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  • Foreign Shipping Lines May Return Following U.S. Deal 21 Apr 2025

    Foreign Shipping Lines May Return Following U.S. Deal

    TEHRAN – Former head of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization, Mohammad Rastad, has revealed that container traffic in Iranian ports dropped by half after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran nuclear deal. Speaking to ILNA, Rastad explained that container throughput had peaked at over 3 million TEUs during the JCPOA era, but fell to just 1.5 million TEUs following the collapse of the agreement.

Exports of Iranian hand-woven carpets rise by 21.7% 21 Aug 2018

Exports of Iranian hand-woven carpets rise by 21.7%

Head of Iran National Carpet Center (INCC) Fereshteh Dastpak said Mon. that $ 100 million worth of handmade carpets has been exported during the first four months of the Iranian year (beginning on March 21). Speaking to reporters few days before 27th National Hand-Woven Carpets exhibition kicks off in Tehran, Fereshteh Dastpak said “during this […]

Daily gasoline output to reach 100m liters within 3 months 21 Aug 2018

Daily gasoline output to reach 100m liters within 3 months

TEHRAN- Gasoline production in Iran will be increased by 12 million liters to hit 100 million liters per day within the next three months, according to the chairman of the Association of Iranian Refining Companies. The country can achieve self-reliance in gasoline production once its daily output is over 90 million liters, Nasser Ashouri told […]

Oil min. confirms official exit of French Total from Iran 20 Aug 2018

Oil min. confirms official exit of French Total from Iran

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Mon. that the French Total has left South Pars project, adding that negotiations are underway to find a replacement. “Total has officially left South Pars Phase 11 deal after two months that it announced it would do so,” Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said in an open session in Iranian […]

Iran, Armenia sign MoU on manufacturing agricultural machinery 20 Aug 2018

Iran, Armenia sign MoU on manufacturing agricultural machinery

Iran and Armenia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on joint production of agricultural machinery, Iran’s commercial attaché to Armenia said on Sunday. Mohsen Rahimi said that an Iranian company has inked an MoU with Armenia’s business development fund to jointly manufacture agricultural machinery in the Armenia. The agreement was signed with Armenian deputy minister of […]

Over $595m allocated for developing oil-rich regions 20 Aug 2018

Over $595m allocated for developing oil-rich regions

TEHRAN – National Iranian Oil Company’s director for supervision of construction projects said the oil ministry has allocated 25 trillion rials (about $595.2 million) for development of oil-rich regions. As reported by IRIB on Sunday, Abdolhamid Emami noted that the mentioned fund will be allocated during a five-year period for financing construction and development projects […]

TEDPIX up 35.5% since March 20 Aug 2018

TEDPIX up 35.5% since March

TEHRAN- Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE)’s main index (TEDPIX) has risen 35.5 percent since the beginning of current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2018), Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. The rising trend of TEDPIX began on June 13, which was named ‘Golden Wednesday of Stock Market’, when TEDPIX gained 2,767 points to stand at 99.146 […]

Iran-Kazakhstan trade up 77% in H1 20 Aug 2018

Iran-Kazakhstan trade up 77% in H1

TEHRAN – The value of trade between Iran and Kazakhstan increased by 77 percent in the first six months of 2018 compared to the same period last year, IRNA reported on Sunday quoting Iranian ambassador in Astana as saying. Mojtaba Damirchilu made the remarks in a meeting with the Kazakh Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev in […]

Iran achieves significant growth in agricultural processing products 19 Aug 2018

Iran achieves significant growth in agricultural processing products

Export of agricultural processing and complementary products in the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 21) registered a significant 21 and 36 percent growth as compared to the same period last year in value and weight, respectively. The report put the export value of agricultural processing and complementary products in the […]

Iran railway network to be linked to Eastern Mediterranean countries 19 Aug 2018

Iran railway network to be linked to Eastern Mediterranean countries

 A deputy minister of Roads and Urban Development, Amir Amini, said Sat. that Iran’s railway network will be connected to the Eastern Mediterranean states. Negotiations have been held with the neighboring Iraq and Syria for connecting Iran’s railway network to the Eastern Mediterranean countries, Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for Planning and Resources […]

Over 512m tons of commodities worth $288m traded in IME in a week 19 Aug 2018

Over 512m tons of commodities worth $288m traded in IME in a week

TEHRAN- During the five dealing days (Saturday-Wednesday) of the past Iranian week ended on Friday, approximately 512,158 million tons of commodities worth over $288 million were traded in Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME). Last week, on the domestic and export metal and mineral trading floor of IME, 116,152 million tons of various products worth near $55 […]