The Secretary of Iran’s Free Zones High Council Hojatollah Abdolmaleki said that the approach of these zones is to strengthen domestic production and increase the export of domestically produced products.

The value of Iran’s exports of agricultural and foodstuff products increased by 22 percent in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2023-January 20, 2024), the spokesman of the International Relations and Trade Development Committee of Iran's House of Industry, Mining and Trade said.

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji, who traveled to Venezuela on Wednesday, has visited with Venezuela’s senior officials including the country’s oil and foreign ministers to explore ways to expand economic ties.

Following a series of trips to various provinces, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Hormozgan Province in southern Iran on Thursday for the second time during his tenure to meet with provincial officials, follow up on under-way projects and inaugurate several new projects.

Publishing 8,609 applied articles in the field of technology from 2013 to 2023 has ranked Iran first among Islamic nations, the National Science Foundation said in a report.

The Head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) Farshad Moghimi said the government has put it on the agenda to help increase the production capacity of 3,300 industrial units across the country in the next Iranian calendar year (begins on March 20).

A series of measures have been taken so far for setting up a regional center for biodiversity in Iran. Still, the Regional Organization for the Protection of Marine Environment (ROPME) should support the country in this regard, an official with the Department of Environment (DOE) has said.

The Vice Presidency for Science, Technology, and Knowledge-Based Economy, and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop an innovation ecosystem for children and adolescents in the country.

Iran and Turkey inked 10 cooperation documents and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to boost bilateral investment and economic cooperation between the two countries during Iranian President Raisi’s official trip to the neighboring country on Wednesday, IRNA reported.

The Ministry of Interior is set to unveil the list of qualified candidates for the upcoming Assembly of Experts election on Wednesday.