IRICA stands at 2nd rank in countering goods smuggling
Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) stood at the second rank last year (ended March 20, 2019) in terms of dealing with smuggling goods.
No worries over fuel supply, senior official says
Iran doesn’t have any problems regarding production and supply of gasoline and gasoil despite the U.S. sanctions, Press TV reported, quoting an official with the oil ministry as saying on Wednesday.
Iran elected as head of OPEC Fund’s ministerial council
Iran’s Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad Dejpasand was elected the chairman of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) ministerial council, Iranian mission to Vienna announced.
Iran expected to attract one million Chinese in near future
Iran is expected to “attract one million Chinese in the near future” through the visa waiver for Chinese tourists, according to a report.
988k job opportunities to be created by Mar. 2020
Head of the Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht announced on Wednesday that by the end of the present Iranian year (March 20, 2020), some 988,000 job opportunities will be created by the government.
IME strengthening link between agricultural, financial markets
Expanding the links between financial markets and commodity markets and strengthening the existing links between these markets is an approach Iran’s capital market has taken in recent years which has resulted in significant achievements in both commodity and exchange transactions in the country.
Iran to export $5b of gas, electricity to Iraq by March 2020
The value of Iran’s gas and electricity exports to Iraq are expected to reach $5 billion by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2020), Meh news agency quoted an official with the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce as saying.
‘3000MW added to Iran’s power generation capacity since March’
Some 3000 megawatts (MW) capacity of new power plants have been added to the country’s electricity network in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) to supply the demands in the summer peak period, IRNA reported on Tuesday quoting an official with the energy ministry.
Iran, Armenia to exchange trade with local currencies ‘likely’
Chairman of Iran-Armenia Joint Chamber of Commerce Hervik Yarijanian said that the two countries will exchange trade activities with each other using local currencies ‘likely’.
Hydroelectric power plant in NW Iran joins national grid
The first unit of Sardasht Hydroelectric Power Plant in Sardasht county, West Azarbaijan province, became operational on Tuesday, adding 50 megawatts of electricity to the national grid.