Economy

A total of 2,530 cooperatives, which created 39,952 jobs, were formed in Iran with an investment of 494.34 billion rials ($11.43 million) over the nine months to Dec. 21, the Ministry of…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 35.76 points or 0.04% to end Sunday trade at 96,234.5.

About 709 million shares valued at $37.75 million changed hands at TSE for the day.

Director General of Kish Free Zone Organization Ebrahim Ansari Lari reviewed economic and banking cooperation with Omani officials.

In his two-day visit to Oman, Lari held meetings with…

Iran exported more than 48.66 million tons of mineral products worth over $6.85 billion during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Dec. 21), registering a 1% and 3% growth…

Hormozgan Steel Company plans to double its slab output capacity to 3 million tons per year, the company’s manager said. The steelmaker also expects to produce 1.5 million tons of the material…

Twitter Inc on Friday reiterated its stance that accounts belonging to world leaders have special status on the social media network, pushing back against users who have called on the company to…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to “fix” Facebook, in what he described as his personal challenge for 2018.

In a post on his page on the social network, he said it was making too…

Qualcomm on Friday said it is working on updates for products that are affected by recently announced chip-level security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities, first disclosed last week by…

Game-maker Fanafzar has launched an online game store ‘Hayoola’ in collaboration with Iran Computer and Video Games Foundation.

In addition to locally-developed games, modified versions…

A tanker carrying Iranian condensate and run by the National Iranian Tanker Company was ablaze and spewing its cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship,…

As the banking woes of Iranians in China now include restrictions on companies, the head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture has announced an upcoming visit between…

Close to two years after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was signed, the Iranian banking system has regained the lost ground and established 808 correspondent banking relations with 286…

A senior member at Iran's biggest bank has come out in favor of cryptocurrencies and called for them to be recognized and widely accepted in the banking system.

A decline in foreign exchange rates and diminished demand has caused a drop of about 700,000 rials ($16.2) in the price of Bahar Azadi gold coin, meaning that gold coin prices have “balanced”…

With around 1.3 million tons of barley purchases, Iran was ranked the third biggest importer of the product in 2017.

Tasnim News Agency reported the above, citing figures released by the…

Buying activity in Iran’s hot- and cold-rolled coil import market was sluggish in the week ending Jan. 3.

Sources told Metal Bulletin this was largely due to national holidays affecting…

The import of eggs should continue for six months to create market balance and prevent a further rise in prices, the chairman of Agriculture Commission of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries,…

Non-oil exports accounted for 53% of Iran’s total exports ($31.6 billion) over the nine months to Dec. 21, director general of Commercial Services Expansion Office with the Trade Promotion…

 Iran’s Exclusive Commercial and Industrial Exhibition is scheduled to be held in Baghdad’s International Exhibition Center from Feb. 12 to 15, Iran’s commercial attaché to Iraq announced…

Iranian and Qatari officials have signed a memorandum of understanding on the export of Iran's pharmaceuticals to the Persian Gulf country.

Under the agreement, hard-to-cure Qatari…

With the completion of Negin Island Port in Bushehr Province by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20), the container loading and unloading capacity for Bushehr Port will increase to 600…

Advocates of higher education have long argued its role in helping job-seekers earn more money and find a job.

Iran’s trade with France stood at $3.18 billion during Jan.-Oct., 2017, registering a staggering rise of 112% compared with last year’s corresponding period

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 340.99 points or 0.36% to end Saturday trade at 96,270.4.

About 1.31 billion shares valued at $82.07 million changed hands at TSE for the day.…

The First International Exhibition of Tire and Rubber Supply will be held at the Olympic Hotel in Tehran from Jan. 9-11.  The event is sponsored jointly by the Ministry of Industries, Iran…