German steel plant maker SMS Group has signed a $400 million contract to expand production at Iran’s Mobarakeh Steel Company but faces challenges in raising financing so there is no clear timeline…
Economy
Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX shed 2,989 points or 3.7% over the last Iranian year (March 2016-17) to end at 77,230. However, the smaller over-the-counter exchange Iran Fara Bourse’s…
The Armenian government approved a bill on March 30 to establish a free trade zone near the country’s border with Iran.
Meghri Free Trade Zone will be set up in Syunik Province near Iran’s…
The goods and services Consumer Price Index for rural areas in the 12-month period ending March 20, which marks the end of the last month of the past Iranian year (Esfand), increased by 7.2%…
Plans are underway to establish five medicinal herbs export terminals in Iran, says an official with the Ministry of Agriculture.
Iran has shown interest in purchasing 100 Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet-100 medium-haul passenger planes but the agreement has only been reached regarding 12 aircraft at present, Russian Energy…
The average goods and services Consumer Price Index for urban areas in the 12 months ending March 20, which marks the end of the final month of the last Iranian year (Esfand), increased by 9%…
India is inching closer to establishing its presence near the Persian Gulf with billionaires Gautam Adani and Essar group’s Ruia brothers flagging interest in managing terminals at Iran’s Chabahar…
German exports to Iran rose by 26% last year and by more than 30% in January alone, says an economist at Germany’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry, known by its German acronym DIHK, as trade…
The odds of Boeing selling planes to Iran appear to be lengthening by the day, CNN Money reported.
Relations between Iran and the US are going from bad to worse. Tehran slapped sanctions on…
An extended railroad construction is underway to connect Iran to the Syrian west coast on the Mediterranean Sea, crossing the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, according to Iranian President…
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 has yet to officially hit the shelves in Iran (apart from a couple of stores claiming to have the new phone in stock at 30 million rials), but it has already caused an issue…
Sales from science-based companies doubled during the last fiscal year (ended March 20) and reached 200 billion rials ($5 million) compared to the 100 billion rials ($2.5 million) in the preceding…
An Iranian advertising company, Novin Marketing has begun selling advertisement for Iranian companies via Google’s AdSense software, according to claims by the enterprise.
A formal trade mission from the Canadian province of Quebec will travel to Iran in early May to discuss contracts in the aluminum sector.
Quebec Ministry of Economy, Science and Innovation…
Iran’s non-oil foreign trade stood at $87 billion during the past Iranian fiscal year (March 2016-17).
Iranian insurance industry earned 29.4 trillion rials ($789.4 million) by selling 2,357,171 life insurance policies during the 10 months to January 19.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran has named bringing discipline to the banking system and structurally reforming it as "the most important plans of the bank during the next fiscal year"…
Iran's banking network has historically had a robust presence in Europe, offering services to Iranian merchants and facilitating trade transactions between the European Union and resource-rich…
Bahar Azadi Gold Coin fell by 100,000 rials on Wednesday, changing hands for 12.10 million rials ($323) in Tehran’s market to witness another drop after an unexpected rally in recent days.…
Data released by the Central Bank of Iran for the month ending January 19 put banks’ total foreign assets at 2.3 quadrillion rials ($61.5 billion) by January 19, marking a 6% growth compared…
Asiatech Data Transfer Inc PLC will be listed in Tehran Stock Exchange in May, the director general of the firm said.
“The $7.9 million Asiatech offers services in 430 cities across the…
After a 12-hour session, the Supreme Labor Council agreed to raise workers’ minimum wage for the next fiscal year (March 2017-18) by 14.5% to 9.3 million rials ($244.7) per month.
The…
Iranian billet exporters achieved a considerable increase in exports over the past few weeks, mainly supported by the uptrend in the Commonwealth of Independent States semis segment.
Representatives of the Turkish steel sector are interested in developing lucrative cooperation with Iran, as steel trade between the two countries is on the uptrend.
