Economy

Around 189,400 tons of agricultural and dairy products worth $312.7 million were exported from the northern province of Mazandaran in the last Iranian year (March 2016-17), registering a 4.9% and…

With nominations now closed for the May 19 presidential election in Iran, the likely shape of the contest is beginning to emerge.

Economic issues are likely to be the main sparring ground…

An Iranian delegation consisting of 20 Iranian businessmen, including President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Gholamhossein Shafei, is in Vietnam on a trade…

A 20-member commercial delegation from South Africa’s Ministry of Trade and Industry and Department of Trade and Industry are scheduled to visit Iran next month. This was announced by the economic…

Panasonic, a global Japanese technology firm, has announced the appointment of its new Managing Director Hiroki Soejima, for the Middle East region.

The new director took charge on April 2…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 92.30 points or 0.12% to end Tuesday trade at 78,339.8.

More than 1 million shares valued at $96 million changed hands for the day.

Takceram…

Hormoz Pasargad Bitumen Products Company, Iran’s biggest producer of the asphalt material used to pave roads, plans to boost output by 15% in the next two years, with all of the increased supply…

After a year of back and forth between government officials and industry players, no changes were made in export duties for iron ore despite previous announcements.

The government’s U-…

Slovenian telecommunications equipment manufacturer Iskratel has won contracts worth €36 million in Iran. The manufacturer has signed two contracts with the Telecommunications Company of Iran,…

More than 172 tons of saffron worth $246.7 million were exported to 47 countries, including the US, in the last Iranian year that ended March 20, the president of Iran’s National Saffron Center…

Tehran will host the Sixth International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INOTEX 2017) in May. Organizers say the event is scheduled for May 23-26 at Tehran’s International Fairgrounds in the…

Telegram messenger, the most popular communications app in Iran, voice calling service has been blocked by judicial order.

According to local technology news website, Zoomit.ir, the service…

US MIT researchers have developed a way to make extremely high-resolution images of tissue samples, at a fraction of the cost of other techniques that offer similar resolution.

The new…

Sharif University of Technology in Tehran hosted the second Innovative UAV Design Competition on April 15 and 16 with dozens of flying machines displayed by students.

According to a report…

Iran Chamber of Guilds announced earlier this month that more than 200,000 small- and medium-sized enterprises were founded in the country during the Iranian year that ended March 20, 2017,…

Some $68.6 million worth of agricultural and dairy products were exported from Hamedan Province in the last Iranian year (March 2016-17), accounting for 52% of the province’s total exports, the…

More than 23.54 trillion rials ($627 million) worth of investments have been made in industrial projects located in the south of Kerman Province since President Hassan Rouhani took office in…

About 49.57 million tons of cement were produced in Iran in the last fiscal year (March 2016-17), indicating a 6.4% drop compared to the year before, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade…

President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Gholamhossein Shafei is scheduled to head a trade mission for a five-day visit to Vietnam starting Tuesday to discuss ways…

Gold coin prices continued their weeklong surge to reach their four-year high in Tehran's market on Monday.

After significant leaps in recent days, Bahar Azadi gold coin fetched 11.96…

Economic growth rate stood at 11.6% for the nine months to December 20, 2016, and the figure is predicted to keep up its double-digit momentum in the current Iranian year (started March 21), the…

The Central Bank of Iran is planning to allow authorized exchange shops to use international cards in daily operations [instead of cash], the CBI governor said.

“Such operations will be…

A delegation from the Central Bank of Iran will take part in the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund in the US. The joint meeting of IMF with the World Bank Group is held biannually…

The Iranian private sector is setting up its own guarantee fund to facilitate international finance for small- and medium-sized investments, the head of Investment Commission at Iran Chamber of…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 224.20 points or 0.29% to end Monday trade at 78,247.5.

More than 1 million shares valued at $60.3 million changed hands for the day.

Hegmatan…