Charity foundation plans to create 18,000 jobs
The Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated with Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, plans to generate 18,000 jobs by reviving and developing 300 economic enterprises this year (began March 21), Seyyed Amir Hossein Madani, head of the Foundation, said.
Research indicates huge new gas reserves in northeastern Iran
Managing Director of Iran’s Khazar Exploration and Production Company (KEPCO) has said new research shows that huge gas reserves could be laid beneath Iran’s northeastern Gorgan plain, Shana reported.
Exports from Industrial sector rise 80%
Exports from Iran’s industrial sector have increased by 80 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) compared to the same period in the previous year, the head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) said on Tuesday.
Exclusive exhibit of Iran products in Sulaymaniyah
An exclusive exhibition of Iranian products will be held in Sulaymaniyah of Iraqi Kurdistan during June 22-26, a director in Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) announced.
polymer exports from Imam Khomeini port up 14%
Some 109,000 tons of polymer products were exported from Imam Khomeini Port in southwestern Khuzestan province during the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), up 14 percent compared to the preceding year.
‘Free trade with EAEU a good opportunity for Iran’
Iran’s First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri described the free trade agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as a good opportunity for the country's economy and called on the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade and other relevant organizations to set a timetable for the finalization of the agreement and follow it seriously.
Iran enriching uranium to 63%, says Rouhani
President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that Iran has mastered a level of knowledge that it is enriching uranium up to 63%, and that it can enrich uranium at any percentage it desires.
Gov’t Paying $70b of Subsidies for Gas and Liquid Fuel
Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh says the government pays almost $70b of subsidies annually for the gas and liquid fuel in the country.
Imports through Bazargan border crossing exceed $79m
Some 68,700 tons of commodities worth $79.878 million have been imported into Iran through Bazargan border crossing since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), according to the Bazargan customs director-general.
Sattari: Oil industry accounts for 80% of Iran’s newly indigenized products
Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari has said that 80 percent of the products that are being produced for the first time in the country are related to the oil industry.