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  • electricity 2022-12-25 12:32

    Iran 90% self-sufficient in electricity industry

    TEHRAN - The Iranian Energy Ministry's Spokesman for the electricity sector Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi has said the country is currently 90 percent self-sufficient in the electricity industry, IRNA reported.

  • copper 2022-12-25 12:31

    NICIC conducts 130,000m of explanatory excavation in 9 months

    TEHRAN - The managing director of the National Iranian Copper Industries Company (NICIC) has said his company managed to conduct 130,000 meters of explanatory excavation in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21).

  • IME 2022-12-25 12:00

    Commodities worth over $3b traded at IME in a month

    TEHRAN- During the past Iranian calendar month Azar (ended on December 21), 10,931,107 tons of commodities worth over $3 billion were traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME).

  • Iran-Russia 2022-12-24 14:43

    Tehran, Moscow stress expansion of co-op to facilitate transport, transit ties

    TEHRAN- During a meeting between the head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) and the Russian ambassador to Iran at the place of TCCIMA on Saturday, the two sides stressed the need to expand cooperation between the two countries to facilitate relations in transport and transit sectors.

  • agriculture 2022-12-24 14:00

    Private sector’s investment making in agriculture increases 45%

    TEHRAN- Investment making by the private sector in the agriculture sector increased by 45 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the Ministry of Agriculture announced.

  • beekeeping 2022-12-24 12:52

    'Establishment of a bee research institute a necessity in Khansar'

    TEHRAN – Iran’s agriculture minister referred to the provision of 20 percent of the country's honey in Khansar county, in Isfahan province, and emphasized the necessity of setting up a bee research institute in this country.

  • Iran-Pakistan 2022-12-24 12:27

    Iran, Pakistan explore ways to strengthen bilateral trade

    TEHRAN- During a meeting between Pakistan’s Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mohammad-Ali Hosseini in Islamabad on Friday, the two sides explored the ways to expand and strengthen trade ties between the two countries.

  • WSA 2022-12-23 15:04

    Iran’s 11-month steel output rises 8.5% yr/yr: WSA

    TEHRAN - The latest report released by the World Steel Association (WSA) shows that Iran’s crude steel output has increased 8.5 percent in the first 11 months of 2022, while the world steel output has fallen 3.7 percent in the said period.

  • solar 2022-12-23 11:51

    Solar parks to be established in 92 industrial estates across Iran

    TEHRAN - Head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) Ali Rasoulian has said solar parks are going to be established in 92 industrial estates across the country, IRIB reported.

  • China 2022-12-23 11:51

    Export from Iran to China increases 5% in 11 months on year

    TEHRAN - According to the data released by China’s customs administration, the value of Iran’s non-oil exports to China reached $6.05 billion in the first 11 months of 2022, registering a five-percent rise year on year.

  • SCI 2022-12-23 11:51

    Inflation rate rises 1%

    TEHRAN - The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) has put the average inflation rate in the twelve-month period ended on December 21, which marks the end of the ninth Iranian calendar month Azar, at 45 percent, rising one percent from the figure for the twelve-month ended to the eighth month.

  • oil 2022-12-21 14:35

    Iran’s oil output reaches 3m bpd: Oji

    TEHRAN - Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji has said the country’s oil production has reached three million barrels per day (bpd), Shana reported.

  • PMO 2022-12-21 13:43

    Loading, unloading of goods in ports up 5.7% in 9 months on year

    TEHRAN – The loading and unloading of goods in the ports of Iran increased by 5.7 percent in the first nine months of the present Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, head of the country’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) announced.

  • gas 2022-12-21 13:43

    Gas supply to power plants increased in autumn: NIGC

    TEHRAN – Head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Dispatching Department Mohammadreza Joulaei said despite the surge in domestic consumption, gas supply to major industries and power plants has increased in the first two months of autumn (September 23-November 21) compared to the previous year’s same period.

  • Khandouzi 2022-12-20 16:14

    ‘Leader agrees with oil barter to advance rail, transit projects’

    TEHRAN- Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Ehsan Khandouzi announced that the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has agreed with the oil barter trade to advance the country’s railway and transit projects.

