Sanctions Hurting Gas Market

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s former secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum stressed the need to halt unilateral sanctions against some GECF members. Mohammad Hossein Adeli, who served as the secretary general of the GECF January 2014–January 2018, made the remark at the Second International Gas Seminar during the 2019 summit of Gas Exporting Countries Forum […]

Housing Construction Dwindles in Iran

EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran has published its latest figures concerning construction permits, showing that the number of permits issued decreased across the country in the first quarter of the current fiscal year that ended on June 21, 2019, compared with the preceding quarter (Dec. 22, 2018-March 20, 2019). According to a report published […]

۲ TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) – According to an official at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, the case of an Iranian university professor who has been jailed by the US authorities is incomplete after a year due to lack of evidence and has been sent to court for the final verdict. Mohammad Hassan Nosrati, the […]

Tehran, Damascus Ink MoU on Syria Reconstruction

۲ TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish three joint companies in a bid to accelerate the reconstruction of the Arab country, which has been stricken by more than eight-and-a-half years of foreign-backed civil war. The MoU was signed during a ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday evening with Iranian […]

Iranian people foiled a very dangerous plot: Leader

۲ TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei lauded the vigilance of the Iranian nation in face of plots organized by enemies. He made the remarks on Wednesday in a meeting with thousands of Basij volunteer forces on the occasion of Basij Week. Ayatollah Khamenei described people’s rallies […]

Iran Calls US A Threat to Global Security

۲ TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Gholam Hossein Dehqani said the US, as the only country possessing chemical weapons in the world, is a major threat to international peace and security. Addressing the 24th Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention in The Hague on […]

Iranian firms to build 30,000 residential units in Syria

۲ TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Chairman of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholamhossein Shafei revealed the details of a new agreement between Iran and Syria under which Iranian companies will construct 30,000 residential units in Syria. He made the remarks on Tue. in Iran-Syria Business Forum and stated, “Iran hopes […]

Gasoline consumption drops 19mn liters per day: oil ministry

۲ TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Oil Ministry announced on Tuesday that after the implementation of gasoline rationing scheme, consumption has decreased by 19 million liters per day in Iran. In a time span from November 15 to 24, Iranians consumed 79 million liters of gasoline daily, while their consumption stood at 98 million liters […]

SMEs export value of products hit $1.5bn in seven months: official

۲ TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Deputy Managing Director of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) Asghar Masaheb said that Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) exported $1.5 billion worth of products in the first seven months of the current year (from March 21 to Oct. 22). He made the remarks on Monday as […]

Deputy agriculture min. calls for promoting export markets

۲ TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – The Deputy Ministry of Agriculture Hossein Shirzad pointed to the unprecedented growth in production of agricultural produce in recent years and called for expanding economic diplomacy of agricultural sector especially in joint regional markets. He made the remarks on Mon. in his meeting with the director general of the […]