the inconspicuous gear…

The Iranian capital market outperformed all its rival markets in terms of return on investment (ROI) during the first half of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22).

The parallel…

Morteza Lotfi has assumed the leadership of Iran’s largest holding, Social Security Investment Company. Lotfi, who earlier served as the company’s deputy head, is the former managing director of…

Following the Cabinet's approval on Wednesday, Farzaneh Sharafbafi officially took over as the chief executive of Iran Air, the country's flag carrier airline company, also known as Homa.

The outstanding debts owed to pharmaceutical companies by insurance firms have tipped this sector into recession, the chairman of Majlis Health Commission said.

The recent Household Expenditure Survey by the Central Bank of Iran shows food and beverages had a 23% share in the Iranian households’ expenditures in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2017…

The maritime fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines handles half of the cargo container throughput in the country, said the director general of Container Transportation Company—an…

There is no option but to go ahead with Health Reform Plan since its popularity rate among Iranian people hovers around 85% and the country’s top officials won’t allow its revocation, a deputy…

Iran’s largest copper producer realized 44% of its annual sales value target during the first half of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22), data released by National Iranian Copper…

Iran Khodro has announced that its latest crossover Haima S5 will arrive before the Iranian year ends in March 2018. The company’s marketing director Mostafa Khan Karami says, “The presold units…

Ford’s new boss has outlined plans which he says will make the US car giant fit to compete in a changing industry.

Jim Hackett said Ford would shift resources from traditional cars to…