- In a rare joint commercial project to turn rubbish and human waste into electricity, A US company has signed a preliminary agreement to invest...
Iran began exporting automobiles to Russia for the first time in five years on Sunday, after meeting upgraded emission standards, the country’s largest auto manufacturer...
AFP correspondent, Cyril Julien, has written a report on Iran’s women #makeup. The following are excerpts from the report: - Everyday wearing of makeup is...
Excerpts from the Interesting article “#Iran Peeks from Behind the Veil” written by Edward Blakely, Honorary Professor of Urban Policy at the US Studies Centre...
TEHRAN — For the first time in decades, business people from the United States are visiting Iran in significant numbers, exploring the possibility of future...
UAE-based Rotana, the hotel management company, announced the signing of 10 new hotels in the Iran, UAE, Tanzania and Sudan. The company said in a statement that...
After the Islamic revolution in Iran, we have seen the absence of many foreign companies and investors in Iran fearing radicalism and the strict laws...
Iranian President and his Pakistani counterpart have officially inaugurated the final construction phase of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, intended to transfer natural gas from...
The main objectives of macroeconomic policies, in general, and monetary policies, in particular, are price stability, economic growth and a favorable employment level. Since it...
TIGHTENED sanctions by the West have yet to dissuade Iran from pursuing its controversial nuclear programme but have caused an oil price spike that could...
Assessing the political dimensions of embargo of Iranian oil: Many independent international experts believe that the west’s problem with Iran is not the nuclear issue,...
On 27 Azar 1389, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the beginning of the enforcement of targeted subsidies law officially at Iranian state television. This law...
Regardless of the changes in politics and ideology brought about by each successive regime in Iran, the one constant has been lack of fundamental...
TEHRAN - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reiterated its recent positive report on Iran’s economy, rejecting some western media claims that the organization’s data...
Petroleum dominates Iran’s exports, making up 85 percent of export earnings. In 2002 Iran exported 765 million barrels of crude oil per day. Major nonoil...
In the 1980s and 1990s Iran built several new natural gas, combined cycle (using both gas and steam), and hydroelectric power stations, dramatically increasing electric...
Iran’s unit of currency is the rial. The official exchange rate averaged 9,171 rials to the U.S. dollar in 2006. However, rials are exchanged on...
Government planning plays an important role in Iran’s economy. Since the late 1940s the government has designed and implemented multiyear planning programs with the goal...