Economy

The UK government fully supports expansion of trade relations with Iran. The statement was made by Campbell Keir, energy and UK infrastructure director at UK Trade and Investment at the Global…

With the lifting of international sanctions on Tehran, India’s access to Iran, especially for food and allied products, machinery and tools, infrastructure projects and pharmaceutical products,…

Canada says it plans to lift its sanctions on Tehran, noting that maintaining the restrictions will only hurt Canadian companies such as the Montreal-based airplane manufacturer Bombardier.

With the lifting of sanctions, Iran will resume saffron exports to the US after 15 years, said the head of Saffron Exports Development Fund. Mohammad Javad Rezaei added that a 20-kilogram…

Toyota has kept its title as the world's biggest automaker on Wednesday after posting global sales of 10.15 million vehicles for 2015, outpacing scandal-hit Volkswagen and US rival General Motors…

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation has become the first Japanese automaker to announce that it will do business with Iran since the economic sanctions on the country were lifted on Jan. 16…

South Korea's biggest carmakers are seeking to expand business in Iran.

The country's top carmakers are busy strengthening their foothold in Iran’s alluring automobile market, especially…

Iran’s ceramic and tile industry is hit by overcapacity due to the unrestrained issuance of factory construction permits during the 90s.

Iranian factories currently have an annual capacity…

South Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Joo Hyung-hwan, heading a high-ranking delegation, will visit Iran in February to discuss ways of bolstering bilateral trade ties, IRNA quoted…

The Producer Price Index stood at 215 in Dey (ending January 20), indicating a 0.6% decline compared with the previous month, according to the latest report of the Central Bank of Iran. The…

A Singaporean business delegation is scheduled to visit Qazvin on Thursday to assess the investment potential in the Iranian province.

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX jumped 2,124 points or 3.11% on Tuesday to hit 70,999.5, extending a five-day winning streak and recording the highest rise since December 2014.

Iran Mercantile Exchange’s oil and petrochemical trading board witnessed the supply of 66,160 tons of polymers, 34,000 tons of bitumen, 15,000 tons of vacuum bottoms, 1,000 tons of lube cut oil…

Iranian fund managers hope to give overseas investors more exposure to the country’s equities after the lifting of international sanctions last week.

Iranian steelmakers produced more than 12.6 million tons of crude steel from March to December 2015, which indicates a 0.7% rise compared with last year’s similar period, according to Iranian…

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is expected to improve Iran’s rating on long-term risk factors at a meeting on Tuesday, Kamal Seyed Ali, Export Guarantee Fund of…

British regulators are considering whether to allow two Iranian banks in London to resume operations after years of sanctions, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Melli Bank and…

Iran has sent lawyers to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Monday to fight attempts to hold the country to account for allegedly sponsoring attacks that harmed Canadian citizens.

Bahrain’s central bank said Tuesday it has decided to close down the Iran-owned Future Bank based in the tiny Persian Gulf state.

The first round of Iranian Technicians Olympiad rounded off this week.

Focused on the repair of four major categories of mobile phones and tablets, household appliances, air-conditioning…

Apple Inc. is expected to report iPhone sales increased slightly more than 1% in the holiday quarter when it announces earnings on Tuesday, its slowest growth ever and far from the double-digit…

According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, 72 million SIM cards are active in Iran, indicating a mobile technology penetration rate…

Philips, the Dutch maker of LED lights and medical scanners, on Tuesday reported core fourth quarter earnings ahead of expectations, but issued a cautious outlook for 2016. The company, which is…

Analysts are blaming the worsening weather inversion, air pollution and traffic problems, and the increasing fuel consumption in most large cities on the government’s controversial car loan scheme…

Implementation of the nuclear accord and the lifting of sanctions should reduce the cost of money and trade for Iran, Ahmad Hatami Yazd, former CEO of Bank Saderat said. Foreign bureaux de change…