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  • Central Bank Governor Outlines Broader Financial Plans 21 May 2025

    Central Bank Governor Outlines Broader Financial Plans

    TEHRAN - The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), Mohammad Reza Farzin, announced that the Islamic Republic is preparing to issue foreign currency-denominated sukuk bonds in Oman as part of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s upcoming diplomatic trip to the Persian Gulf country.

Iran’s foreign trade volume up by 6% 25 Dec 2017

Iran’s foreign trade volume up by 6%

Exports of goods from Iran increased by 6 percent in volume (value in constant prices) in the first half of current Iranian calendar year (began March 21) compared to the similar period a year ago. The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) has released statistics on the country’s foreign trade volume in the first […]

Steel industry infrastructures in dire need of financing for growth 25 Dec 2017

Steel industry infrastructures in dire need of financing for growth

Steel infrastructures of the country need €19 billion worth of financing for the development and growth. Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Shariatmadari made the remark in Policymaking Council of 8th Mine and Steel Industry Outlook Seminar on Sunday, saying, “major portion of the abovementioned finance will be earmarked for the development of rail […]

Russia eager to keep up oil ties with Iran 25 Dec 2017

Russia eager to keep up oil ties with Iran

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has expressed hope to proceed with oil cooperation with Iran within the framework of exchanging oil for goods. Novak rejected a report that Moscow has bought oil from Tehran noting that the Russian state trading enterprise ‘Promsirieimport’ has not purchased Iran’s oil but it is only brokering between Iran and […]

Single-window a key achievement for Iran’s cross-border trade 25 Dec 2017

Single-window a key achievement for Iran’s cross-border trade

The single-window system is a trade facilitation idea enabling cross-border traders to submit regulatory documents at a single location and/or single entity. Such documents are typically customs declarations, applications for import/export permits, and other supporting documents such as certificates of origin and trading invoices. In Iran, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) unveiled […]

Australia eager to launch mining coop. with Iran 24 Dec 2017

Australia eager to launch mining coop. with Iran

TEHRAN – MMDIC head said Australians have voiced willingness to develop cooperation with Iran in the mineral sector. Speaking at a meeting with the Australian ambassador to Iran Ian Biggs, Director General of Mines and Metals Development Investment Company (MMDIC), Azizollah Asari, said in addition to taking advantage of potentials and domestic resources, the general […]

‘Virtual gold’ may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty 24 Dec 2017

‘Virtual gold’ may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty

As the poster child for the growing ranks of computer-generated currencies, bitcoin’s recent stratospheric price rises have propelled it from the chat forum-hosted depths of nerddom into the global consciousness. As it rose from under $1,000 to over $19,500 at one point this year, hordes of tech-savvy punters have rushed in to buy, while any […]

Iran’s light oil price up $1.2 in a week 24 Dec 2017

Iran’s light oil price up $1.2 in a week

TEHRAN- Iran’s light crude oil price rose $1.2 in the week ended on December 15 to settle at $63.23 per barrel, IRNA reported on Saturday. The country’s heavy crude oil price also experienced a $1.02 increase in the said week to settle at $60.49 per barrel. In the mentioned week, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries […]

23 Dec 2017

Iran attracts $2bn foreign investment to SMEs

TEHRAN– Iranian Industry Minister Shariatmadari has reported on absorbing of foreign investment worth two billion dollars for the country’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Mohammad Shariatmadari, Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran, said his ministry requires an annual recruitment of at least $ 54 billion in foreign investment in order to realize the […]

Iranian-Chinese firms to invest in Khuzestan 23 Dec 2017

Iranian-Chinese firms to invest in Khuzestan

A memorandum of understanding for investment in various economic projects has been signed between two Iranian-Chinese companies and economic department of Khuzestan governorate. The Chinese-Iranian companies CREC and PTN held joint meetings with the economic department of Khuzestan governorate aimed at reviewing opportunities for investment in various fields of electricity, energy, transport, water and sewage. […]

Fara Bourse’s main index up 4.8% in a month 23 Dec 2017

Fara Bourse’s main index up 4.8% in a month

TEHRAN- IFX, the main index of Iran’s over-the-counter (OTC) market known also as Iran Fara Bourse (IFB), rose 4.8 percent in the ninth Iranian calendar month Azar (November 23-Decemebr 21), Tasnim news agency reported on Friday. As reported, 7,739 million securities worth 58.68 trillion rials (about $1.407 billion) were traded in Azar, showing 30 percent and 62 percent […]