Deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare Seyed Abolhassan Firouzabadi has warned about the low economic participation rate of Iranian women compared to global standards.
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Around 80% of Iran’s saffron is grown in Khorasan Razavi Province, announced Hashem Naqibi, who is an official with the province’s Agricultural Jihad Organization.
“It is not wrong to say…
Director-general of Mazandaran Province’s Customs Bureau, Abolqasem Yousefinejad, says Kazakhstan will make new investments in northern ports of Iran, namely Mazandaran’s Amirabad Port in the near…
An Indian trade delegation led by deputy director of the Confederation of Indian Industry Aditya Ghosh is wrapping up a week-long visit to Iran today. Their tour included a meeting with the…
Top officials and traders from Iran, Austria, France, the UK, Germany and other countries gather today at the two-day “Iran-EU Conference on Trade and Investment” held in the Austrian Federal…
A one-day business and trade conference with Turkmenistan will be held in Tehran on July 26, alongside the Iran-Turkmenistan Economic Commission.
After Bank Tejarat canceled its general meeting, Bank Saderat also called off its extraordinary meeting. The election of its board of directors was on the agenda of Saderat’s meeting, but the bank…
The foreign exchange market remained reserved in the week following the accord reached over the scale of Iran’s nuclear activities.
Investors surprised analysts, who had predicted a run on…
A market expert suggested mortgage-backed securities as an effective financial tool to raise fund for the housing market, in a move to help it overcome current recession and become regulated in…
Although Iran and the six world powers reached a nuclear agreement last week to lift sanctions against Tehran in exchange for limiting its nuclear activities, the eventual removal of sanctions on…
Tehran Stock Exchange’sbenchmark shed 406.4 points or 0.6% to close at 67,644.3 on Wednesday to wrap up its fourth consecutive trading day in red.
The textile industry has been experiencing severe problems in recent years, with major textile factories either shutting down or incurring huge losses.
A majority of textile factories are…
When Clemente Cappello traveled across Iran in May 2012, the US and European Union had just expanded sanctions against the country over its nuclear energy program.
Just over three years…
In late May, the Iranian mining industry gathered for a conference in Tehran. Almost 300 local companies came to the Iran Mines & Mining Industries Summit, which gives an indication of the…
Iran Khodro, the country's largest manufacturer of vehicles, has announced it will begin sales of the pickup variant of the best-selling Renault Logan model. The announcement of the new model's…
One of the most important outcomes of talks between German automakers and their Iranian counterparts has been that German auto giants have shown interest in investing in Iran, said a member of the…
Nokia is nearing an agreement to sell its maps business to BMW Group, Audi and Mercedes-Benz, according to people familiar with the matter.
An agreement could be reached as early as next…
The removal of sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States, the European Union and the United Nations would ease imports related to the agriculture sector such as high-quality seeds and…
TecnoFerrari, one of the oldest foreign companies active in Iran’s tile industry, is among the participants in the 23rd International Tile, Ceramic and Sanitary Ware Exhibition (Cerafair 2015),…
Hand-woven carpet exports to the US will increase considerably after the lifting of sanctions, said the Head of Iran National Carpet Center. “Hand-woven carpet manufacturers must observe the…
In the post-sanctions era Iran will pick and choose its trade partners rather than being chosen by others (under the sanctions regime), First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said Tuesday.
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The German economic and trade delegation headed by the country’s Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy and Energy Sigmar Gabriel traveled to Isfahan and met with the governor of the central…
The import tariffs on South Korean home appliances have increased from 40% to 80%, said deputy minister of industries, mining and trade Valliolah Afkhami Rad.
Iran will soon be open for business. That means more oil going out, but also everything from airplanes to cars going in, with Asian manufacturers set to be among the biggest winners.
The cooperative sector’s share in the national economy is expected to reach at least 15% in the sixth five-year economic development plan (2016-2021), said the general director of the Promotion,…
