Economy

Since Iran’s nuclear accord with world powers–officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action–was implemented on January 16, 2016, the country has engaged in negotiations to attract…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 294.60 points or 0.37% to end Sunday trade at 78,990.4.

Trading at TSE and Iran Fara Bourse starts on Saturday and ends on Wednesday.

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Iranian pharmaceutical company Behestan Tolid has wrapped up partnership negotiations with Merck Sharp & Dohme and is waiting for the Health Ministry’s go-ahead to start licensed production, a…

Sarcheshmeh Copper Investment Company was listed on the over-the-counter Iran Fara Bourse’s Second Market on Sunday. The 2-trillion-rial ($52.63 million) market cap investment company is a…

The Minister of Information and Communication Technology Mahmoud Vaezi voiced Iran’s readiness to export technical and engineering services related to information and communications technologies…

Director of the ICT Guild Organization Naser-Ali Sa’adat, has criticized a move by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade to establish a specialized guild for online businesses, calling it…

Elon Musk’s Tesla Company has won a contract with Australia’s Transgrid to supply power-packing energy storage devices across several cities in New South Wales, in the first deal of its kind for…

Snapp, Iran’s biggest ride-hailing app, is aiming to expand its market by launching a motorbike delivery service in Tehran.

Dubbed “Snapp Box” the company is set to compete with other…

Twitter suspended several Arabic language Twitter accounts of Qatar’s news channel Al Jazeera on Saturday, following a so-called cyber attack on the website, Kurdish news agency Rudaw reported.

The construction of Phase 2 of the Tehran-North Freeway, connecting the capital to Chalus in Mazandaran Province, was officially launched on Saturday in the presence of first Vice President Es’haq…

The new tax regulations on housing activities, which replace old tax laws with pragmatic and precise regulations, will provide financial benefit for both builders and buyers, says the chief of…

As the administration of President Hassan Rouhani is preparing the stage for deeper economic reforms in its second term (due to start in mid-summer), private sector leaders are taking it to task…

Central Bank of Iran is using a new system of supervision in which risky banks are being closely monitored at a time when the fallout from shadow banks has beset the financial system, a CBI…

The National Development Fund of Iran–the main sovereign wealth fund– has announced that it has recorded a year-on-year increase of “50% plus” in opening letters of credit during the previous…

Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia met his South Korean counterpart to finalize a $13 billion credit line which is to be allocated by two Korean financial institutions to support Iranian projects.

Iran’s total cereal production for 2017 is forecast to stand at 20.1 million tons to register a 0.9% increase compared with the 2016 estimate of 19.9 million tons, according to the latest data…

The Iranian Parliament is currently discussing a bill proposed by the government to restructure three ministries.

Iran, with a score of 32.09 out of 100, ranks 75th among 127 countries listed in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s latest Global Innovation Index report published on the WIPO website…

As of June 22, container owners should refer to the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran to pay terminal handling charges, chairman of the Transportation and Logistics Federation of Iran said…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 180.70 points or 0.23% to end Saturday trade at 79,285.

Saturday is the first trading day at TSE as well as in Iran Fara Bourse, as the two exchanges…

Close to 200 industrial units were founded in Iran’s industrial parks during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21-May 20), creating around 2,200 jobs, the deputy head of Iran…

The underwriting of the Iranian capital market’s first exchange-traded fund on Iran Mercantile Exchange ended last week with the attraction of 157.9 billion rials ($4.15 million) in funding.

The spread of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Iran has caused serious concern among Iranians, as many refrain from buying red meat.

“After the spread of the disease, people refuse to…

Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company (GEG) is considering purchasing an iron ore mine in Australia, manager Nasser Taqizadeh said.

The company will either make the purchase on its own…

For the third time, Iran Privatization Organization is going to offer a 16.75% equity stake of Esfahan Steel Company on the over-the-counter Iran Fara Bourse on July 1.

The block sale is…