Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, said on Saturday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is catastrophic. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks during a meeting with Fabrizio Carboni, a top official from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The advisor to the parliament speaker said “The […]

The recently appointed Head of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) Ali Sahraie revealed the state-run body’s new plans to develop Iranian capital market, Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday. “Improvement of listing procedures as well as IT environment besides adopting an international approach stand among the main future programs of TSE,” he said, “We have also […]

 “Within the next few weeks, the procedure of injecting non-oil exports revenues into the foreign exchange secondary market will be lubricated to supply the required forex sources for imports,” the Public Relations Department of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) quoted the bank’s Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati as saying on Saturday. According to Hemmati, €7.3 billion […]

 Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) and the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Saturday addressing issues regarding long-term cooperation. The MOU was signed during an Iran-Syria business forum which was held for the first time after over a decade hiatus due to war in […]

 Transport and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi on Friday published his resignation letter, which was handed to President Hassan Rouhani on September 1. In the letter, Akhoundi criticized the Rouhani administration’s handling of U.S. sanctions for violating the essential rights of ownership and fair competition. He added that he has resigned on three previous occasions […]

Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) and the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Saturday addressing issues regarding long-term cooperation. The MOU was signed during an Iran-Syria business forum which was held for the first time after over a decade hiatus due to war in […]

Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s Presiding Board Behrouz Nemati announced Sat. the holding of a closed session in the Parliament to be attended by senior officials to review the latest talks on Iran’s accession to Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). Nemati reiterated that the closed session will be held on Sunday, with Foreign Minister […]

 India’s Shipping Secretary Gopal Krishna said the country is weighing a rupee-rial payment mechanism for the Chabahar project in Iran as it weaves a way around the US’s impending sanctions against Iran from Nov. 4, to kickstart the port that is considered critical to the country’s geopolitical and trade interests. According to The Hindu BusinessLine, […]

 Saudi Arabia admitted journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul, saying he died in brawl but made no mention of where his body is. Kingdom sacked intelligence official and arrested 18 Saudis saying missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in a ‘fist fight’. “Discussions that took place between him and […]

 Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia cannot force Iran to end its presence in Syria and rejected U.S. and Israeli calls for Moscow to persuade Iran to pull its military forces out of Syria. It is not what Russia can make a decision about and a possible withdrawal is an issue between […]