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  • industry 2023-01-16 12:32

    Monthly production of industrial companies active in stock market up 12.9% yr/yr

    TEHRAN - The production index of Iranian industrial companies active in the stock market has grown 12.9 percent in the ninth Iranian calendar month of Azar (November 22-December 21, 2022) as compared to the figure for the same month in the previous year.

  • oil 2023-01-15 14:47

    Iranian oil exports rise to record high despite western pressures: report

    TEHRAN – Iran’s oil exports have reached new highs in the last two months of 2022 and are making a strong start to 2023 despite U.S. sanctions, Reuters reported on Sunday citing ship tracking companies.

  • Idle units 2023-01-15 14:01

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Reviving idle production units a major industrial approach of government

    TEHRAN – Revival of stagnant production units is one of the best, most suitable and least expensive solutions to increase production and create employment.

  • trade 2023-01-15 11:35

    Iran’s exports to EU up 20% in 11 months on year

    TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s export to the European Union (EU)’s member states rose 20 percent in the first 11 months of 2022, as compared to the same period in 2021, according to the data released by the European Union's statistics office Eurostat.

  • CBI 2023-01-14 15:03

    Curbing inflation is CBI’s main strategy: governor

    TEHRAN – The new governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said curbing inflation would be the main strategy of the bank during his tenure, IRIB reported.

  • Export 2023-01-14 11:24

    Export from Tehran province rises 17% in 9 months on year

    TEHRAN – Export from Tehran province increased by 17 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2022), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced.

  • maritime 2023-01-14 11:19

    Capacity of Iran’s maritime fleet rises 190,000 tons in 2022: UNCTAD

    TEHRAN - The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), in its latest Review of Maritime Transport report dubbed “Navigating Stormy Waters”, has said the capacity of Iran’s maritime fleet has increased by one percent or 190,000 tons in 2022.

  • Project 2023-01-13 14:35

    Raisi inaugurates major projects in provincial trip to Yazd

    TEHRAN - In continuation of regular visits to different provinces, President Ebrahim Raisi paid a two-day visit to Yazd province, in center of Iran, on Thursday and Friday, when he inaugurated and visited a number of projects in the province.

  • Medicinal plants 2023/01/13

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    Creating production-consumption chain in medicinal plants market a necessity

    TEHRAN- Medicinal plants in Iran have been facing relatively high price fluctuations in the last two years, and according to those active in this sector, the recent droughts and the consequent decrease in production have played the biggest role in this increase in prices.

  • TCCIMA 2023-01-13 12:05

    Facilitating presence of private sector in global markets reviewed in TCCIMA meeting

    TEHRAN - The 90th meeting of the dialogue council of the government and the Tehran Province’s private sector was held on Wednesday, in which ways of facilitating the presence of Iranian companies in global markets were reviewed.

  • machinery 2023-01-13 12:03

    Production of agricultural, mining machinery rises 100%

    TEHRAN – Manufacturing of agricultural and mining machinery in Iran has increased by 100 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2022), an official with the Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry said.

  • Iran-Turkey trade 2023-01-13 10:40

    Iran's export to Turkey up 24% in 11 months yr/yr

    TEHRAN - The value of Iran’s exports to neighboring Turkey increased by 24 percent to reach $3.1 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, according to the figures recently released by the Turkish Statistical Institute.

  • budget bill 2023-01-11 12:50

    Raisi submits $131.5b budget bill to Majlis

    TEHRAN – President Ebrahim Raisi submitted the administration’s draft of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1402, which starts on March 21, to the Majlis on Wednesday.

  • WB 2023-01-11 11:52

    Iranian economy to expand 2.2% in 2023: WB

    TEHRAN - The World Bank, in its latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report released on Tuesday, sees the Iranian economy growing by 2.2 percent in 2023, despite a sharp, long-lasting slowdown in the global economy.

  • modern irrigation 2023-01-11 10:33

    Modern irrigation systems established in 35,000 ha of farmlands

    TEHRAN - The project manager of Iranian Agriculture Ministry’s modern irrigation systems development program said 35,000 hectares of the country’s farmlands have been equipped with modern irrigation systems in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 21, 2022).

