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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.

Minerals, mining exports at over $3.7b during 4 months 19 Aug 2018

Minerals, mining exports at over $3.7b during 4 months

TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s minerals and mining exports stood at $3.763 billion during the first four months of current Iranian calendar year (March 21-July 22), according to data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). As the annual exports from this sector is planned to reach $10 billion in the current […]

Iran’s central banker promises to improve economy 19 Aug 2018

Iran’s central banker promises to improve economy

TEHRAN- Writing on Twitter, governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) clarified some of the bank’s recent taken measures and adopted policies and also made some promises to keep for improving domestic economy, IRIB reported on Saturday. Showing gratitude to all the financial, monetary and banking experts who have expressed their views about CBI’s […]

Iran exports $3.7bn minerals in first fourth months 18 Aug 2018

Iran exports $3.7bn minerals in first fourth months

 Iran has exported 20,917,000 tons of mineral products, valued at some $3.763 billion, in the first fourth month of current [Iranian calendar] year 1397 (March 21 – July 22). According to a report published by Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Iraq, China and United Arab Emirates (UAE) had a total of 40 percent […]

Seaports outbound traffic show 10% rise in Iran export 18 Aug 2018

Seaports outbound traffic show 10% rise in Iran export

 Deputy Managing Director for Ports and Economic Affairs at Iran’s PMO recounted that exports from Iranian ports show a 10 percent rise in the first 4 months of the year of 1397 vis-à-vis the same period in the last year. Statistics from Iranian ports show that exports from Iran has soared by 10 percent and […]

Iran stresses acceleration of 3rd Iran-Armenia power transmission line 18 Aug 2018

Iran stresses acceleration of 3rd Iran-Armenia power transmission line

Deputy Minister of Energy for electricity and energy affairs Homayoun Haeri met with Armenian Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources Arthur Gregorian on Friday, during his two-day visit to Yerevan. During the meeting, where Iran’s Ambassador to Yerevan Kazem Sajjadi was also in attendance, Haeri said “taking timely measures for setting up the third power […]

China determined to maintain ties with Iran: FM 18 Aug 2018

China determined to maintain ties with Iran: FM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that his country is determined to continue and enhance bilateral ties with Islamic Republic of Iran. He made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday. Describing Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a significant achievement in the international arena, Wang […]

Five new ATR jets enter service in Iran 18 Aug 2018

Five new ATR jets enter service in Iran

The latest five ATR turboprop aircraft entered service on Friday starting on busy domestic routes such as Tehran to Mashhad. IranAir took delivery of five more ATR turboprop aircraft only a day before the return of US illegal sanctions that have already torpedoed Iran’s plane purchases with other major providers. The planes that had left France’s Toulouse […]

S Korea to support companies affected by Iran sanctions 17 Aug 2018

S Korea to support companies affected by Iran sanctions

Trade ministry in Seoul said Thursday that South Korea will extend financial support for companies affected by reimposed sanctions on Iran and explore business opportunities in alternative markets to minimize fallouts to the local economy. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy convened a meeting with trade promotion agencies and banks, as well as local […]

CBI Against Market Intervention 16 Aug 2018

CBI Against Market Intervention

Hemmati believes that the main weight of the currency market is directed toward the Secondary Forex Market and that currently 95-96% of imports take place in the secondary market. Central Bank of Iran’s Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati said the regulator’s policy under his watch continues to be non-intervention in the foreign exchange market. “We have said […]

S. Korea Iran Crude Imports Up 15% 16 Aug 2018

S. Korea Iran Crude Imports Up 15%

South Korea’s imports of Iranian crude rose around 15% in July from a month earlier. South Korea shipped in 788,651 ton of crude oil from Iran last month, or 186,478 barrels per day, customs office data showed on Wednesday, up from 686,849 tons in June, Reuters reported. However, the East Asian country’s intake of Iranian […]