–Head of Investment and Consultancy Center of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mine and Agriculture (TCCIMA) says China has financed in several projects in Iran but its direct invest in Iran has been very insignificant because business and investment security in Iran is very low and countries do not tend to have direct investment in places where investment security has not been reinforced or its infrastructures are not prepared.

Iran and China finalize 16 understandings between the two countries to implement their 25-year roadmap for strategic partnership, Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ehsan Khandozi says.

Head of Board of Directors of Iran Electrical Industry Syndicate (IEIS) says Iran is able to export electricity to Europe and India with developing its power plant and transmission networks infrastructures as well as managing domestic consumption.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran attaches great significance to further expansion of its economic cooperation with Asian partners.

The CEO of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line Group (IRISL) says the group has bought 100% of stakes of Arvandan Shipbuilding Company, adding that building special vessels for drilling and serving the drilling rigs in south of the country is one of the main missions of Arvandan Company in its new era.

The value of Iran’s tea export rose 32 percent in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.

World Bank in its latest International Debt Report (IDR) has put Iran’s foreign debt in 2021 at $10.349 billion, indicating that the Islamic Republic’s foreign debt is almost one-thousandth of the total external debt of developing countries in the mentioned year.

Director of the department of Central Asia, Russia and Caucasus at Trade Promotion Organization says reviewing challenges and problems in field of investment in Uzbekistan is a very important and necessary issue.

The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said the gas from South Pars Phase 11 Project would come online in February after two decades of waiting.

Head of Iran Hoteliers Association says recent incidents in the country has made 85% of foreign tourists cancel their visits to Iran and occupancy ration of hotels has declined to below 20%.