TEHRAN (Iran News) – Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Jafar Sargheyni said on Sunday that sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran increased Iran’s steel exports volume in the international arena. He pointed to the US failure in imposition of sanctions on Iran’s mineral industries and steel sector in the current year […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz underlined US sanctions have not yet had negative impact on infrastructure projects, and we are planning for faster improvement of Iran-Austria ties. Speaking to ILNA news agency correspondent, Scholz stressed Vienna will continue its trade ties with Tehran despite of the US sanctions, adding that […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – In efforts to prop up domestic producers and increase employment opportunities, President Hassan Rouhani, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi decided on Saturday to ban the import of commodities which can be produced inside the country. The heads of three branches of government made the decision to […]

South African Ambassador to Iran, Vika Mazwi Khumalo, said that his country is ready to boost tourism cooperation with Kerman province.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Road Minister Mohammad Eslami said on Saturday that Baku-Astara highway in Azerbaijan is going to get linked to Rasht-Ardabil highway in Iran. “Azerbaijan has contrasted a highway that links Baku to Astara,” he said, “The road which has shortened the distance between the two cities from five hours to 2.5 […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the country’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur is doing its best to solve banking issues in Malaysia considered for Iranian nationals by some financial institutions.  Abbas Mousavi made the remarks on Thursday in reaction to reports denoting that banks in Malaysia were closing the accounts […]

Iran connected its national grid to Iraq on Friday in a bid to help the Arab country reduce its power outages.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi called on the Malaysian government to cooperate to resolve the problems of Iranian individuals residing in the Southeast Asian country whose bank accounts are being closed due to the US sanctions. Asked about the reports of banking restrictions imposed on Iranians in Malaysia, Mousavi told […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- Pistachio farmers in a county in Iran’s Southeastern province of Kerman, home to majority of the country’s pistachio gardens, are celebrating pistachio harvest of theirs today after collecting 17,000 tons of the fruit from 20,000 hectares of gardens in the county. Governor of Anar County of Kerman province Ali Zahroudi said on […]

TEHRAN (Iran News)- A sum of 117.5 tons of exported saffron has been exploited from Khorassan Razavi province in the first half of the Iranian year (started March 21, 2019). “This amount of exported saffron, the strategic product from Khorassan Razavi shows %1 growth compared to the same period last year,” Head of Khorassan Razavi […]