Iran’s top trade official has acknowledged that the country remains a marginal player in Russia’s roughly $300 billion annual import market, but says a new free-trade arrangement and Gilan’s…
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Iran and Afghanistan are moving to convert neighborly ties into commercial deals. On Tuesday, a 180-member Iranian private-sector trade delegation arrived in Kabul, led by Mahmoud Siadat, head of…
Tehran will host INVEX 2027, a major banking, stock exchange, insurance, and investment exhibition, from February 4–7, 2027. Content secretary Hossein Abdeh Tabrizi said the event will celebrate…
Iran and Belarus have moved to deepen monetary and banking ties, using the 19th session of their Joint Economic Cooperation Committee in Minsk to tackle barriers to financial flows. High-level…
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) is turning to maritime diplomacy to fill unused port capacity and expand trade, its head, Mohammad Shakibi-Nasab, said in a meeting with Foreign…
Iran's stone industry could earn at least $5 billion in exports if supported, Iran Stone Association head Bahram Shokouhi told a Tehran press conference ahead of the 18th Iran International Stone…
Iran is using the Eurasian Economic Union as a springboard to expand trade, not merely sign declarations. At the Innoprom 2026 industrial exhibition in Minsk, Tehran showcased one of the largest…
Iran’s trade with the Eurasian Economic Union is rising despite global hurdles, the head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization said in talks with EAEU Trade Minister Slepnev.
Mohammad Ali…
At the Nordooz border terminal, Iranian and Armenian officials sat down this week to tackle the practical hurdles slowing trade between their countries.
Iran has told Turkmenistan and other regional partners it is now ready to offer feasibility-studied projects in energy, transit, agriculture, industry and special economic zones, seeking deeper…
When the Strait of Hormuz closed in 2026, the world understandably watched oil and LNG. Yet a much smaller disruption offered a more revealing glimpse of the future: helium. Qatar is one of the…
Iran and Belarus are preparing to deepen economic ties, with bilateral trade reaching $76 million in 2025, according to Mehdi Babaei, Director General of the Central Asia, Caucasus and Russia…
Iran and Azerbaijan are turning shared borders and transport corridors into a stronger economic partnership, with officials reporting a rise in bilateral trade over the past six months despite…
Iran and Uzbekistan are strengthening economic ties, with bilateral trade reaching about $280 million in the first five months of this year despite regional uncertainties. Tehran’s commercial…
Essential goods are moving through Iran’s northern ports far more quickly, with unloading up more than 90%, according to Mohammad Shakibi-Nasb, CEO of the Ports and Maritime Organization. Speaking…
Iran is closing in on its three-day customs clearance target after average processing times plunged from 143 hours to 73 hours — a near 50 percent cut. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance…
Iran’s Central Bank has rolled out six measures to ease foreign trade, with early results already visible. Mehdi Darabi, the bank’s forex assistant, said reforms launched in January have…
Iran’s free zones are stepping into a promising new era, and Arvand Free Zone is leading the way. CEO Mostafa Khanzadi told a gathering of free and special economic zone officials that stronger…
Iran's horticulture sector stands at a defining moment. With 25 million tons of annual production and more than 800,000 people directly employed, it remains a pillar of the agricultural economy.…
In a province where distance has long defined daily life, 281 kilometers of new highway and main road are more than pavement. They are a quiet assertion that geography can be rewritten.
Iran’s trade with Armenia is quietly gaining speed, and officials on both sides are now trying to turn that momentum into something more durable.
In a region where headlines often turn on crisis, a diplomatic encounter took place in Tehran on September 22. Japanese Ambassador Tamaki Tsukada sat down with Hossein Selahvarzi, president…
A high-level Iranian trade delegation, led by the Minister of Agriculture and including the Vice President of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, has concluded a series of productive meetings in…
A conference at the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) focused on Damask rose and organic medicinal plants.
ICCIMA President Samad Hassanzadeh said Iran’s…
For years, the 162-kilometer Rasht–Astara railway has been the North–South Corridor’s most stubborn missing link. Now, Iranian officials say the project has quietly crossed a crucial threshold:…
