Economy

Twitter is banned in China. Instead, the country uses a platform called Weibo. Now, Weibo has more users than Twitter.

Backed by Tencent, Weibo says it’s garnered 340 million monthly active…

Google celebrated the milestone of two million active Android devices across the world by announcing Android Go, a new platform that will help the tech giant to launch cheap smartphones for…

The 14th international ASIALICS conference will be held in Tehran, August 30-31, at Shahid Beheshti University, where scientific exploration and technological development will be key areas of…

A locally developed antivirus and anti-malware patch is now able to counter the WannaCry ransomware attacks, its programmers say.

Iran and Russia have integrated their bank card systems, allowing their citizens to use the cards in each other's country from late August, the Central Bank of Iran announced.

Customers of the now-dissolved Fereshtegan Credit Institution will be gradually reimbursed by Caspian Credit Institution, the Central Bank of Iran announced. Depositors with a maximum 100…

Export Guarantee Fund of Iran signed an agreement with Finland’s state-owned export credit agency, Finnvera, on the sidelines of the Berne Union Spring Meeting in Copenhagen.

Foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif emphasized the removal of banking issues between Iran and India during his meeting with Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday.

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The first major step to implement much-needed reforms in the Iranian banking sector is to be taken by the government in summer when it submits the Banking Reform Bill to the Parliament, the…

The achievements of recent years, including the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, macroeconomic stability, Health Overhaul Plan and export of 1 million barrels of oil are all valuable but…

An Iranian exhibition with more than 20 companies showcased products and services in a wide range of fields, including construction, foodstuff, pharmaceuticals, carpet and shoemaking, in Dushanbe…

CEO of Iran’s Wagon Pars Company says his company was revived under President Hassan Rouhani’s government, which has boosted rail expansion with an eye on propping up domestic industries.

Islamic Republic of Iran Railways signed a memorandum of understanding with Spain’s Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias ADIF on Wednesday to cooperate in rail traffic control.

Iran’s first-ever stone paper factory opened in the city of Shendabad in East Azarbaijan Province’s Shabestar County on Tuesday.

Organized by the German trade show specialist fairtrade in cooperation with their Iranian partners Palar Samaneh, Iran’s 24th International Food, Beverage and Hospitality Trade Fair is scheduled…

Iron ore exports from Iran are now declining, as the volume in April reached 10.46 million tons, which is down by 6% compared to the same period of Iranian. The month-on-month data also declined…

A major Iranian pharmaceutical company has signed a contract with a Turkish entity to produce medicine in the neighboring country.

Secretary-General of Iran-Turkey Commercial Council Jalal…

With only days left to Iran’s presidential elections, the Ukrainian Embassy in Tehran held a gathering of Iranian and Ukrainian officials and businesses this week to discuss bilateral cooperation…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 214.90 points or 0.27% to end Wednesday trade at 80,344.2.

Wednesday is the last weekday of trading in Iranian exchanges.

More than 927…

Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on Wednesday saw the touch-down of four brand new ATR 72-600 planes that joined the rejuvenating fleet of Iranian aircraft.

The new planes are the first batch of…

The CEO of industrial vehicle manufacturer Zamyad, has made known that the company’s light-duty commercial vehicles have a 35% share in the market. Fereydoon Hamidi, says the company’s production…

The director of Iran’s Auto Parts Dealers Guild, Ghulam  Reza Bakhshizade, has dismissed claims by several auto industry experts that the main problem with Iran’s auto parts sector is…

Renault Pars, a local subsidiary of the French carmaker says it will upgrade the transmission system used in three models.

According to a press release from the company, Renault’s JHQ…

What Iran has done so far to conform to international standards concerning anti-money-laundering and combating terrorism financing initiatives will be sufficient for the Financial Action Task…

The greenback was traded at 37,570 rials in the open market and 32,447 rials in the official market with a respective increase of 136 rials and a decrease of 2 rials. On the other hand, the…