  • petchem 2023-01-10 14:06

    Petchem output rises 7% in 9 months yr/yr

    TEHRAN – Iran’s petrochemical production in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2022) has risen seven percent compared to the same period of time in the past year, according to an official in the National Petrochemical Company (NPC).

  • steel 2023-01-10 12:54

    Tehran hosting national steel festival, exhibition

    TEHRAN- The 4th National Iranian Steel Festival and Exhibition (N.I.S.F) was opened in a ceremony held at Olympic Hotel’s conference salon in Tehran on Tuesday, IRIB reported.

  • Africa 2023-01-10 12:21

    Iran opens 8 trade centers in Africa

    TEHRAN – Aiming to develop trade with Africa, Iran has opened eight trade centers in the countries of the continent, IRNA reported on Tuesday, quoting a senior official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) as saying.

  • Miad Salehi 2023-01-09 13:30

    Transport index increases by 4.6% in railway sector

    TEHRAN- The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) said the transport index (TI), which refers to the total number of person-kilometers and ton-kilometers, and is a kind of indicator of the total performance of the country's railways, has grown by 4.6 percent in the country in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Decemebr 21, 2022), as compared to the same period of the previous year.

  • ship 2023-01-09 13:00

    Direct shipping line launched between Iran, Cuba

    TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari said a direct shipping line has been launched between Iran and Cuba which is expected to significantly improve the economic relations between the two countries.

  • iron ore 2023-01-09 12:53

    New iron ore reserves discovered in central Iran

    TEHRAN – Director-general of planning at Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration of Iran (GSI) has announced the discovery of new iron ore reserves in central Iran, IRIB reported.

  • Africa 2023-01-08 14:26

    Export to Africa reaches $1.094b

    TEHRAN – Iran exported 2.209 million tons of non-oil products valued at $1,093,875,996 to the African countries during the period from the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022) up to December 31, the vice president of Iran and Africa Merchants Club Ruhollah Latifi said.

  • TCCIMA 2023-01-08 12:26

    Banking, monetary issues among main obstacles in way of home appliance exports

    TEHRAN – Head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) visited some home appliance production units in Tehran during which the challenges facing the home appliance industry were reviewed.

  • LPG 2023-01-08 12:19

    Iran’s LPG exports increase 86%

    TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export rose 86 percent from the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022) up to December 31, as compared to the same period of time in the past year, data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) show.

  • gas 2023-01-07 14:16

    Iraq eyes more gas, electricity imports from Iran

    TEHRAN – Iraqi government has decided to import more gas or electricity from Iran to meet the increasing electricity demand and manage problems in the country’s power grid, Fars News Agency reported citing the Iraqi press.

  • Oji 2023-01-07 12:30

    Oil projects worth $8b to be inaugurated by late March

    TEHRAN - Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji has said several semi-finished oil industry projects worth $8 billion in total are scheduled to go operational by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), Shana reported.

  • food 2023-01-07 12:27

    Iran among world’s top agro-food exporters in 2021: FAO

    TEHRAN – Based on the data released by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Iran has been among the top exporters of agricultural products in the world during 2021, IRNA reported.

  • oil 2023-01-06 11:26

    16 projects approved to develop oil, gas industry’s value chain

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Resistance Economy Headquarters has approved 16 special projects for the development of the oil and gas industry’s value chain, Shana reported.

  • S.Korea 2023-01-06 11:03

    Seoul welcomes co-op with Tehran in water industry

    TEHRAN - Ambassador of South Korea to Tehran Yun Kang-Hyeon says Iran and South Korea have good capacities and vast fields for cooperation in the field of water resources management and using modern knowhow in this field.

  • Qatar 2023-01-06 10:30

    Tehran, Doha urge developing monetary, banking cooperation

    TEHRAN - The newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mohammad-Reza Farzin in a meeting with his Qatari counterpart on Thursday stressed developing monetary and banking cooperation between the two countries.