Free Trade Zones in Iran

Arvand Free Trade Zone, located in southwest Iran, is ready to resume a visa-free program for Iraqi citizens visiting Abadan, Khorramshahr and Minoo Island without the need to obtain visas, the…

Secretary of the High Council of Free Trade Zones and Special Economic Areas said the establishment of an international bourse in Iran's FTZ's is in the final stages to help attract foreign…

Members of the Iranian Parliament have approved in principle the bill on the establishment of eight free trade zones and 12 special economic zones. 

The parliamentary session on…

First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri has issued a directive to government agencies laying out the details of latest revisions to foreign currency and order-placement regulations in free trade…

Majlis Economic Commission gave the nod to the establishment of eight new free trade zones and 13 special economic zones.

Ahmad Anaraki-Mohammadi, a legislator, made the announcement on…

Two Iranian-made catamarans are set to operate between Iran’s Khorramshahr and Iraq’s Basra ports, in a bid to attract more tourists to Arvand Free Trade Zone. 

Both catamarans have…

The Central Bank of Iran has agreed to significantly ease capital conditions based on which foreign banks will be able to establish a branch in the country's free trade zones, the secretary-…

The High Council of Free Zones approved on Tuesday the annexation of two ports of Shahid Beheshti and Shahid Kalantari in Chabahar to Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone in Iran’s southeast.

The Statistical Center of Iran, the national statistical authority of the country affiliated to the Management and Planning Organization, will provide statistics on the economic indexes of…

The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration has set a $10-million cap on imports for each free trade and special economic zone in Iran during the first quarter of the current fiscal (…

Some government officials and parliamentarians are unequivocal about expanding free trade zones. 

Last week, Morteza Bank, the secretary of High Council of Free Zones, announced the…

Canada will provide $100 million in finance for a deal between Montreal-based multinational aerospace and transportation company, Bombardier Inc., and Iran’s Qeshm Free Zone Organization for…

Some $3 billion worth of investments have been made in Iranian free trade zones since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013, Secretary of the High Council of Free Zones Akbar Torkan…

The construction of two hotels will be complete by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2018) in Aras Free Trade Zone.

Yousef Dadashzadeh, deputy for tourism at the Aras Free…

Iran has launched a new telecommunications center in the southern city of Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province with an initial investment of 67 billion rials ($1.8 million).

According to local…

About $1.4 billion worth of commodities were imported into Iranian free trade zones in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017).  Exports from these zones stood at $813 million during the…

The High Council of Free Zones has given the nod to the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration to exercise customs controls and collect duties at ports of entry of free trade zones.…

Since three years ago, the Central Bank of Iran has endeavored to simplify the process of establishing foreign banks in free trade zones in line with economic policies, the secretary-general of…

Swaupe International Ltd is in talks to construct a 400 megawatts power plant in Chabahar Free Trade Zone, managing director of CFTZ Organization said.

The recent €50 million cut in the minimum capital requirement to set up a bank in the free trade zones has prompted foreign investors to accept conditions set by the Central Bank of Iran and…

Six insurance firms operating in free trade zones recorded a whopping 81.1% growth in total generated premiums during the first half of the fiscal year that ended on September…

Developing and promoting health tourism in Iran’s free trade zones is a priority of the Health Ministry and the ministry supports all forms of investment in those regions, according to Health…