German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the importance of freedom of opinion in talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, during a visit meant to help improve frayed ties…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko accused Russia of violating bilateral border agreement on Friday at a meeting with representatives of the public and reporters. “We made agreements on…

Iranian TV and cinema actor Hassan Joharchi passed away on Friday, February 3, in Tehran at the age of 48.

Due to liver complications, the actor was admitted to the ICU of Imam Khomeini…

‘Mirza Reza’s Gun,’ a play in the genre of magical realism, started its second run after the conclusion of the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival (January 20-31) in Tehran and seven other…

Tehran Theater Campus, also known as Khavaran Theater Complex, officially opens on Sunday, February 5, on the occasion of the 10-day Dawn (Fajr) Festivities (January 31-February 10) which marks…

The 2017 Bologna Children Book Fair, to be held April 3-6 in Bologna in northern Italy, will feature the works of four Iranian illustrators among other participants.

Author, poet, literary researcher and translator Ziauddin Khosrowshahi, 73, has translated a collection of 81 poems by 70 renowned poets from across the world, who have portrayed the cruelty and…

The United Nations urges parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine to immediately halt any hostilities and renew efforts toward a peaceful settlement, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General…

Philippine Maoist rebels said on Wednesday they would end a five-month ceasefire, accusing President Rodrigo Duterte's government of treachery and human rights abuses.

The move comes after…

The US dollar was quoted in the free market at 38,200 rials on Monday. According to the Association of Bureaux de Change Operators of Iran, rial strengthened from 38,250 to 38,000 per dollar…

Tejarat Bank has started offering services to French traders through its Paris branch “to help boost Iran-France commercial ties in the post-sanctions era”, the bank’s chief executive said.

A number of Iranian lawmakers and officials have voiced concern regarding the potential hazards of the steady increase in the country’s money supply (M2) in the past couple of years and called for…

A directive has been issued for the current fiscal year (started March 20, 2016) to extend the penalty waiver for loans fewer than 1 billion rials ($31,400) for the coming fiscal year too,…

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will upgrade Iran's rating in the country risk classification of the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export…

A paper recently authored by economists Roman J. Zytek and Mohammad Reza Farzin has reviewed the experience of Iran’s Targeted Subsidies Reform. The study addresses several criticisms of the key…

Iran’s GDP is projected to grow by 6.2%, as inflation is expected to average 9.8% in the next Iranian year (March 2017-18), according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance's estimates…

Iran has been pursuing trade promotion in the Commonwealth of Independent States countries for achieving economic cohesion with the region, director of planning at Iran’s Trade Promotion…

The goods and services Consumer Price Index for rural areas in the 12-month period ending January 19, which marks the end of the Iranian month of Dey, reached 7.1% compared with last year’s…

Iran exported around €523 million worth of goods to Italy over the seven months to July 30, 2016, registering a 95% hike compared with the corresponding period of the year before.

Iran’s first exclusive exhibition in East Africa is scheduled to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, during February 3-6. 

“More than 80 Iranian companies are expected to take part in the event…

Russian equity funds rocketed away from their emerging market peers in 2016, overtaking Brazilian funds in the second half, whilst on the emerging debt side it was contrarian bets in beaten down…

Germany’s economy minister says President Donald Trump’s administration has sent “alarming” signals on trade so far, but in comments published Wednesday she said isolationism would also hurt the…

Lufthansa believes the rapid growth phase of Persian Gulf Arab airlines is coming to end, which could help to ease some of the pressure in a highly competitive industry, its chief executive said…

The Polish economy grew 2.8% last year in real terms, the Central Statistical Office said in a preliminary estimate. Polish GDP grew 3.9% in 2015. Analysts approached by the PAP news agency had…

At some point in the coming months, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to resume raising interest rates. Just not quite yet, AP reported. On Wednesday, the Fed will likely end its latest…