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  • Export 2023-01-06 10:13

    Non-oil export from Khuzestan province rises 8% in 9 months on year

    TEHRAN- The export of non-oil commodities from Khuzestan province, in the southwest of Iran, rose eight 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, according to an official with the customs department of the province.

  • Brazil 2023-01-04 12:15

    Tehran mulling over launching direct shipping line to Brasilia

    TEHRAN – Head of the Iran-Brazil Joint Chamber of Commerce has announced the possibility of launching a direct shipping line between the two countries for the development of mutual non-oil trade, IRIB reported.

  • PMO 2023-01-04 12:15

    Iran, UAE to accelerate port, maritime, transit cooperation

    TEHRAN – In a meeting between the head of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) and the United Arab Emirate (UAE)’s ambassador to Tehran on Tuesday, the two sides stressed the acceleration of mutual port, maritime, and transit cooperation.

  • trade 2023-01-04 12:07

    Iran's non-oil exports increase 19%

    TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s non-oil export rose 19 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.

  • ship 2023/01/03

    By Ebrahim Fallahi

    Iran’s shipbuilding: an old but newly developing industry

    TEHRAN - Iran's shipbuilding industry, with more than 50 years of history, has been on a journey toward development since its establishment, and nowadays the Islamic Republic is considered one of the world’s major shipbuilders, manufacturing and repairing all kinds of giant vessels.

  • NPC head 2023-01-03 15:26

    NPC head calls for completing petrochemical value chain

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has called on all the entities active in the petrochemical industry to cooperate in completing its value chain, Shana reported.

  • tax 2023-01-03 12:40

    Tax income rises over 11% in 9 months on year

    TEHRAN - Iran’s tax incomes during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2022) rose 11.8 percent compared to the same period of time in the previous year, Tasnim news agency reported citing the Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) data.

  • gas 2023-01-02 12:21

    SP supplies 140 bcm of gas to national network in 9 months

    TEHRAN – Iran’s South Pars gas field has supplied 140 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas to the country’s network in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-December 21, 2022), according to the managing director of South Pars Gas Complex (SPGC).

  • copper 2023-01-02 10:48

    Iran eyes $10b of annual copper export by Mar. 2027

    TEHRAN - The managing director of the National Iranian Copper Industries Company (NICIC) said his company has targeted $10 billion of annual copper exports by the Iranian calendar year 1406 (begins in late March 2027), IRIB reported.

  • car manufacturing 2023-01-02 10:09

    Car manufacturing rises 18% in 9 months on year

    TEHRAN- Car manufacturing in Iran increased 18 percent during 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, according to the data released by the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade.

  • Housing price 2023-01-02 09:37

    Housing price increases 2.9% in Tehran city

    TEHRAN- Average housing price rose 2.9 percent in the capital Tehran during the ninth Iranian calendar month Azar (ended on December 21, 2022), compared to the previous month, according to a report by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).

  • Oman 2023-01-01 14:20

    Oman welcomes investment in Iran’s renewables sector

    TEHRAN - Rashid Al-Ghilani, Oman's Chargé d'affaires in Tehran, has said his country welcomes investment in Iran’s renewable energy sector.

  • petchem 2023-01-01 11:53

    Petchem output rises 7% in 8 months yr/yr

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

  • Chabahar 2023-01-01 11:45

    China launches direct shipping line to Iran’s Chabahar port

    TEHRAN - The first container ship departing from China docked at Iran’s key port of Chabahar on Saturday, marking the establishment of the first direct shipping line between China and Iran's southeastern seaport.

  • IMF 2022-12-31 14:35

    IMF sees a positive outlook for Iranian economy in 2023

    TEHRAN - Drawing a positive outlook for the Iranian economy in 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that 10 major indicators of the Iranian economy would experience growth and improvement in the mentioned year compared to 2022.

