Saman Ghoddos, Rouzbeh Cheshmi, Shahriar Moghanlou and Mehdi Ghaedi (two goals) were on target for Iran in the match held in Doha, Qatar behind closed doors.

Team Melli will start the 2023 AFC Asian Cup on Sunday with a match against Palestine.

Iran will also meet Hong Kong and the UAE on Jan. 19 and 23, respectively in Group C.

Iran, headed by Amir Ghalenoei, are going to bring an end to the title drought in the competition.

They have not won the title since 1976.

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Indonesia is mulling over the package proposed by Iran, Jakarta’s Ambassador to Tehran Ronny Prasetyo Yuliantoro said, expressing hope that the PTA would soon be finalized between the two countries.

He said the agreement is important for accessing the two sides to the lucrative markets of either side.

The Indonesian ambassador to Tehran met with the Caretaker of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Mehdi Zeyghami at the venue of the organization to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual interests.

During the meeting, the Indonesian envoy invited Iranian traders and merchants to attend international exhibitions in Indonesia and stated that Indonesia’s largest trade fair will be held in October.

The Iranian deputy minister of industry, for his part, pointed to dispatching and admitting the trade and economic delegations and active presence at exhibitions of the target countries as one of the main priorities of his organization.

Highlighting the all-out relations between Iran and Indonesia established since many years ago, Zeyghami referred to a memorandum of understanding inked in the field of bartering between the two countries and added that the MoU can help develop bilateral trade to a great extent.

PTA, agreements related to the halal food byproducts and customs duties were among the subjects discussed at the meeting.

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In the meeting, Peyman-Pak pointed to the upcoming visit of President Raisi to Indonesia and announced readiness of Iran for dispatching trade and technical and engineering services delegation to Indonesia.

He termed necessary development of bilateral trade relation between Iran and Indonesia as two big Muslim states and said that since Indonesia is to build a new capital city, Iranian technical and engineering services companies are interested in having a share in those projects. He also pointed to the preparation of preferential tariff agreement between Iran and Indonesia and expressed hope the agreement would be signed during the upcoming visit of President Raisi to Jakarta.

Then Indonesian Ambassador Yuliantoro, for his part, pointed to President Raisi’s upcoming visit to Jakarta and called on Iranian trade delegations to accompany the president. He added that broadening trade and economic ties with Iran is important for Jakarta especially if they can use the capacities of Chabahar Port.

Then both sides talked about ways of expanding bilateral cooperation in tourism, signing MoUs in the field of quarantine, halal product trade, barter trade and restoring cooperation between chambers of commerce of both states.

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Speaking on the 26th National Export Day ceremony, Alireza Payman-Pak talked about the current condition of broadening trade and measures for boosting the trade especially in the field of exports during the 13th government and noted that one of the important measures was to eradicate hurdles in way of trade especially removing some problematic policies for trade. He added that there were some problems for return of forex from exports but the country through some methods and solutions has resolved this problem and now forex earnings are returned to the country with the least expense and highest speed.

Payman-Pak then pointed to the programs of the Trade Promotion Organization and said that the organization has organized the presence of the delegations in international exhibitions like in Moscow and it had good achievements and the organization has some targeted plans for presence in the exhibitions.

He pointed to the programs for presence in new and emerging markets like Africa, Eurasia and Southeast Asia and added that since the beginning of the year, 40 trade delegations from Africa have visited Iran and next year 31 purchase managers from big Russian and Belarus companies are to visit Tehran for important agreements.

Payman-Pak went on to say that some actions have taken to remove monetary, banking and logistic hurdles in trade and said that some trade agreements like Eurasian agreement had been ignored in the past but during the current government have been implemented and it can create new markets for Iranian goods and trade agreements with other countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and other states are underway and being revived.

He noted that due to providing export infrastructure under the current government, exports last year rose 40% comparing to the preceding year and the exports have increased by 13% in the first half of the year comparing to the same period last year.

Payman-Pak added that currently Export Guarantee Fund of the country has agreements with 10 countries which can boost the trade and the guarantee could replace LCs.

