TEHRAN – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest Regional Economic Outlook titled “Regional Economic Outlook Update: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan” predicted that Iran’s gross official reserves will reach $108.4 billion in 2018. According to the report, the country’s gross official reserves will experience a $13.3 billion jump in the current […]

Diplomats from Italy, France, Britain and Germany (E4) will meet on Thursday with senior Iranian officials in Rome to discuss regional issues. According to IRNA quoting an informed source at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomats from the four European countries including Italy, France, Britain and Germany will hold a meeting today with high-ranking […]

TEHRAN – Managing Director of National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NPC) said renowned European companies has expressed willingness for cooperation with Iran’s petrochemical sector, ILNA reported. Pointing to the positive outcomes of the second Iran Petrochemical Value Chain Summit in Paris on April 27, the official said “Several well-known European companies voiced their readiness for cooperation […]

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province in southwest Iran injuring dozens. The epicenter of the powerful earthquake was Sisakht which is a city and capital of Dana County in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. According to the head of Iran’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Pir Hossein Kolivand, the earthquake struck at 8:38’ local time on […]

TEHRAN- Brazilian Ambassador to Tehran Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos announced that his country has allocated €1.2 billion to the investment-making projects in Iran. The envoy made the remarks during a meeting with the members of the Chamber of Commerce of Abadan (a city in southwest of Iran) on Saturday, IRNA reported. “Agreement on the banking […]

 Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for Political and International Studies of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the field of publishing Persian manuscript. Given the existence of over 157 Persian manuscripts in the library of Hungarian Academy of Sciences and to provide a list of these […]

TEHRAN –Vice-President of the Movement of the Enterprises of France (also known as MEDEF) said French companies are eager to enter Iran’s market despite political complications. Yves-Thibault De Silguy made the remarks during the second Iran Petrochemical Value Chain Summit dubbed “Investment & Development” which was hosted by MEDEF International in Paris on Friday. Speaking […]

TEHRAN- Two Iranian airliners, Iran Airtour and Aseman Airlines, signed memorandums of understandings with Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi on the purchase of 40 aircrafts from the Russian company. Based on the MOUs signed on April 25 on the sidelines of the Eurasia Airshow in Turkey, each airliner will receive 20 Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ-100) passenger planes, […]

TEHRAN – The value of trade between Iran and African countries increased by 23% in the past Iranian calendar year 1396 (ended on March 20, 2018), compared to its preceding year, the portal of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) reported. According to Director General of TPO Arabic-African Affairs Office Farzad Piltan, the value of […]

TEHRAN — The state secretary of the Slovakia Ministry of Culture, Konrád Rigó, and Iranian Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini met in Tehran at the Niavaran Cultural Center on Sunday. The expansion of cultural relations was discussed at the meeting, which was also attended by Slovak Ambassador Lubomir Golian and the […]