TEHRAN – On October 18-21, Tabriz hosted the 2nd International Tourism Exhibition as well as the 10th National Handicraft Exhibition which was organized by the Union of Tourism Associations of East Azarbaijan with collaboration with Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of East Azarbaijan and the event was aimed at promoting tourism and cultural and handicrafts of the province for attracting more tourists either domestic and foreign ones.

Iran and Russia are going to invest about $38 billion in the development of Trans Caspian shipping lines as part of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), Iran’s Maritime News Agency (MANA) reported.

The deputy managing director of Chabahar Free Zone Organization (CFZO) said that export from this zone rose 40 percent during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Septemebr 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

During a meeting with Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber in Bishkek on Wednesday, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov requested Iran to help his country build power plant and refinery.

The export of Iran’s sponge iron increased by 180 percent during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) announced.

Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash traveled to Armenia on Monday to meet the country’s senior officials and discuss ways of expanding trade and transit ties between the two countries, IRNA reported.

Tariffs on different goods being traded between Iran and the Russian Federation are going to become zero by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (late March 2024), an official with the Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce said.

Iran’s 27th National Exports Day ceremony was held at Tehran’s Islamic Summit Conference Hall on Saturday, in which the country’s exemplary exporting companies were honored, IRIB reported.

Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) and Moscow Chamber of Commerce signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in various areas, IRIB reported.

The value of Iran’s pistachio export rose three percent during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Septemebr 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.