In Iran, smoking has for centuries meant using the waterpipe, which is called Qeliun in Persian. But the 19th century saw the advent of a very different product. The cigarette was introduced to…
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The head of the Securities and Exchange Organization on Wednesday announced an imminent launch of a foreign currency market in Tehran for the first time. The market is seen as an Iranian version…
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A trade fair featuring Iranian-made products has started its operations in Tajikistan on Wednesday in the presence of Khorasan Razavi Governor, Alireza Rashidian. Some 84 Iranian companies have…
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Iranian and Iraqi businessmen must set up joint companies to boost bilateral trade, deputy director of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines, Ali Mirmohammad-Sadeqi, said on Wednesday. “…
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Transactions in the housing sector rose 40 percent in Mehr (September 23-October 22), as market seems unlikely to see another jump in prices in the coming weeks, the head of the real estate union…
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The office of vice president for strategic planning and supervision has approved the allocation of 12,000 billion rials ($450 million) in subsidies to the manufacturing sector, as announced by the…
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Iran and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have developed a very effective cooperation on the issue of employment, Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare,…
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Non-oil exports will reach $48 billion by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2015), a number that shows more markets have opened to Iranian-made products, Secretary of the Tehran Chamber…
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The ministry of cooperatives, labor, and social welfare is studying a bill that gives employers the right to fire an employee anytime, but, at the same time, makes them responsible to shift…
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Iran’s import registration procedures should be modified to facilitate imports and foreign trade in general, the Deputy Minister of industry, Mine and Trade, Valiollah Afkhamirad, said on…
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The necessity of adopting a preferential tariff system, as well as promoting free trade policies among Muslim countries was highlighted by the minister of industry, mines and trade on the…
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The private sector on Tuesday criticized the government for failing to include a specified section in next year’s budget bill to address the rising government debts to contractors.
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The realization of the Economy of Resistance depends upon being connected with a knowledge-based economy, the president of Zanjan Science and Technology Park told IRNA on Tuesday.
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One of the main factors behind Iran’s continuing recession is anemic financing. Tehran’s lauded equity market, though one of the largest in the Middle East, is still immature and unable to provide…
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The Azadi gold coin fell below the nine million rial mark as bearish sentiments prevailed Tehran’s gold market. The price of the Azadi coin dropped 0.33 percent to 8,9550,000 rials on Tuesday…
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Iran-Iran trade exchanges have seen a twentyfold increase over the past decade and it could reach up to $25 to $30 billion per year, vice-president for executive affairs, Mohammad Shariatmadari,…
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The pulse of life has started flowing once again in Zayandehrud River. Given the normally parched state of the river in the past few years and its name (which literally translates into life giver…
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The Rouhani administration is determined to reduce the inflation rate and boost economic growth and, therefore, has prepared two versions of the draft budget for the next fiscal year (March 2015-…
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About 9 trillion rials is annually spent on welfare projects, Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare, Ali Rabiee, said on Tuesday. “Although a huge amount of money is allocated every…
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Almost 615 tons of local and foreign soybean meal was offered on the agricultural trading floor at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) on Tuesday, the IME’s PR and foreign affairs office reported.
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The Iranian Association of Steel Manufacturers has criticized the frequent changes to the iron ore export duties, reported Fooladnews.
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With an annual production of 78 million metric tons, Iran’s cement industry ranks third in the world after China and India and first in the Middle East, IRNA reported on Tuesday citing an industry…
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Iran continues to dominate the global pistachio export market, with a 50% share in exporting the popular nut, said the Iranian Pistachio Association (IPA), attributing the figure to the high ratio…
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