TEHRAN – Iran’s nominal capacity to produce electricity has reached about 78,000 megawatts (MW) following the connection of a number of power plants to the country’s national grid over the past two weeks. The country’s overall nominal capacity to generate electricity has increased by 381 MW over the past two weeks, reaching 77,987 MW. During […]

TEHRAN – The managing director of Iranian Gas Transmission Company said Iran has exported 250 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) of natural gas to Armenia since the beginning of the current fiscal year on March 21. Tehran signed a gas deal with Yerevan in 2004 whereby the Islamic Republic agreed to supply gas to Armenia […]

TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s non-oil trade with foreign partners reached $60.907 billion during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21- November 22), up $4.486 billion or 8 percent from the same period last year, IRIB news reported on Monday. The country’s foreign trade stood at $56.421 billion during the […]

TEHRAN- Indian Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha voiced his country’s readiness for expansion of cooperation on information technology, communication and related industries with Iran, IRNA reported on Saturday. “Iran and India previously negotiated expansion of bilateral communication ties. We continued our negotiations today,” Sinha told IRNA after a Friday meeting with Iranian Minister of Communication and […]

TEHRAN- Iran and Turkey aim to increase the value of trade in technical and engineering services sector to $10 billion per annum. Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari and Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci signed a memorandum of understanding to boost bilateral technical and engineering services transactions to $10 billion. The MOU was […]

TEHRAN– Economic official Hosseini said the volume of foreign investment in Iran has increased by 60 percent since the nuclear deal came into effect in 2016. Deputy head of Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran (OIETAI), Jamal Farajollah Hosseini, made the remark at an international forum on Iran’s economic and investment opportunities […]

TEHRAN- The Statistical Center of Iran announced that the inflation rate for the 12-month period ended on the last day of the eighth Iranian calendar month of Aban (November 21) compared to the same period in the previous year hit 8.4 percent. The center also put the inflation rate at 8.2 percent and 9.3 percent […]

 A top Iranian energy official unveiled plans for a rise in natural gas exports to neighboring Iraq next year. In an interview with Tasnim on Saturday, Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid Reza Araqi said the country’s exports of natural gas to Iraq will increase during the spring and summer of […]

TEHRAN- Development of Iran’s railway requires $28 billion investment, Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi announced on Saturday. Saying that development of railway transportation is emphasized by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, the minister stated that not only does railway transportation lead to economizing on fuel consumption, it boosts safety as well. He went on to say that […]

TEHRAN- In a meeting with Iranian Industry Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari in Tehran on Saturday, Qatar’s Economy Minister Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani called for the expansion of economic relations with Iran. After the meeting with Al Thani, where the two minister discussed enhancement of mutual trade volume and removal of the related barriers in this […]