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In the meeting, Ayatollah Raisi described the relations between the two countries as friendly and expanding and emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran is seriously determined to develop relations with Indonesia in all fields of mutual interest, according to a readout of the meeting put out by the Iranian presidency.

President Raisi said, “The current level of relations does not correspond to the existing capacities in the two countries.”

He stated, “Tehran-Jakarta’s good relations in various fields can lead to the development of constructive cooperation between the two countries at regional and international levels.”

Referring to Indonesia’s active approach in international organizations, Raisi, Iran’s former Judiciary chief, emphasized the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries in international institutions and forums as one of the fields of cooperation between the two countries.

He added, “Today, the system of domination is doing the greatest injustice to the world, especially the Muslim nations, in the name of defending human rights, and the common position of the free jurists of the world against this obvious oppression of the domination system can be effective in changing the situation of human rights in the world.”

At the meeting, Indonesia’s Muhammad Syarifuddin also expressed his satisfaction over the visit to Iran and meeting with Ayatollah Raisi, and described the relations between the two countries as friendly, close and developing.

Expressing his country’s interest in improving the level of interaction with Tehran in various fields, the chief of the Supreme Court of Indonesia called for cooperation and using the experiences of the Islamic Republic in fields related to legal and judicial affairs.

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Speaking in the 36th meeting of representatives of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Alireza Payman-Pak said that the organization’s plans regarding promotion of trade are divided into two parts, adding that one part is related to broadening market and the other one is to remove problems in way of the trade.

He went on to say that so far there has been no macro plan for promoting foreign trade but regarding the remarks of President Raisi in his election campaign for doubling the non-oil exports, targets have been set eastbound and the TPO has set the least target to increase the non-oil exports to $75b in the 2025 Outlook Plan.

He said that therefore it was decided the interactions with the neighboring countries to be put on the agenda and promoting trade diplomacy is the priority of the organization in the non-oil exports.

Payman-Pak went on to say that there is a change in the approaches regarding the exports in the country and the country is shifting from traditional exports to the technology-centered exports.

He noted that the organization has prioritized exports and the first priority for export is the neighboring states or some other strategic countries and this process has been focused on some axes that one of the main axes is the issue of broadening market and the issue of logistic.

Pointing to the international trade agreements with other countries, he said that the issue of agreements on the free trade has begun with some countries that free trade with Serbia is one of them and the organization has also started the talks on preferential tariff with Indonesia.

Payman-Pak stated that the issue of free trade with Eurasia is pursued seriously and by December both parties will reach agreement regarding the goods.

He also said that the organization has also taken some actions regarding financial and monetary issues and it has tried to bring sanctions management networks to the help of the non-oil trade.

Payman-Pak also said that efforts for deployment of commercial attaches are pursued strongly and currently the number of Iran’s commercial attaches has been increased from 5 to 12. He added that some 7 trade centers have been launched in countries, adding that one of them is in the UAE and the TPO is working to turn these centers into trade embassies in order that they can offer trade services.

Payman-Pak also said that expansion of exporting technical and engineering services and knowledge-based products are of the main priorities of the organization and some measures have been taken and the organization has tried to resolve the issue of the guarantee letter for exports of engineering and technical services.

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According to reports and during the meeting, Fatemi Amin said that Iran and Indonesia are two major powers in their own regions and they have deep bilateral political and cultural relations. He expressed hope that their economic relations would move ahead equaling their political and cultural relations.

Fatemi Amin pointed to setting target for increasing the bilateral economic relations, adding that during the visit of Indonesian president to Tehran in 2016, both sides decided to increase the trade to $2b but their bilateral trade is currently around one billion dollars and called for setting up workgroups to prepare roadmap for increasing bilateral trade between the two states.

He expressed interest in boosting bilateral economic relations and said that economies of Iran and Indonesia are complementary and each can provide the required products of the other party.

Fatemi Amin then emphasized the necessity of joint investment between the two states, adding that joint investments will deepen and broaden the relation between the two countries.

The minister then said that Indonesia has good capacities in the fields of palm oil, paper and rubber and it can use Chabaha Port as the regional hub for its exports.

He said that Iran enjoys having very good transit capacities in the north-south corridor, adding that Russia also is interested in expansion of this corridor by Iran because this route is the cheapest one.

