TEHRAN – During the National Day of the Republic of Turkey ceremony in Tehran, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development, Farzaneh Sadeghi, highlighted the pivotal role of Iran and Turkey in East-West trade and energy transit. As the head of the Iranian-Turkish Joint Economic Cooperation Commission, Sadeghi attended the celebration on Tuesday night, extending congratulations to Turkey's government and people on their National Day (October 29) and expressing hopes for the country's prosperity.

The administration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has proposed to raise defense spending by 200 percent in the next year’s budget plan, a spokesperson said.

Chinese Ambassador to Iran Cong Peiwu has emphasized that China is willing to strengthen trade ties with Iran in all fields.

Iran’s steel output has returned to levels seen before the country’s Energy Ministry imposed restrictions on the supply of electricity to industries this summer.

The Zionist regime's attack on Iran did not affect the activities and commercial negotiations of the high-level delegation from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, said the governor of Khuzestan.

The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced that the Iranian non-oil trade with neighboring countries in the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21 to October 21) increased by 23% to 41.1 billion dollars.

Operations at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport are running on schedule following earlier cancellations, according to the airport's CEO Saeed Chalandari, who emphasized that no disruptions have impacted flight safety at the site.

TEHRAN - In a significant development, Iran's First Vice President has announced plans to increase bilateral trade with Uzbekistan to $5 billion, leveraging the longstanding cultural ties and economic capabilities of both nations.

Managing Director of the Abadan Oil Refining Company Hakim Ghayyem emphasized that all units and employees at the company continue operating normally.

TEHRAN - In a meeting aimed at fostering trade relations between the province of Hamedan and Kazakhstan, a cooperation agreement was signed in the presence of the Kazakh Ambassador to Tehran, the President of the Hamedan Chamber of Commerce, and the President of the Iran-Kazakhstan Joint Chamber of Commerce, along with several economic activists from Hamedan.