Some $840,000 worth of hand-woven Iranian carpets exported from Mashad
An Iranian official said on Sunday that some $840,000 worth of hand-woven Iranian carpets were exported from this northeastern province since the start of current Iranian calendar year, started March 21, 2015. Head of Mashad Hand-Woven Carpets Union Hadi Makhmali expressed hope that the ground could be properly paved for…
Over $60m foreign investment in Tabriz
Foreign investors will cooperate to make investment in development projects in Tabriz worth 22,400 billion rials (near 61,500,000 dollars), Tabriz Mayor Sadeq Najafi said Sunday. Najafi told IRNA that a project on construction of a big park in west of Tabriz in this northwestern Iranian province is among the important…
Iran preparing to host world’s tourist activists
A private sector official has said Iran is preparing to host tourist guides and instructors in 2017. Masoud Shirin Kalam, who is in charge of tourism, economy and arts affairs in Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, told IRNA on Saturday that officials working in related areas are holding constant sessions to…
ISES head: Iran to compile renewable energy roadmap
The First National Conference & Exhibition of Iranian Solar Energy Society on Renewable Energy will be held in Iran during May 4-5, 2016, Says the head of the Iranian Solar Energy Scientific Society (ISES). Speaking to Iran Daily, Majid Namjou said his society is the founder of renewable energies in…
Italian economic delegation due in Tehran
An Italian economic delegation including 310 representatives of various companies, societies and banks headed by Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Graziano Delrio and Minister of Agriculture Maurizio Martina is to arrive in Tehran on Monday on a 3-day visit. Following a 3-day visit of President Hassan Rouhani to Italy on…
Iran to resume export of hand-woven carpets to US
Head of Iran National Carpet Center Hamid Karegar says the Islamic Republic will resume export of its hand-woven carpets to US in near future. Talking to IRNA, Karegar reiterated that the US Congress halted the imports of Iranian carpet in 2010. ‘Before imposing of sanctions on Iran, the US markets…
Tehran Stock Exchange sets new record
Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) main index, TEPIX, registered a new record on Saturday. The TSE’s ongoing surge continued on Saturday as the TEPIX jumped 406 units , standing at 74,090 in the early morning hours. In the wake of the imminent implementation of a recent nuclear deal between Tehran and…
British economic delegations on their way to Iran
Cyrus Mehdizadeh, the Director of the British Iranian Chamber of Commerce, while emphasizing the urgency of the removal of banking obstacles, stated that the British enterprises are eagerly anticipating collaboration with Iran, and during the next few months. IRNA reports in an interview with Mehdizadeh, who accompanied the Iranian Foreign…
Iran, Japan sign second economic MoU
Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia and his Japanese counterpart Motoo Hayashi signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Tokyo on Friday to implement economic projects worth $10 billion. According to the MoU, the financial facilities will be given to the projects that will be implemented in Iran with the participation…
Tokyo, Tehran to sign investment deal – Japanese FM
Japan and Iran will sign a bilateral investment agreement later on Friday, as the sanctions against Tehran have been lifted, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told a press conference in Tokyo on Friday. A preliminary agreement on the issue was reached between the sides in October 2015, during Kishida’s visit…