  • water 2022-12-31 14:07

    Major companies active in water industry ink co-op MOUs

    TEHRAN – Iran’s major companies active in the water and wastewater industry have signed several memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with each other and with other knowledge-based companies to cooperate in developing and modernizing the mentioned sector.

  • expo 2022-12-31 11:28

    Intl. leather, footwear exhibit to kick off in Tehran on January 9

    TEHRAN - The ninth International Exhibition of Footwear, Bag, Leather, and Related Industries (MPEX 2023) is scheduled to kick off at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on January 9, 2023, IRIB reported.

  • petchem 2022-12-30 15:15

    Iran eyes $180b of annual petchem revenue in 10 years

    TEHRAN – The managing director of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said over the next 10 years the country’s annual petrochemical production capacity will reach 200 million tons which will bring the country $180 billion in revenues every year, Shana reported on Thursday.

  • 11 2022-12-30 15:06

    Intl. water, wastewater industry exhibition running in Tehran

    TEHRAN – Iran’s 18th International Water and Wastewater Exhibition kicked off on Friday at Tehran Permeant International Fairgrounds, IRNA reported.

  • Mohammadreza Farzin 2022-12-30 15:06

    CBI governor Saleh-Abadi resigns, Farzin replaces him

    TEHRAN - Ali Saleh-Abadi left his job as the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) on Thursday and President Raisi's cabinet accepted his resignation and replaced him with Mohammadreza Farzin.

  • FAO 2022-12-28 14:04

    Iran among world’s leading agricultural producers: FAO

    TEHRAN – Latest statistics published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that Iran stood among the world’s top producers of many agricultural products in 2021, Tasnim news agency reported.

  • highway 2022-12-28 13:35

    Major highway projects across Iran reach 85% progress

    TEHRAN - Kheirollah Khademi, the managing director of Iran's Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC), has announced the 85-percent progress of several highway projects underway across the country.

  • Basic goods 2022-12-28 12:22

    Over 17.4m tons of basic goods unloaded in ports in 9 months

    TEHRAN – As reported by Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), 17,449,670 tons of basic commodities were unloaded in the ports of the country during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21).

  • vietnam 2022-12-27 13:44

    Tehran, Hanoi stress developing barter trade to remove banking barriers

    TEHRAN – The head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA), in a meeting with the Vietnamese ambassador to Tehran on Monday, said developing barter trade between the two countries is going to eliminate the barriers created by lack of banking relations.

  • railway 2022-12-27 13:11

    Passenger transport via railway up 54% in 8 months on year

    TEHRAN - The number of passengers carried on Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (known as RAI) in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21) increased by 54 percent, year on year, data released by Transport and Urban Development Ministry shows.

  • gas 2022-12-27 12:49

    Daily gas supply to national network rises 10 mcm

    TEHRAN - Head of National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) has said with the implementation of new overhaul operations at the company’s gas infrastructure, over 10 million cubic meters (mcm) has been added to the country’s daily gas supply capacity.

  • IME 2022-12-27 12:11

    Commodities worth nearly $731m traded at IME in a week

    TEHRAN- During the past Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday), 2,667,264 tons of commodities worth nearly $731 million were traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME).

  • expo 2022-12-25 15:37

    Tehran to host intl. water, wastewater industry expo this week

    TEHRAN – Iran’s 18th International Water and Wastewater Exhibition is scheduled to be held from December 30 to January 2, 2023, at Tehran Permeant International Fairgrounds, IRNA reported.

  • transit 2022-12-25 14:59

    Iran should step up efforts to improve position in global transit: ICCIMA head

    TEHRAN – The head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has stressed the need to increase efforts for improving the country’s transit infrastructure in order to benefit from the recent developments in the region, the ICCIMA portal reported.

  • NIORDC 2022-12-25 12:32

    NIORDC inks MOUs worth $50m with knowledge-based firms

    TEHRAN - National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) has signed 17 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) worth $50 million with domestic knowledge-based companies on the occasion of the Research and Technology Week.