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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.

Private sector to back single digitization of currency in current year vehemently 29 Apr 2018

Private sector to back single digitization of currency in current year vehemently

Member of Representatives Board of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Masoud Khayyatzadeh pointed to the single digitization of exchange rate in the country and said, “unification of exchange rate is the most important decision adopted by government’s economic team in the current Iranian calendar year in 1397 (started March 21, 2018).” […]

Peugeot 301 to hit Iranian car market in next year 29 Apr 2018

Peugeot 301 to hit Iranian car market in next year

Chief Executive of Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO) Hashem Yekezare said that Peugeot 301 passenger car will hit Iranian car market in the next Iranian calendar year in 1397 (to start March 21, 2018). Speaking in the unveiling ceremony of book on the sustainable performance and social responsibility of Iran Khodro Industrial Group (IKCO), he […]

Official urges removal of Iran’s name from FATF blacklist 29 Apr 2018

Official urges removal of Iran’s name from FATF blacklist

 Manager of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Ferdows Zare’ for Compliance Affairs pointed to tracking transactions in Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) as pilot and said, “according to CBI instructions, banks are obliged to approve and notify the Compliance Charter in the highest level.” Speaking in 6th Iran-Europe Business Forum, held in […]

Iran not concerned about US pullout from JCPOA 29 Apr 2018

Iran not concerned about US pullout from JCPOA

 Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has predicted all scenarios in case of US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the official title of nuclear deal. Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Valiollah Seif made the above remark and said, “CBI has forecast different scenarios in case of US pullout from JCPOA, so […]

Iran’s light crude oil price near $70, highest in 2018 29 Apr 2018

Iran’s light crude oil price near $70, highest in 2018

TEHRAN- Iran’s light crude oil price rose $1.68 in the week ended on April 20 to reach its highest record in 2018. The Iranian light crude price settled at $69.79 per barrel in the mentioned week, IRNA reported on Saturday. The country’s light oil price was reported $65.39 on average since the beginning of 2018 […]

Over $880m of banking facilities allocated to knowledge-based companies 29 Apr 2018

Over $880m of banking facilities allocated to knowledge-based companies

TEHRAN – Some 37.5 trillion rials (about $889.5 million) worth of banking facilities were provided to Iranian knowledge-based companies during the past Iranian calendar year (March 2017-March 2018), Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. According to Central Bank of Iran (CBI), only in the last month of the past calendar year (February 20-March 21, 2018) […]

Parsi field’s flare gas recovery unit to start operating today 28 Apr 2018

Parsi field’s flare gas recovery unit to start operating today

TEHRAN – “The flare gas recovery unit of Parsi oil field in southwestern Iran will start operating on Saturday”, Shana reported on Friday quoting an oil official. According to Mohsen Paknejad, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)’s deputy managing director in production affairs, the mentioned unit is the first of its kind established through private sector’s […]

Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan eye enhancing electricity coop. 28 Apr 2018

Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan eye enhancing electricity coop.

 Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan Republic discussed connecting electrical grids of the three countries and creating a North-South electricity corridor. The trilateral meeting was attended by Azerbaijan Republic’s Deputy Oil Minister Natiq Abbasov, Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Homayoun Haeri and Deputy Energy Minister of Russian Federation. For his part, Haeri Iran’s Deputy […]

Iranian airliners sign MOUs to buy 40 superjets from Russia’s Sukhoi 28 Apr 2018

Iranian airliners sign MOUs to buy 40 superjets from Russia’s Sukhoi

TEHRAN- Two Iranian airliners, Iran Airtour and Aseman Airlines, signed memorandums of understandings with Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi on the purchase of 40 aircrafts from the Russian company. Based on the MOUs signed on April 25 on the sidelines of the Eurasia Airshow in Turkey, each airliner will receive 20 Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) passenger planes, […]

Iran’s trade with African countries up 23% in a year 25 Apr 2018

Iran’s trade with African countries up 23% in a year

TEHRAN – The value of trade between Iran and African countries increased by 23% in the past Iranian calendar year 1396 (ended on March 20, 2018), compared to its preceding year, the portal of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) reported. According to Director General of TPO Arabic-African Affairs Office Farzad Piltan, the value of […]