Iranian SMEs Exports Rise by 50%
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian SMEs exports worth 1.50 billions in the first seven months of the current local calendar year (March 21- October 22), which shows about 50% increase in comparison with figures from the last year. Deputy Managing Director of Iran’s Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) Asqar Masaheb said on Monday […]
Leader condoles demise of President Rouhani’s sister
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution has expressed condolences over the demise of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s sister. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei offered his deep condolences over the demise of Rouhani’s sister in a Monday message to the Iranian president. Leader further wished Allah’s blessing for the deceased. Sedigheh Fereydoon, Hassan Rouhani’s sister, […]
Iran’s anti-narcotics police dismantle drugs band in south
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces have dismantled a drug smuggling band and seized two consignments of illicit drugs in the southern provinces of Iran. Some 2,380 kilograms of different drugs were seized during clashes between the Iran’s anti-narcotics police forces and smugglers attempting to smuggle the drugs into the country through Mirjaveh […]
North Azadegan oil field reach to steady output
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s North Azadegan oil field, which the country shares with Iraq in the West Karoun region, is producing 75,000 barrels per day of oil steadily, Mehr news agency reported on Sunday, quoting the director of the field’s development project. According to Esmail Qolampour Ahangar, five new wells and an assessment well […]
Iranian Navy plans to build heavy destroyer
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian Navy plans to build a new heavy destroyer weighing more than 5,000 tons, Tasnim reported on Sunday, quoting Navy chief Hossein Khanzadi. Construction of the heavy destroyer has been put on the agenda under a project dubbed “Negin” (gemstone), the rear admiral said. The weight of the destroyer is […]
Presidential trip to Azarbaijan Province cancelled
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The inauguration of a railroad connecting Mianeh to Bostan Abad and presidential trip to Azarbaijan were postponed due to the demise of President Hasssan Rouhani’s sister, Sediqeh Fereydoun, on Sunday, said a deputy roads and urban development minister. Presidential trip to Azarbaijan Province was supposed to start today to inaugurate the […]
Agriculture minister’s resignation accepted
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has accepted the resignation of Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati, said a lawmaker. Asadollah Abbasi, the spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s presiding board, broke the news on Monday. The agriculture minister’s resignation comes as the Iranian Parliament was slated to impeach the minister on Tuesday. Abbasi said that […]
Major Money Laundering Network in Golestan Busted
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian security forces have managed to apprehend members of a major criminal network that has been earning huge profits by tax evasion and money laundering, the head of the Judiciary in the northern province of Golestan said. Speaking to reporters in Gorgan, the provincial capital, on Sunday, Hadi Hashemian said the […]
Exchange rate for importing basics remains unchanged
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran said Sunday that Iran’s budget for the next fiscal year still defines the exchange rate for importing basics remains at 4200 tomans to $1. Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said the draft of the country’s budget for the next fiscal year was submitted to the […]
Iran’s production of fisheries expected to rise; IFO deputy says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s production of fisheries will increase up to 15 percent in the year to March 2020, said a deputy head of Iran Fisheries Organization (IFO). Hossein Abdolhay, IFO’s deputy head for aquaculture, added in the year to March 2019, the country produced 1.26 tons of aquatics, IRNA reported. This figure showed […]