  • HAMEX 2022-12-20 14:35

    Intl. home appliance exhibit running in Tehran

    TEHRAN - The 22nd edition of Iran’s International Home Appliance Manufacturers Exhibition (HAMEX 2022) was inaugurated at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

  • gdp 2022-12-20 11:27

    Iran’s H1 non-oil GDP growth at 3.4%: SCI

    TEHRAN- Iran's gross domestic product (GDP) excluding oil grew 3.4 percent in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21 – September 22) compared to the same period last year, according to the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI).

  • tax 2022-12-19 14:00

    INTA grants 1,098 knowledge-based companies tax exemption

    TEHRAN –Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) on Monday released the names of 1,098 knowledge-based companies which have been assessed and approved by the administration to be exempted from tax paying in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2023), IRNA reported.

  • stock 2022-12-19 13:56

    Stock market expected to begin an upward trend: analyst

    TEHRAN – Stock market analyst, Hossein Ahmadi, believes that since the prices at the stock market have not increased in line with the inflation, the market is expected to start an upward trend in the near future.

  • sponge iron 2022-12-19 11:33

    Sponge iron export stands at $106m in 8 months

    TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s sponge iron export stood at $106 million in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), the Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry has announced.

  • Saleh-Abadi 2022-12-18 16:12

    By Mahnaz Abdi

    ‘Directing bank credits towards production a major plan of CBI’

    TEHRAN- Directing the banking credits and facilities towards production is a major plan of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) in the current Iranian calendar year (began on March 21), the bank’s governor said in a press conference on Sunday.

  • transport 2022-12-18 15:23

    Transportation expo kicks off in Tehran

    TEHRAN - The sixth Exhibition of Transportation, Logistics, and Related Industries kicked off at Imam Khomeini Grand Prayer Campus (Mosalla) on Sunday, IRNA reported.

  • SP 2022-12-18 14:17

    South Pars daily gas production reaches 700 mcm

    TEHRAN - Average daily production of natural gas in Iran’s South Pars gas field has reached 700 million cubic meters (mcm) to meet the demand for natural gas as the weather gets colder, according to the managing director of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC).

  • mining 2022-12-17 11:15

    Monthly income of industrial companies active in stock market up 14.4% yr/yr

    TEHRAN - The revenues of Iranian industrial companies active in the stock market has increased by 14.4 percent in the eighth Iranian calendar month of Aban (October 23-November 21) as compared to the figure for the same month in the previous year.

  • Iraq 2022-12-17 11:15

    Iranian companies to participate in Iraq’s energy projects

    TEHRAN – In coordination with the Iranian Oil Ministry’s representative office in Baghdad, the Iraqi Oil Ministry has notified all its affiliated entities about Iranian companies’ readiness for participation in the country’s energy projects, Shana reported.

  • Free zones 2022-12-17 09:22

    ‘Joint free zones establishment on agenda’

    TEHRAN- The establishment of joint free zones has been put atop agenda of Iran's Free Zones High Council activities, the deputy secretary of the council for economic affairs stated.

  • South Khorasan 2022-12-16 16:07

    Raisi inaugurates some projects during provincial trip to South Khorasan

    TEHRAN – President Ebrahim Raisi paid a two-day visit to South Khorasan province, in the east of Iran, on Thursday and Friday, when he inaugurated and visited a number of projects in the province.

  • oil 2022-12-16 14:47

    Iran’s Q3 average oil output rises 11,000 bpd: OPEC

    TEHRAN – Iran’s average oil production in the third quarter of 2022 stood at 2.566 million barrels per day (bpd), 11,000 bpd more than the figure for the second quarter of the year, according to OPEC’s latest monthly report published on Wednesday.

  • China 2022-12-16 11:11

    Iran, China reach new agreements on oil, gas fields development

    TEHRAN – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji has said during the visit of China’s deputy prime minister to Tehran good agreements have been reached between the two sides for cooperation on the development of Iran’s oil and gas fields.

  • Iran-Qatar 2022-12-16 10:19

    Tehran, Doha stress expansion of co-op in different areas

    TEHRAN- During a meeting between Iranian Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian and Qatar’s Ambassador to Tehran Mohammed bin Hamad Al Hajri, the two sides stressed the expansion and strengthening of ties and cooperation between the two countries in different areas.