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.

  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.

  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.

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.

In a webinar which was held with presence of heads of chambers of commerce and ambassadors of Iran and Kyrgyzstan and economic activists of the two countries, the chambers of commerce of Iran and Kyrgyzstan signed a MoU to form a joint commercial committee for expansion of bilateral economic activities.

British Ambassador to Tehran Simon Shercliff in meeting with Head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce Masoud Khansari announced readiness of the British companies for economic cooperation with their Iranian counterparts.

The Ambassador of Belgium to Tehran Gian Marco Rizzo in meeting with Head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce Masoud Khansari explored ways for opening avenues for more communication between the two countries.

The Ambassador of Czech Republic Mr. Josef Rychtar in meeting with the Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholam-Hossein Shafei explored ways for boosting cooperation especially cooperation in the rail transport.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said Iran-Venezuela oil cooperation must take a new form and the two sides need to take further steps for expanding cooperation in the fields of refining and petrochemicals as well, Shana reported on Sunday.

Chairman of the Iran-Armenia Joint Chamber of Commerce Hervik Yarjanian says Iran’s exports to Armenia have been over $200b in the first seven months of the current year which shows 60% growth comparing to the same period last year.