TSE index hits a new record
TEHRAN- Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)’s main index (TEDPIX) gained 2,903 points to hit the highest-ever record of 116,756 points on Monday, IRNA reported. As reported, 2.083 billion shares worth 5.44 trillion rials (about $122.2 million) were traded through 124,748 deals in the stock market. Also, IFX, the main index of Iran’s over-the-counter (OTC) market known […]
First Indian ship carrying grains cargo moors at Chabahar port
An Iranian local official broke the news that the first Indian freight ship carrying grains containers destined for Afghanistan berthed at Iranian SE port of Chabahar on Tuesday evening. “The first container ship of India destined for Afghanistan from Indian port of Kandla, berthed at Iranian southeastern port of Chabahar,” said Hossein Shahdadi, an Iranian local […]
Russian steelmaker MMK changes tack after tariffs, Iran sanctions
MMK (MAGN.MM), one of Russia’s largest steel producers, has postponed the launch of a lucrative project in Turkey due to uncertainty created by global trade wars, Andrey Eremin, the company’s director for economics, told Reuters in an interview. The project – the re-launch of hot-rolled steel production at its Turkish site – was expected to […]
India’s crude imports from Iran jumped 48% in June despite US pressure
India’s Ministry of Petroleum has claimed that crude imports from sanctions-hit Iran witnessed a massive jump this June in comparison to last year; disproving reports published by global research agencies that India had heavily cut down crude purchases from Iran due to American sanctions.Indian refineries imported 48% more Iranian crude in June this year as […]
Oil Ministry imposing 4-year service term limit for top directors
TEHRAN- According to a new order by Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, a four-year service term limit will be imposed for the ministry’s senior directors since October 23, Shana news agency reported.As reported, the new order applies to managing directors, board members, deputies and senior executives. The rule will affect the National Iranian Oil […]
Forex market developments irrelevant to economic realities
Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said in a statement on Sunday that recent developments in foreign exchange and gold markets have nothing to do with economic realities and the country’s currency strength.The statement asserted that based on its legal and inherent duty, CBI is closely monitoring developments in the currency market manly rooted in the […]
Iran soon to launch official digital currency
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace, Abolhassan Firouzabadi, said Sun. that digital currency will be regulated and made official in the country in the near future. He made the announcement on the sidelines of ELECOMP 2018 exhibition currently underway in Tehran, saying that the decision was made during a session of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace on […]
US sanctions not to affect Russia-Iran railway coop.
Hossein Ashouri, deputy director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways, said that the US sanctions will never affect Iran’s railway cooperation with Russia, and its contacts will continue expanding. The previous sanctions weren’t able to affect the countries’ cooperation in the field of railway construction, he told Sputnik on Sunday. Ashouri also stressed that […]
Iran to file complaint against US for carpet-related sanctions
US decision to put carpet on sanctions list is against international protocols and Iran will lodge a lawsuit against US in international bodies, said Fereshteh Dastpak, head of Iran National Carpet Center. She made the remarks on the sideline of the inauguration of the first Tabriz carpet exhibition in Tehran on Saturday. Hand-woven Iranian carpet […]
Saffron export rises by 85% in Q1
According to Iranian Customs statistics of foreign trade, during the first quarter of current Iranian year more than 56 tones of any kinds of saffron worth $77.401 million were exported abroad. The statistics show that each gram of the exported saffron worth $1.37 during the period, compared to the same period last year which was 36 […]