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  • Iran and Turkmenistan Agree to Launch Passenger Train Service 05 Apr 2025

    Iran and Turkmenistan Agree to Launch Passenger Train Service

    TEHRAN - In a significant move aimed at strengthening bilateral ties, Iran and Turkmenistan have reached an agreement to launch a trial passenger train service and increase cargo capacity to 400 wagons. The announcement was made by the Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadegh, upon her return from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Iran Exports to Surpass $40b This Year 15 Dec 2021

Iran Exports to Surpass $40b This Year

Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mr. Seyed Reza Fatemi Amin in a TV program said Iran’s exports will surpass $40b by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (mid-March).

Gov’t Signs 175 Foreign Investment Projects 15 Dec 2021

Gov’t Signs 175 Foreign Investment Projects

Government spokesman says that the President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi administration has signed 175 foreign investment projects with 21 counties worth 3.3 billion dollars.

Tax incomes highlighted in next year’s budget bill 14 Dec 2021

Tax incomes highlighted in next year’s budget bill

  President Ebrahim Raisi submitted the administration’s draft of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1401, which starts on March 21, 2022, to the Majlis on Sunday.

Iran Marks National Exports Day With an Eye on Boosting Exports 14 Dec 2021

Iran Marks National Exports Day With an Eye on Boosting Exports

In a ceremony held yesterday in Tehran, officials and exporters marked the National Exports Day and the top exporters of the year were awarded with prizes.

Part of electricity bills to be allocated for developing renewables 13 Dec 2021

Part of electricity bills to be allocated for developing renewables

Based on the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (starts on March 21, 2022), the Energy Ministry is allowed to use a portion of the revenues collected from the electricity bills for the development of the renewable energy sector, IRNA reported.

Iran-Afghanistan trade ties to be expanded 12 Dec 2021

Iran-Afghanistan trade ties to be expanded

  Iran and Afghanistan are going to develop cooperation in border markets in order to expand economic ties, Deputy Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) for Management Development Affairs Ahmad Zakeri announced.

Car manufacturing rises 4.7% in 8 months yr/yr 12 Dec 2021

Car manufacturing rises 4.7% in 8 months yr/yr

Car manufacturing in Iran has risen 4.7 percent during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

World Cup Is Both Soccer and Economic Event 12 Dec 2021

World Cup Is Both Soccer and Economic Event

  Vice President and Secretary of High Council for Free Trade-Industrial and Special Economic Zones Mr. Saeed Mohammad in meeting with Minister of Sport and Youth Mr. Hamid Sajjadi said the Soccer World Cup is both an important sport and economic event and Iran is pursuing sport diplomacy.

Iran’s Trade With China on the Decline 11 Dec 2021

Iran’s Trade With China on the Decline

  Head of Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce Majid Reza Hariri says Iran’s trade with China is declining every year and Iran is not currently China’s first trade partner in the Middle East and it has dropped out of its top five partners in the region.

Iran Ready to Connect Electricity Grid to Azerbaijan, Russia 09 Dec 2021

Iran Ready to Connect Electricity Grid to Azerbaijan, Russia

Energy minister said that studies have been carried out on the cooperation between Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia in electricity and announced Iran's readiness to start collaboration on connecting the electricity grid to the Republic of Azerbaijan and Russia.