Iran has reopened all its border crossings with Iraq’s Kurdish region, foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Qasemi, said on Monday, after their closure over a controversial independence vote.
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About 1.15 million tons of goods have been transited via Iranian railroads since the beginning of the current fiscal year (March 21), registering a 61% upsurge compared with the corresponding…
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Mobarakeh Steel Company, Iran’s largest flat steel producer, aims to increase its slab exports rapidly over the next couple of years.
“The plan follows the expansion of the company’s…
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Iran Aluminum Company is having a hard time keeping its head above the water, as it is posting 20,000 rials ($0.4) in losses for each kilogram of aluminum sold, the company’s managing director…
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The Iranian Privatization Organization is planning to put up the shares of seven state-owned enterprises for sale on Dec. 25, IPO reported on its website.
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An International Monetary Fund team led by Catriona Purfield held discussions on the 2017 Article IV Consultation with Iran December 2–13.
At the end of the mission, Purfield made the…
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Russia signed a deal with Iran on Monday to finance €3 billion for joint manufacturing of 20,000 freight cars, 1,000 passenger cars, 350 locomotives as well as rail transportation equipment.
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Ford Chief Executive Jim Hackett says the automaker is reviewing its product portfolio as consumers show a preference for sport utility vehicles that have fuel efficiencies closer to sedans.…
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Members of Iran Auto Part Makers Association met with South Korean parts makers over the weekend in Tehran and discussed prospects for expanding ties.
South Korean Ambassador Kim Seung-…
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An explosive letter from a former Uber employee has exposed some secret tactics the company has used to keep eyes on the competition. The strategies include secretly recording conversations…
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Denmark's Maersk Oil, a new subsidiary of French energy group Total, could sign a deal early next year to develop an offshore Iranian oil project in the Persian Gulf, according to the chief…
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Most lawmakers are against a sudden increase in gasoline prices because it will give rise to an inflationary shock, the deputy chairman of Majlis Energy Commission said. Noting that the…
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Iran remains a tantalizing and exciting proposition, and the marketing communications (marcomms) industry should, now more than ever, be working at ways of developing it.
The country has…
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Iran imported 8.61 million tons of mineral products worth $3.6 billion during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Nov. 21), registering a 107% and 38% increase in tonnage…
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Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 994.35 points or 1.05% on Sunday to extend its all-time high record to 95,600.8.
The market opened at 8:55 to frenzied trading, breaking past a…
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As part of projections made in the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2017-22), which calls for gradually reducing the percentage of premiums that Iranian insurance firms are obligated to entrust…
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As President Hassan Rouhani aims to reduce his administration’s dependency on oil revenues, one major way to do that is through taxation and the research arm of Iranian Parliament has conducted…
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A number of major Iranian private lenders have recently established correspondent relations with Qatar National Bank, the largest bank in the country.
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Bank Mellat is planning to sell its 20% stake in Asia Insurance Company as part of plans to shed excess assets and streamline operations.
“Mellat Financial Group, as the handler of the…
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The government will allocate 50 trillion rials ($1.19 billion) to bread subsidies and guaranteed wheat purchase scheme as per the budget bill for the next fiscal year (March 2018-19). The figure…
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Some 420,000 tons of cucumber are annually produced in Yazd Province in central Iran, making up 23% of the country’s total cucumber production, the head of Kermanshah Agricultural Jihad…
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Chairman of Iran-Russia Chamber of Commerce Asadollah Asgaroladi and President of Altai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Boris Chesnokov signed a memorandum of understanding in a meeting on…
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The Second International Exhibition of Transportation, Road Construction, Road Maintenance and Related Industries, also known as Iran Trans Expo 2017, was officially opened by Minister of Roads…
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About 700 trillion rials ($16.6 billion), in addition to investments by the private sector, have been earmarked to complete development project in Iran as per the budget bill of the next fiscal…
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Iran’s National Business Environment Index came in lower in the second quarter of the current fiscal year (June 22-Sept. 22) compared with the previous quarter, according to the results of a…
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