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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.

Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Committee meeting slated for mid-April 11 Mar 2018

Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Committee meeting slated for mid-April

TEHRAN – The 6th round of Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Committee meeting is due to be held on April 16-17, in Doha, the portal of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) reported. Accordingly, an Iranian trade delegation headed by the country’s Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari is going to visit the Arab country to attend […]

Exclusive expo of Indian products starts operation in Tehran 11 Mar 2018

Exclusive expo of Indian products starts operation in Tehran

TEHRAN- The exclusive exhibition of Indian products, “SOURCE INDIA IRAN”, became operational at Tehran Milad Tower on Saturday, IRIB news reported. The opening ceremony of the three-day event, which is supported by the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, was attended by Indian charge d’affaire in Iran, the deputy head of Iran-India Joint Chamber of […]

Currency fluctuations can jeopardize investment considerably 11 Mar 2018

Currency fluctuations can jeopardize investment considerably

Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari said that currency fluctuations can put investment at significant risk. Stability in economic indicators is one of the requirements for attracting foreign capitals in the country, the minister opined. Speaking on the sidelines of unveiling ceremony of National Atlas of Maps of Mineral Potentials, he said, “stability […]

Over $4.5b of agricultural products exported in 10 months 11 Mar 2018

Over $4.5b of agricultural products exported in 10 months

TEHRAN- Iran exported over 4.7 million tons of agricultural products worth $4.542 billion during the ten-month period ended on January 20, according to the deputy agriculture minister for planning and economic affairs. Abdolhamid Bakhshandeh said the agricultural products accounted for 12.29 percent of the value and 4.5 percent of the weight of Iran’s non-oil exports […]

Dollar in doldrums 11 Mar 2018

Dollar in doldrums

Iranians have been dealing with an ever-increasing devaluation of the rial since the beginning of the present Iranian calendar (March 21, 2017) but the major and unexpected depreciation occurred almost a month ago, in mid-February, when is supposed to be the biggest crackdown on foreign exchanges in six years. At the time, U.S. dollar broke […]

‘Developing joint fields’ gets biggest chunk of NIOC’s investment resources 11 Mar 2018

‘Developing joint fields’ gets biggest chunk of NIOC’s investment resources

TEHRAN – A review by the consolidated planning department of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) showed that 56 percent of the company’s investment resources have been allocated to the development of joint oil and gas fields in the current Iranian calendar year (which ends on March 20). As reported by IRIB news on Saturday, […]

Iran cuts April crude prices for Asia to lure back buyers 10 Mar 2018

Iran cuts April crude prices for Asia to lure back buyers

TEHRAN – Iran has set April official selling price (OSP) of its Light crude oil for Asia 60 cents lower than the previous month, Reuters reported quoting an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter. According to the report the country has set the April OPS at $1.20 a barrel above Oman/Dubai quotes. Stepping […]

“Amadeus” to go on stage in Tehran 10 Mar 2018

“Amadeus” to go on stage in Tehran

TEHRAN – English playwright Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus” will go on stage under the direction of Javad Molania at Tehran’s Hafez Hall on March 27. An orchestra, which will be conducted by Nader Mashayekhi, will perform the music live for the play, which is about the rivalry between Mozart and his fellow composer Antonio Salieri, Molania […]

7,350 cars imported in a month 10 Mar 2018

7,350 cars imported in a month

TEHRAN- Iran imported 7,350 cars in the eleventh Iranian calendar month of Bahman (January 21-February 19), according to the latest data announced by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA). The IRICA data also put the number of cars imported to the country during the 11-month period ended on February 19 at 66,196, valued […]

Iran, India Growing Banking Ties without Dollar: Diplomat 10 Mar 2018

Iran, India Growing Banking Ties without Dollar: Diplomat

A top Indian diplomat at Tehran embassy unveiled plans for the expansion of trade and banking ties with Iran using the national currencies of the two sides instead of US dollar, saying six Iranian banks have been authorized to make investment in India. Speaking at a press conference at India’s embassy in Tehran on Thursday, […]