Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman denied rumors that Iranians will be again barred from making hajj pilgrimage in the next summer, saying the final decision will be made after a possible…

Commander of the Police Unit for the Protection of VIPs Lieutenant General Hedayat Alborzi announced the launch of a plan to use women bodyguards to protect foreign female diplomatic guests…

Iran's Supreme Court on Saturday will review an appeal by a Lebanese citizen with US permanent residency, Nizar Zakka, who received a 10-year jail sentence in September on espionage charges, a…

Members of the Interior Ministry's Election Headquarters convened for the first time to discuss preparations for the three upcoming votes scheduled concurrently on May 19.

Interior Ministry…

A lawmaker expressed pessimism that the new UN chief, Antonio Guterres, can change the biased approach of the world body and resist the pressure of the US and other wealthy countries from…

Swedes looking forward to a six-hour workday just got some bad news: the costs outweigh the benefits. That’s according to the preliminary results of a two-year experiment carried out in the…

The Chinese economy faces significant uncertainty. Slowing economic growth, currency outflows, rising nonperforming loans and burgeoning debt have raised concerns about a possible hard landing…

Factory activity rose for the fourth month in December, raising hopes of a manufacturing rebound after more than a year of contraction. The purchasing managers’ index, an early indicator of…

Spain’s jobless queue shrank sharply last year, dropping by 9.5%, the labor ministry said Wednesday, as unemployment continues to recede from the record highs seen during the 2013 crisis, AFP…

Italian consumer prices fell in 2016, the first year of deflation since 1959, official data published Wednesday showed, AFP reported. Prices slipped by 0.1% last year from 2015, according to…

Construction spending in US reached a 10-year high in November, with growth in the private and public sectors both for the month and year-on-year.

The UK economy is forecast to be up to £55 billion ($67.5 billion) smaller by 2030 than it would have been without Brexit, with each household potentially £1,700 worse off per year according to…

Surging oil prices caused inflation in the 19-country eurozone to spike in December to its highest rate in more than three years, official figures showed Wednesday.

Eurostat, the European…

Foreign companies are continuing to flock to Ireland despite the twin shocks of Brexit and a €13 billion ($13.58 billion) adverse tax ruling against technology giant Apple last year.

The Czech Republic posted its biggest ever budget surplus last year after the government spent less than planned and economic growth boosted tax receipts, a rare success that ruling party leaders…

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Bank agreed to sell its stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank for $1.32 billion as it continues to offload Asian assets as part of a restructure, AFP…

France aims to launch its first “green” bond by the end of the month, Finance Minister Michel Sapin said, as the government seeks to make Paris a center for financing environmentally friendly…

Globalization, the increasing integration of world markets, has already done a lot of great things for Americans. It has helped America win the war on communism. It has freed Americans from…

Swim or sink: That’s the message shipping executives in Asia are taking into the new year. Faced with a prolonged trade slowdown and depressed freight rates, the region’s container lines are set…

One-third of all home appliances in the Iranian market is smuggled, an official with the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade said.

According to Abbas Hashemi, $485 million worth of…

Magnesium is the metal of the future and Iran has the potential to be a major global player in its unfolding.

Iranian longs steel producer Yazd Rolling Mill is expanding iron ore processing, considering the country’s rising demand for high-quality raw materials.

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index gained 7.60 points or 0.01% to end Wednesday trade at 78,991.3.

About 501 million shares valued at $129.6 million changed hands for the day.

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Iran Mercantile Exchange’s export trading board is all set to resume cement trading, the head of Cement Employers Association said.

Abdolreza Sheikhan added that the precise date will be…

The National Iranian Gas Company released a statement on Wednesday saying that it will appeal to the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) regarding a dispute with Turkmengaz—the national gas…