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  • Iran, Azerbaijan Agree on Measures to Reduce Truck Congestion at Astara Border 24 Dec 2025

    Iran, Azerbaijan Agree on Measures to Reduce Truck Congestion at Astara Border

    TEHRAN - Iranian and Azerbaijani customs authorities have reached a new agreement aimed at reducing truck congestion at the Astara border crossing, a key transit point between the two neighboring countries. Under the agreement, between 120 and 140 refrigerated export trucks will be allowed to exit daily through the newly established Astara border terminal, increasing the total number of outbound trucks to between 350 and 370 per day.

10,000 taxis to be added to Iran public transport fleet 24 Oct 2019

10,000 taxis to be added to Iran public transport fleet

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A total of 10,000 new taxis will be added to the Iran public transport fleet by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2020), Mohsen Pourseyyed Aqaei, deputy mayor of Tehran for traffic and transport affairs, has announced. A scheme on the renovation of clunker taxis started in the […]

Four types of vehicles to go out of production by yearend 23 Oct 2019

Four types of vehicles to go out of production by yearend

Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani said that production line of four types of vehicles will be stopped by the end of the current year (started March 20, 2019).

Maritime guards seize of smuggled fuel in South Iran 23 Oct 2019

Maritime guards seize of smuggled fuel in South Iran

According to Police Commander of Kish Island, maritime guards have seized three fishing vessels and discovered 44,000 liters of smuggled fuel near two islands in the Persian Gulf.

Gold prices driving a rush to one of metal’s final frontiers 23 Oct 2019

Gold prices driving a rush to one of metal’s final frontiers

Step aside Canada, Australia and South Africa: West Africa is fast becoming the hottest ticket in gold mining. Producers and prospectors are pouring money into the region as gold prices rally and the industry at the southern tip of the continent keeps shrinking, Iran News quotes what Bloomberg wrote. While gold miners face a dearth […]

Iranian goods export market lost as quality fluctuates 22 Oct 2019

Iranian goods export market lost as quality fluctuates

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Director General of Import, Export Goods Quality Evaluation Office of the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI) Taghi Taghipour said that fluctuation of quality of some products manufactured in the country can threaten export of these products at target markets. Fluctuation in quality of some Iranian products […]

Rouhani urges collecting income tax, no discrimination 22 Oct 2019

Rouhani urges collecting income tax, no discrimination

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Stating that collecting tax must be done with transparency, President Rouhani said, “In a transparent process, people must know what portions of their taxes are being spent on services and the country’s development.” Speaking on Tuesday at the meeting of reviewing tax policies, President Hassan Rouhani said, “Promoting the culture of […]

NIMA supplies over €20b for importing goods, services 22 Oct 2019

NIMA supplies over €20b for importing goods, services

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s domestic Forex Management Integrated System, locally known as NIMA supplies over €20 billion for imports of goods and services since it was launched in April 2018 up to October 20, 2019. NIMA, which seeks to boost transparency, create competitiveness among exchange shops and a secure environment for traders, is a […]

Sistan and Baluchestan H1 exports register 50% hike 22 Oct 2019

Sistan and Baluchestan H1 exports register 50% hike

TEHRAN (Iran News) – More than 686,000 tons of commodities worth $464 million were exported from the Sistan and Baluchestan province, southeastern Iran. This amount is said to be a 50% increase in Sistan and Baluchestan H1 exports during the first six months of the current fiscal year (March 21- Sep. 22), a senior official […]

Iran petrochemical exports at a Satisfactory level of: Oil Minister 21 Oct 2019

Iran petrochemical exports at a Satisfactory level of: Oil Minister

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh said the country’s petrochemical exports were at a satisfactory state. According to ICANA, Zangeneh said that over 95% of petrochemical companies could cash their exports in. The official said that exports of petrochemicals and receiving their money was at a satisfactory state in Iran, adding as […]

Oil prices crashes down to a lower point by sluggish demand 21 Oct 2019

Oil prices crashes down to a lower point by sluggish demand

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Oil prices eased on Monday amid persistent concerns about the global economic outlook and the impact on oil demand, while Russia again missed its target to cut oil output last month. Global benchmark Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 fell by 14 cents, or 0.2%, to $59.28 a barrel by 0517 GMT. […]