Chabahar Free Zone in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province will host the International Conference on Investment Opportunities in Makran on January 23-24.

Iraj Tajeddin, a spokesman of…

The annual cost of holding a prison inmate in Iran is nine times as much as that of a student.

The average Producer Price Index in the 12-month period ending December 20, which marks the end of the Iranian month of Azar, reached 3.5% compared with last year’s corresponding period. According…

Baku is hosting a joint business forum between Iranian and Azerbaijani entrepreneurs on Dec. 27.

The air defense forces started a large-scale exercise in the country’s southern regions on Monday.

The wargame, codenamed Defenders of Velayat Skies 7, covers an area of 496,000 square…

A former diplomat and nuclear negotiator outlined three options US president-elect, Donald Trump, may exercise in his policy on Iran.

When campaigning for the White House, Trump attacked…

Ambassador to Azerbaijan Javad Jahangirzadeh and Azeri Justice Minister Fikrat Mammadov underlined the need for broadening bilateral ties in different fields. During the meeting in the Azeri…

A high-profile contract recently finalized with Airbus to purchase 100 airliners carries a "positive" message that the path is now clear for deeper engagement between Iran and Europe months after…

New Turkish efforts for creating a safe no-fly zone in northern Syria are meant to save foreign-backed militants and turn the tide of their battle with the Syrian Army to bring down the government…

A new coalition named the Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces announced its existence on Sunday, as Iran's political community gears up for the May 19 presidential polls.   

A political analyst welcomed Turkey’s decision to participate in political negotiations to end the crisis in Syria, saying Ankara’s interaction with regional players like Iran and Russia will…

Latin American and Caribbean region’s finished steel consumption fell by 9% to 51.4 million metric tons during January to October this year, as per the latest figures released by the Latin…

Armenia’s overall public debt by the end of 2017 will amount to 56.8% of GDP, or $6.34 billion, according to Finance Minister Vardan Aramyan, ARKA reported.  Speaking at a news conference,…

The French unemployment rate dropped significantly in the last two months, and will likely continue downward in the New Year, the Paris daily Le Figaro reported Monday, politico.eu reported.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s economy is returning to growth and there are signs that real wages are improving as the country emerges from its longest recession this century, Bloomberg…

Confidence in Turkey’s retail trade and construction sectors advanced slightly in December while the services sector slipped, the Turkish Statistical Institute announced Monday.

Many Ukrainians think it is much safer to keep their money under the mattress than in the bank. This point is proven by Ukraine’s richest: The country’s top officials and lawmakers, many of them…

The UK is set to crash down the table of the world's largest economies because of Brexit, a report claims. And an analysis by the Center for Economics and Business Research says the slump in the…

China’s non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) is likely to hit 1.12 trillion yuan ($161 billion) in 2016 and foreign direct investment into China will total 785 billion yuan, Commerce…

India’s biggest oil and gas producer will pay as much as $1.2 billion to buy a majority stake in a gas field off the country’s east coast, aiming to boost production as the country seeks to cut…

Russia's output of oil products is expected to fall by about 2.5% in 2017 due to further work on a massive refinery modernization program aimed at boosting fuel quality, a deputy energy minister…

Workers at Brazil's national oil company, Petrobras, began a strike last week that has paralyzed operations at its refineries and offshore platforms. The strike comes after workers rejected a…

Oil exploration in the Persian Gulf is now on the agenda of the National Iranian Oil Company's exploration department that is why "Sahar 1" drilling rig will be employed to expand explorations in…

Tehran may sign several oil and gas deals soon, building up on a raft of preliminary agreements with energy majors as it gradually opens up its huge energy sector to multinationals and foreign…

The government is enforcing new regulations that restrict new state funding for new power plant and dam projects in the next five years, Alireza Daemi, the deputy energy minister said.