The 11th International Exhibition of Elevators and Escalators Elevating Conveyors and Accessories was inaugurated yesterday at Tehran’s International Permanent Fairground.

Head of Iran Trade Promotion Organization Mr. Alireza Payman-Pak during his recent visit to Uzbekistan made the ground ready for signing some trade agreements which will be signed during Iranian President’s visit to Uzbekistan in September.

Oil Minister of Javad Owji says an investment of 7 billion dollars was planned in the development of Azadegan Oilfield, most of which to be provided by Iranian banks, development companies and the National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI).

The value of Iran’s non-oil trade increased three percent in the third Iranian calendar month Khordad (ended on March 21), from the same month of the previous year, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.

Ambassador of Senegal to Tehran Mr. Salion Niang Deing in his meeting with economic activists of Alborz Province Chamber of Commerce said his country welcomes Iranians for investment in different fields especially in the pharmaceutical industries.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in its Annual Statistical Bulletin 2022, has put Iran’s daily refining capacity in 2021 at 2.202 million barrels, indicating 1,000 barrels per day (bpd) increase compared to 2020.

Following up on the consultations between Iran and India, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani and Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra held a phone call on Tuesday.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has once again lambasted the U.S. and the European trio (Britain, France and Germany) for supporting a resolution against Iran at the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, calling the move “irresponsible”.

A year into his administration, Iranian President Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi succeeded in diversifying Iran’s foreign policy options through the nascent neighborhood policy he set out last year.

President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi in meeting with the new Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Nadine Olivieri Lozano, who was submitting her credentials, announced Tehran’s full readiness for broadening its all-out ties with Switzerland.

Foreign Minister said that Tehran will host a tripartite meeting of Iran, Azerbaijan, and Turkiye foreign ministers, adding that the bilateral ties with Baku have changed from misunderstanding to interaction.

A distinguished scholar believes that it is necessary that Iran and its Arab neighbors accelerate their talks as the United States is seeking to form a coalition between Israel and some Arab states against Iran.

The 2022/23 Iran Professional League will start on Aug. 12, according to the Iran Football League Organization.

Iran volleyball team registered the U.S. side's first defeat Thursday night in Pool 4 of the 2022 Volleyball Nations League, courtesy of excellent performance of their young players.

Mehdi Ghashghaei Rad, head coach of the Iran youth beach handball team, says that he believes Iran deserved to win the 2022 IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship but did not get what they deserved

Portuguese football coach Ricardo Sa Pinto was appointed as new head coach of Iranian football club Esteghlal on Tuesday.

Iran defeated France 2-0 (20-16, 19-18) on Sunday to win the bronze medal of the 2022 IHF Youth Beach Handball World Championship.

Iran lost to New Zealand 72-66 on Friday and failed to book a place in the 2022 FIBA U16 Asian Championship semifinals.

Managing Director of Iran Gas Engineering and Development Company (IGEDC) Reza Noshadi has said 85 percent of the equipment used in the country’s natural gas pressure boosting stations is supplied by domestic manufacturers, Shana reported.

National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has awarded the project for building a 113,000-ton oil tanker to a high-level domestic company, the company’s managing director announced.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Iran Mr. Dmitry Koltsov met Head of Tabriz Chamber of Commerce Mr. Younis Jaaleh and during the meeting both sides explored ways for boosting bilateral trade.

Iranian experts succeeded in indigenizing the knowledge for the production of two catalysts used in the petrochemical sector, which saves this sector $70 million.

  A senior Iranian commander has praised the Air Defense Force’s achievements over the past years, saying the country, a pioneer in the technology of directed energy, is today capable of targeting micro air vehicles (MAVs) that violate its airspace.

Three major Iranian carmakers, namely Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), SAIPA Group, and Pars Khodro, manufactured 345,392 vehicles during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), the data released by Codal website showed.

  Recent developments in the region and especially in the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf are signs of emergence of one of the strongest navies in the world which is the Islamic Republic of Iran.

On the sidelines of a military drill in northwest Iran on Friday morning, commander of the Army Ground Force Kioumars Heydari said that Iran will test four new weaponries in the drill.

In the latest indication that Iraqi Kurdistan’s regional government has not sufficiently heeded Iran’s earlier warnings over the activism of dissident groups, a senior Iranian general starkly warned the Iraqi Kurdish authorities to rein in the activities of these groups. 

Head of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the force has plans to boost cooperation with the Defense Ministry to enhance its missile power in the new administration.

A senior spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces General Staff on Saturday dismissed as untrue statements by the United States about a suspicious incident for an Israeli-operated tanker in the Sea of Oman, warning the enemy that Iran will not allow any military engagement in its periphery.

US military officials are “increasingly alarmed” by drone attacks from anti-terror resistance groups in Iraq, which are posing a growing threat to American military bases and diplomatic facilities in the Arab country, according to a report.