Fatemi Amin went on to say that there are great opportunities in Iran for joint cooperation, stipulating that Iran’s steel industries and home appliances have progressed very well, adding that there are appropriate capacities for enhancing relations in some fields like medical equipment industries, auto-making and bio technology.

Then Indonesian official Mr. Gobel, for his part, said that this visit to Tehran was aimed at pursuing the previous talks and consultations with Iranian side for enhancing trade ties and following the emphasis of presidents of the two countries and announced readiness of Indonesia for deepening economic relations.

He pointed to the presence of Indonesian media representatives and private sector in his delegation to Tehran and said that the delegation had different meetings with the private sector and Iranian knowledge-based and technology companies.

Gobel went on to hail the progresses of Iran in the Nano-technology and knowledge-based fields and voiced readiness of Indonesia to take advantage of Iran’s progress in those fields. He reiterated that Iran and Indonesia can have joint valuable cooperation for both countries and Muslim ummah with joint cooperation in the fields especially in the health technology.

Indonesian Ambassador to Tehran Mr. Ronny P. Yuliantoro as well as Head of Iran Trade Promotion Organization Alireza Peyman Pak as well as some of the foreign ministry officials were present in this meeting.

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Naderi said fortunately there are good co-operations between Iran and Indonesia as the most important country of the Muslim world and Asia, expressing hope that these cooperation would increase day in day.

He went on to say that Iran’s Majlis is ready to boost the cooperation between the two countries in the fields of parliamentary diplomacy like friendship group and multilateral cooperation in the international parliamentary communities.

Naderi said Iran and Indonesia can have good consultations in the regional and international parliamentary bodies like in Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC).

Then Yuliantoro, for his part, said the ties between Tehran and Jakarta have always been very good and Jakarta had had good cooperation with Tehran in all fields, expressing hope during his stay in Tehran he could expand ties with Iran and everybody witnesses it.

He added IPU is one of the most important international parliamentary bodies whose meetings are held and Indonesia’s representatives have had active presence.

In mid-April, Iran’s Foreign Minister Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif paid a visit to Indonesia where  he discussed trade and economic issues with his Indonesian counterpart, the two countries said.

Zarif emphasized the importance of finalizing a preferential trade agreement in his talks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

He expressed Iran’s readiness to continue negotiations, it said in a statement.

“Supporting the international law as well as exchanging views on the latest developments in the Afghanistan peace process were among other issues discussed in the meeting,” it said. The United States has said it will withdraw its last troops from Afghanistan in September.

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TEHRAN – Indonesian Ambassador to Iran Ronny Prasetyo Yuliantoro said that Indonesia is willing to develop trade and economic cooperation with Iranian province of Kerman.

Speaking in the online meeting of Kerman-Indonesia joint commission of economic cooperation, Yuliantoro said MoUs earlier signed on economic cooperation between Kerman provincial officials and Indonesian business activists, but, after imposition of sanctions against Iran, relations were not materialized.

Indonesia needs pistachio imports which should be supplied by Kerman businessmen, he added.

Meanwhile, Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia Mohammad Azad said volume of Iran-Indonesia trade was about $2b before U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and it reduced and amounted to over $1b in 2020.

Thanks to joint cooperation between Kerman province of Iran and Java of Indonesia, both sides can sign sisterhood agreement, he noted.

He suggested forming consortium and business groups to advance economic cooperation.

Chairman of Kerman chamber of commerce Mehdi Tabibzadeh, for his part, said that the grounds for economic cooperation have been explored.

He singled out some factories in Kerman province, whose raw materials are supplied by Indonesian partners.

He added that Indonesia is one of the important countries for Iran and Kerman Province, adding that the chamber has studied the grounds for bilateral trade as he believes in a win-win trade for both sides.

Tabibzadeh further said that some of Iran’s best plants are active in Kerman that they use raw material which is provided by Indonesia or can be provided by this country.

He said Kerman Province is after exporting its products to Indonesia and in return the province would import its needed products.

He added that the chamber has invited all officials of the major industrial units in the province to prepare the ground for a bigger trade with Indonesia.

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