Economy

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 169.40 points or 0.21% to end Wednesday trade at 82,541.8.

About 920 million shares valued at $60.96 million changed hands for the day.

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Iran’s Department of Environment has issued a permit for Chadormalu Mining and Industrial Company to initiate exploration operations in the iron ore-rich D19 geological layer, the head of Iran…

Contracts worth more than $10 million in the fields of cement and fisheries were signed between the Iranian and Russian sides during Iran’s 1st Exclusive Exhibition held from August 16 to 19 in…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX gained 1,702 points or 2.1% during the fifth month of the current fiscal year, Mordad (July 23-August 22), to end at 82,372.4.

China’s Chery Automobile wants to increase its share of overseas sales to a third of total sales, up from a quarter currently, but plans to do so organically and not through acquisitions, its…

The locally assembled car Changan CS35 is increasing its use of local auto parts, according to the Iranian press. SAIPA Kashan, where the car is currently produced, has said that 20% of parts of…

Austria’s Transport Minister Joerg Leichtfried said he had agreed with carmakers to update the software of 600,000 diesel cars to reduce pollution following a similar deal struck in Germany…

Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors said there are “big uncertainties” whether it will continue to study a takeover of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Jeep division.

Automotive News first…

Bank Melli Iran–the country’s biggest commercial lender–is expanding its presence in neighboring Iraq by establishing new branches in its capital city Baghdad, the shrine city of Najaf and the…

Iran’s Bank of Industry and Mine has set up correspondent relations with 82 banks from 33 countries in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2017), the bank’s deputy for international affairs…

In order to improve banks’ financial transparency and prevent any abuse, the Central Bank of Iran has for the first time formulated regulations to identify and manage banks and credit…

The annual general meetings of major banks and credit institutions have run into a snag, as lenders struggle to incorporate the latest standards introduced by the Central Bank of Iran into their…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 297.40 points or 0.36% to end Tuesday trade at 82,372.4.

About 1.52 billion shares valued at $87.66 million changed hands for the day.

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It hasn’t been the investment bonanza Iran hoped for, but the billions of dollars unlocked by its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers might help cushion the impact of any future US assault on…

Per capita consumption of dolls and toys in Iran is less than $5 per year, an official with the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults said.

Speaking at the…

Mouteh Gold Mine produced 136 kilograms of gold ingots during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering a 48% growth compared with last year’s…

Steel usage in Iran during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22) stood at 11.61 million tons, up 8.62% year-on-year.

The Iranian Steel Producers Association…

As much as 10% of the National Development Fund of Iran’s annual earnings have been allocated to the agricultural sector, a deputy agriculture minister said.

More than 60,550 tons of potatoes worth 448.76 billion ($13.83 million) were exported to 13 countries during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 22), the Islamic…

Questioning the seriousness of India’s intent, Iran has sought a firm commitment from New Delhi that the construction of the $1.6 billion rail link from Chabahar Port will be taken up…

The Ninth International Exhibition of Floorings, Moquette, Machine-Made Carpets and Related Industries is scheduled for September 4 to 7 in Tehran’s International Fairground.

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More than 660,000 tons of goods worth $173 million were exported from Yazd Province in central Iran during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering a 16%…

Iran exported $58 million worth of goods to Syria during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering a 100% increase compared with the corresponding period…

Azerbaijan and Turkey have exported 446 tons of food to Qatar via Iran’s southern port of Bandar Lengeh in Hormozgan Province on the coast of Persian Gulf, as of the beginning of the current…

The new minister of Communications and Information Technology has said that Twitter’s blocking is not linked to moral and cultural factors, but to security issues and could be unblocked.