TEHRAN- European Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan will enter Tehran on Friday on the head of a high-ranking delegation. The delegation comprises 70 members including some officials from Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission as well as representatives of some renowned companies from different European countries, the portal of […]

TEHRAN – The Iranian health minister has urged the private sector to boost participation in development of the country’s medical tourism sector. “The Ministry of Health supports [such a] medical tourism sector that is directed by the private sector based on competitive prices,” Hassan Qazizadeh-Hashemi said in an address to a medical tourism conference held […]

TEHRAN- India plans to send seven shipments of wheat to Afghanistan through Iran’s southeastern Chabahar Port by the end of January, Reuters reported. India launched a trade route to Afghanistan via Iran through shipping its first consignment of wheat to Afghanistan on October 29, bypassing longtime rival Pakistan. New Delhi is in talks with Tehran […]

TEHRAN  – Iran plans to start the construction phase of five major power plant projects in the country’s southwestern province of Khuzesan this Iranian year (ends on March 20, 2018), Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said. Speaking to IRIB, the energy minister said that these projects would produce 3,600 megawatts (MW) of energy. At present, the […]

TEHRAN- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest World Economic Outlook predicted that Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) will rise $23.3 billion to $427.7 billion in 2017. The report also forecasted a 3.7-percent non-oil GDP growth for the country in 2017, rising from 3.3 percent in 2016, with no change in 2018. IMF’s forecast […]

Iran says it has given the required work permits to the foreign employees of the French energy giant Total thus setting the company in motion to start the development of a key gas project in the country. The employees for whom the work permits were issued included directors as well as experts, Iran’s media quoted […]

Iran toiled for years to reach a deal with world powers to rid itself of harsh economic sanctions. The talks, which were current in the early 2000s but halted during the Ahmadinejad administration (2005-2013) were resumed by President Hassan Rouhani in 2013 to bear fruit in 2015. According to Trend news, The hopes of Iranians […]

TEHRAN – Discriminations against women in oil industry will be removed and there will be no difference between the two genders for working or studying in oil-related fields, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said here on Saturday. Women will have a share of more than 40 to 50 percent of employments in oil industry, IRNA […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian container ship TOUSKA ran aground after it crashed into eastern tip of Magazine island, South Horizon, Hong Kong. Residents of South Horizon were alerted by crashing noise on Monday, watching sparks from bow’s collision with the ground, Maritime Bulletin reported. At the time of the collision, the ship was moving at high […]

TEHRAN – Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) is planning on establishing nine new chambers jointly with foreign trade partners, the portal of ICCIMA announced. According to the report, South Africa, Poland, Tajikistan, Kuwait, Qatar, Austria, Pakistan, Vietnam and Indonesia will be the new parties to ICCIMA. ICCIMA has already set up […]