Economy

The removal of textile products from the list of items covered by Iran-Turkey Preferential Trade Agreement was an essential step, an official with Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and…

A total of 500,000 tons of pistachios will be produced by the US and Iran for the first time this year, says the president of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture.

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Iran and Italy are scheduled to hold a joint exhibition in Rome in November. Both Iranian and Italian companies are slated to take part in the upcoming event, which is aimed at promoting bilateral…

For the generation of Iranians now turning 30, Yahoo Messenger was their only form of rich media communication in the days of dial-up Internet, and the entire generational cohort was addicted to…

A team of researchers are currently working on a project to build Deep Brain Stimulation electrodes for treating Parkinson’s disease and different addictions, the head of Cellular and Molecular…

Sony is working on a new, higher-powered version of the PlayStation 4 console, but it will not be unveiled at the E3 gaming convention that begins on Monday.

Internet prices are expected to drop, following the latest enactments passed by Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority Committee.

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Iran and the International Bank of Azerbaijan have agreed on the outlines of a $500 million loan for the construction of Rasht-Astara railroad, said the deputy minister of roads and urban…

The chairman of Mehr Afarin brokerage firm says if interest rates are lowered to a certain degree, “we will witness a positive effect on the capital market and the production sectors”, but added…

The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has updated its list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) relating to the lifting of certain US Sanctions under…

Bar unexpected major developments, the stability of the currency market is “guaranteed for the foreseeable future”, says Hamid Zamanzadeh, research director at the Monetary and Banking Research…

Iran Persia International Bank is now connected to TARGET 2 interbank payment system, a significant development for the country's banks after years of being isolated from the global banking…

Iran’s proven iron ore reserves are estimated to grow 50% to reach 4 to 4.5 billion tons by the end of 2016, according to Mehdi Karbasian, the head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries…

Carnage overtook Iran's stock markets on Saturday. Shares on both the Tehran Stock Exchange and Iran Fara Bourse dropped, as panic overtook markets with some shares swinging as much as 8%.

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Iran is planning big for its aluminum industry, as it intends to attract $10 billion of foreign investment to increase annual aluminum production to 1.5 million tons within the next decade as per…

Importers in Iran have bought at least 250,000 tons of Brazilian raw sugar in the first purchases since western sanctions were lifted on Tehran in January, Reuters quoted “trade sources” as saying…

Iraq has lifted a ban on the import of livestock from Iran following the containment of foot-and-mouth disease. As Mehr News Agency reported, the Iraqi Agriculture Ministry’s Veterinary…

Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul is hosting Iran Industry and Machinery Exhibition 2016 on July 12-15. Ali Sadrzadeh, the organizer of the event, was quoted as saying by IRNA that the…

An international airport in Chabahar Free Zone in the southern Sistan-Baluchestan Province will be constructed in 18 months, according to Mohammad Hossein Malekzadegan, a board member at Chabahar…

To have reliable non-oil exports, Iran needs to shift trade away from oil and petrochemical industries.

That’s the core message of an opinion piece in Persian published by the chairman of…

Iran’s Healthcare Overhaul Plan is becoming a big challenge, says the head of Iranian Pharmaceutical Importers Association, warning that it is going to hit both the private sector and people alike…

Iran Khodro, the country’s largest automaker, has announced that it has started the test production of the low-fuel 3F7 engine at one of its sites in Tabriz, northwestern Iran.

Tesla Motors on Friday revised a nondisclosure clause in its customer repair agreements after a US regulator took issue with the practice, while the electric carmaker’s chief executive called most…

Police cars across the country will be equipped with license plate scanning equipment. “Equipping police cars with the latest technology is part of a drive to use the latest technology to fight…

France’s Peugeot family is ready to consider raising its stake in PSA Group, the carmaker it controlled until a government-backed bailout in 2014, former chairman, Thierry Peugeot, and other…