Shanghai University and Babol University of Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand educational interactions and academic exchanges. In a Saturday meeting in Tehran, the representatives of the Iranian and Chinese universities signed an agreement on boosting cooperation between the Electrical Engineering colleges of the two universities. The two sides also discussed […]

 Iranian deputy industry minister announced that in the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1398 (starting on March 21, 2019) specific attention has been paid to domestic production and renovation of domestic industries, IRNA reported on Saturday. “In comparison with the budget bill of 1397, that of the next year allocates more credit […]

 Iran exported $252 million of saffron during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Novemebr 21), showing 44 percent growth from the figure of the same period of time in the preceding year, according to the director general of Exports Development Department of Ministry of Agriculture. Shahrokh Shajari put the weight […]

Currently, 445 megawatts of renewable power plants are under construction in Iran, and the capacity of installed alternative energies has reached 670 megawatts, according to Ministry of Energy. According to the Ministry of Energy, 2.673 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy have been produced form June 2009 to 21 December 2018, leading to the reduction of […]

Close to 4.247 million tons of goods worth $2.107 billion were exported from the western province of Kermanshah in the past nine months through Dec. 21, indicating a rise both in terms of volume and value, a senior official said. Director General of Kermanshah Customs Administration Khalil Heidari said on Saturday that the figure indicates […]

 The year-on-year surge in US sovereign debt has totaled $1.37 trillion, the latest data released by the US Treasury Department shows. The national debt reportedly rose to $21,863,635,176,724.12 as of December 20 of the current year compared to $20,492,874,492,282.58 on December 25, 2017. The current US population stands at 328,082,386 according to the December statistics […]

The Office of Biological Products has received $100 million to fund the production of two new vaccines as recommended by the World Health Organization. The head of the Office of Biological Products at Iran’s Food and Drug Administration, Ali Vasheghani, said the World Health Organization has recommended Iran to put the production of two new […]

 Iran and Pakistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand cooperation in international road transportation, IRNA reported on Thursday citing the portal of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization. As reported, based on the MOU which is prepared in 24 articles, over 60,000 trucks and more than 300,000 passengers will be exchanged between the […]

A double taxation avoidance agreement between Iran and Slovakia will take effect in Slovakia on January 1, 2019, Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on its website. The agreement, which was signed between the two countries on January 19, 2016, will come into force in Iran on the first day of the next Iranian calendar […]

Turkey expects the U.S. to extend its sanctions waiver on importing Iranian oil, Bloomberg reported on Thursday quoting Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan. “We expect an extension of Turkey’s exemption” from sanctions, Pekcan said in an interview with NTV in Ankara. She was referring to the temporary waiver that allowed Turkey to continue buying Iranian […]