Iran and Uzbekistan are strengthening economic ties, with bilateral trade reaching about $280 million in the first five months of this year despite regional uncertainties. Tehran’s commercial…
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Essential goods are moving through Iran’s northern ports far more quickly, with unloading up more than 90%, according to Mohammad Shakibi-Nasb, CEO of the Ports and Maritime Organization. Speaking…
Iran is closing in on its three-day customs clearance target after average processing times plunged from 143 hours to 73 hours — a near 50 percent cut. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance…
Iran’s Central Bank has rolled out six measures to ease foreign trade, with early results already visible. Mehdi Darabi, the bank’s forex assistant, said reforms launched in January have…
Iran’s free zones are stepping into a promising new era, and Arvand Free Zone is leading the way. CEO Mostafa Khanzadi told a gathering of free and special economic zone officials that stronger…
Iran's horticulture sector stands at a defining moment. With 25 million tons of annual production and more than 800,000 people directly employed, it remains a pillar of the agricultural economy.…
In a province where distance has long defined daily life, 281 kilometers of new highway and main road are more than pavement. They are a quiet assertion that geography can be rewritten.
Iran’s trade with Armenia is quietly gaining speed, and officials on both sides are now trying to turn that momentum into something more durable.
In a region where headlines often turn on crisis, a diplomatic encounter took place in Tehran on September 22. Japanese Ambassador Tamaki Tsukada sat down with Hossein Selahvarzi, president…
A high-level Iranian trade delegation, led by the Minister of Agriculture and including the Vice President of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, has concluded a series of productive meetings in…
A conference at the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) focused on Damask rose and organic medicinal plants.
ICCIMA President Samad Hassanzadeh said Iran’s…
For years, the 162-kilometer Rasht–Astara railway has been the North–South Corridor’s most stubborn missing link. Now, Iranian officials say the project has quietly crossed a crucial threshold:…
Iran and Uzbekistan are moving to turn agricultural cooperation into a technology-driven partnership, with artificial intelligence, smart irrigation and modern livestock breeding at the center of…
In a move meant to turn dialogue into delivery, five Iranian institutions signed off on a business-environment memorandum at the 138th Government-Private Sector Dialogue Council. The Iran Chamber…
In Tehran, Iran’s banking leaders are calling for closer coordination and sharper foresight as global financial conditions evolve rapidly.
Iran and Kyrgyzstan must move beyond general goodwill and build a targeted trade relationship, the head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization said Sunday.
An Iranian trade delegation led by Hossein Pir-Moazen, vice president of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, has left for Tashkent to deepen agricultural and food…
In a diplomatic push that could reshape regional trade, Armenia’s ambassador to Tehran has called for deeper railway and commercial ties with Iran, framing the Islamic Republic as a vital bridge…
Iran and India are trying to turn a long-standing economic relationship into a more operational trade partnership, using BRICS as a fresh platform. That message emerged in Tehran this week when…
The CEO of the Aras Free Zone Organization says the sixth generation of free zones is designed to transform border areas from mere geographic lines into platforms for economic cooperation and…
Iran’s pavilion at the ninth International Fisheries, Aquaculture and Related Technologies Exhibition in St. Petersburg became a focal point of bilateral trade talks this week, as senior Russian…
Iran’s drive to digitize its maritime sector took center stage at an IMO regional gathering in Batumi, Georgia, where Tehran presented its homegrown Maritime Single Window (MSW) and Integrated…
Iran could lower the cost of its foreign trade by expanding the use of BRICS payment mechanisms and settling transactions in national currencies, according to Kambiz Mirkarimi, vice chairman of…
For Iran, BRICS is less a diplomatic club than a potential economic corridor. That was the message from Economy Minister Seyed Ali Madanizadeh, who briefed the 318th Supreme Council of the Stock…
Iran has set up a dedicated working group to monitor and accelerate operation of the Chabahar-Zahedan railway, a project officials now describe as a “golden page” in the country’s development…
