TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade has rolled out a support package for manufacturers and producers to ease challenges ranging from energy shortages and liquidity constraints to foreign currency access and supply of raw…
Category: 4. Business
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Non-oil exports hit $16.5b in 4 months, trade with Arab neighbors grows
TEHRAN – Iran’s exports reached $16.55 billion in the first four months of the Iranian year (March 20–July 21), down 5.5 percent in value from a year earlier, even as trade with neighboring and Arab countries remained a major driver of…
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60% of Iran’s Food Needs Met Domestically – Iran News Daily
60% of Iran’s Food Needs Met Domestically
TEHRAN (Iran News) According to official statistics, Nouri highlighted that agriculture is the only sector in Iran’s Seventh Development Plan to have reached its expected growth target of 5.5…
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Iran won’t be hand-tied by snapback sanctions
Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad acknowledged that activating snapback sanctions could impose limits on oil sales, but stressed that the country is not powerless in facing these challenges.
Speaking to ISNA, Paknejad highlighted that…
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How does China’s SCO vision empower the Global South?
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit is set to shine in Tianjin. Ahead of the summit, experts have been gathering at Tianjin Port where China drives connectivity and free trade for the Global South. How does China’s vision empower…
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Annual aluminum output reaches 560,000 tons amid energy shortages
TEHRAN – Iran produces around 560,000 tons of aluminum ingots annually, below its installed capacity of more than 650,000 tons, due to recurring shortages of electricity and natural gas, the head of the Iranian Aluminum Industries Syndicate…
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TPO urges private sector to expand economic ties with Arab states
TEHRAN – Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) has called on private companies to take greater advantage of growing opportunities in Arab markets, a senior official said.
Abdolamir Rabihavi, director general of TPO’s West Asia office,…
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Annual supply of liquid fuel to power plants rises 40%
TEHRAN – Iran supplied more than 22 billion liters of liquid fuel to power plants in the Iranian year 1403 (March 2024–March 2025), a 40 percent increase from the previous year, the Oil Ministry said.
The ministry said stable fuel supply…
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Over $6.6b worth of transport projects inaugurated during Government Week
TEHRAN – Iran has inaugurated a series of road and transport projects worth 329.01 trillion rials (about $6.63 billion) during Government Week, the head of the Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization said.
Reza Akbari said the projects…
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Energy Ministry brings 150 MW of solar power plants online across 8 provinces
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Ministry has inaugurated 150 megawatts of solar power plants across eight provinces, most of them in 3.0 MW units, Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said at a ceremony marking Government Week.
He said 854 solar projects in…
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