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  • Iran to Become Regional Food Hub Through North–South Corridor 16 Feb 2026

    Iran to Become Regional Food Hub Through North–South Corridor

    TEHRAN - Minister of Agriculture Jihad has announced that the country, by leveraging its strategic position along the International North–South Transport Corridor, is poised to become a major regional food hub and a key center for the exchange of essential commodities in the near future.

Oil min. sends letter of complaint to OPEC on JMMC fault 09 Aug 2018

Oil min. sends letter of complaint to OPEC on JMMC fault

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zanganeh has sent a letter to OPEC president, complaining about some members’ attempts to redistribute over-conformity in production adjustment level among themselves, and attempts to hand over OPEC countries’ over-conformity to non-OPEC countries. In the letter addressed to Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy & Industry of United Arab […]

Papermaking up 32% in a year 09 Aug 2018

Papermaking up 32% in a year

TEHRAN- Papermaking in Iran rose 32 percent to 770,000 tons in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) from its previous year, according to an official with the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade. Mohammad-Ali Esfandiari, the deputy director of chemical industries office of the ministry, also said that packaging paper making hit […]

Iran welcomes talks with Pakistan on gas pipeline 09 Aug 2018

Iran welcomes talks with Pakistan on gas pipeline

The deputy minister of petroleum for international affairs said late Wednesday that Iran welcomes continuation of talks with Pakistan on the gas pipeline project. Amir Hoseein Zamani-Nia added that Tehran-Islamabad ties have always been historic and brotherly and their religious and cultural bonds serve as the biggest backbone for the two governments’ friendly ties, especially […]

Iran non-oil export to Indonesia soars 86% 09 Aug 2018

Iran non-oil export to Indonesia soars 86%

Anvar Kamari, the Iranian Commercial Attaché in Indonesia said that Iran’s non-oil export to Indonesia has increased 86% by value and 52% in weight. “In the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year of 1397, Iran’s non-oil export to Indonesia has increased 86% by value and 52% in weight comparing to the corresponding period […]

China to US: Ties with Iran Transparent, Lawful 08 Aug 2018

China to US: Ties with Iran Transparent, Lawful

China’s business ties with Iran are open, transparent and lawful, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump said companies doing business with Iran would be barred from the United States. China has consistently opposed unilateral sanctions and “long-armed jurisdiction”, the ministry said in a statement faxed to Reuters. The United States […]

China exports top forecasts but warning over US tariffs impact 08 Aug 2018

China exports top forecasts but warning over US tariffs impact

China on Wednesday posted a forecast-busting surge in exports for July but while its surplus with the US dipped slightly there was a warning that the full impact of US sanctions was yet to be felt. The figures come as the world’s two largest economies exchange threats of stiff duties on billions of dollars worth […]

UniCredit CEO expects to reach agreement with US over Iran by year-end 08 Aug 2018

UniCredit CEO expects to reach agreement with US over Iran by year-end

Italy’s biggest bank UniCredit expects to reach a deal with the United States in a dispute over alleged sanctions violations in Iran in the coming months, its CEO said on Tuesday. “We are confident we can reach an agreement with the US before the end of the year,” Jean Pierre Mustier said in a conference […]

12% of NDFI’s financial resources earmarked to counter sanctions 08 Aug 2018

12% of NDFI’s financial resources earmarked to counter sanctions

A member of Board of Trustees at the National Development Fund of Iran said that the NDFI has allocated 12 percent of financial resources to counter US sanctions on Iran. The heads of three branches of the government came to the decision to set aside 12 percent of financial resources of the Fund for countering […]

Smart banking in limelight at IC-Tech 2018 08 Aug 2018

Smart banking in limelight at IC-Tech 2018

TEHRAN — The International Congress on Smart Technology (IC-Tech 2018) will be held on the theme of smart banking, the IC-Tech director Morteza Kazemian said in a press release on Monday. The role of the internet of things (IoT) and safety issues in administration software in smart government, the usage of IoT in smart banking […]

Iran accounts for 27% foreign trade share with 11 European countries in Q1 07 Aug 2018

Iran accounts for 27% foreign trade share with 11 European countries in Q1

 Foreign trade statistics in the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21) shows that Islamic Republic of Iran conducted more than $3.1 billion trade exchanges with 11 European countries, accounting for 27.6 percent share of country’s total foreign trade volume. Statistical tables of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) […]