The Health, Safety and Environment Association of Oil Industry Companies of Iran on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding in Tehran with a British corporation on expanding cooperation in the…

  Denmark’s ambassador to Tehran has called for strengthening oil and gas ties with Iran, signaling the readiness of Danish companies to return to Iran's petroleum industry.

Iran has decided to phase out inefficient power plants, improve the aging electricity infrastructure and move toward modern power production technology, head of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding…

Venezuela’s currency—the so-called “strong bolivar”—is weakening beyond levels that analysts had forecast just a few weeks ago as an expanding money supply chases a limited amount of US dollars.…

The world’s biggest pension fund posted its first profit in four quarters as stocks rebounded, providing some respite for the Japanese state money manager after critics lambasted it for taking on…

Mexico’s economy posted its fastest growth in more than two years, and the government stuck to its outlook, insisting there was no tangible threat yet from US president-elect Donald Trump, who has…

Growth in leading eurozone economies slowed over the summer months and an expected German-led rebound at the end of the year may prove too short-lived for the European Central Bank to unwind its…

As private investment and consumption appear to have slowed down in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt, high frequency indicators suggest real GDP growth may fall into negative territory in…

OECD economists have called on member countries to boost public spending to crank up economic growth. They insisted such a policy made sense even if it meant higher government budget deficits in…

South Korea’s Daesung Industrial Gases, nearly half-owned by Goldman Sachs, will be put up for auction with first-round bids due in early December–a deal reportedly worth about 1.5 trillion won ($…

At the International Zagreb Neurosurgery Symposium on Thursday, the world-renowned Iranian-German neurosurgeon Professor Majid Samii was awarded the title of honorary professor of University of…

The Majlis (parliament) Joint Commission studying the upcoming Sixth Five-Year Economic and Social Development Plan (2016-2021) ratified an amendment to article 26 of the relevant bill on October…

For the first time in the country, the State Welfare Organization is spearheading music therapy sessions for the disabled at its day and night care centers.

The number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Iran will increase to nearly 10 million by 2040, said the secretary of the Second National Conference of Health Economics.

In order to complete the first phase of the national genetic information database project, samples should be collected from 10,000 hardcore criminals across the country of whom, 4,800 are in…

South Korea’s agriculture ministry said on Friday a temporary nationwide standstill order for poultry farms and related transport will take effect over the weekend in a bid to contain a wider…

Since the beginning of the current year (started March 20), 415 tons of illicit drugs have been seized across the country, mostly in the eastern provinces, said Colonel Massoud Zahedian, anti-…

Since the beginning of HIV infection registration by universities of medical sciences across the country, a total of 32,670 people infected with the virus were identified. Among them, 8,000 lost…

Irancell, Iran’s largest mobile Internet service provider, and Myket, a local Android app store has launched a new join direct billing service this week. The facility which is called Direct…

Iran’s High Council of Cyberspace is eyeing Payam Special Economic Zone, an area to the south of Karaj, as a possible candidate for the establishment of Iran’s first ‘Media City.’

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Online spending by US bargain hunters climbed to above $1 billion by Thanksgiving evening, according to Adobe Digital Index, surging almost 14% from a year ago and reflecting a broader trend away…

In a metropolis such as Tehran, motorbikes are commonly used as a means of transportation and also for parcel delivery services. They are the fastest and most convenient method for getting a…

Amazon.com is in talks to acquire UAE-based online retailer Souq.com for $1 billion in a deal that will give the e-commerce giant a footprint in the high-growth Persian Gulf market, according a…

An agreement between Tehran and Moscow to simplify reciprocal travel for certain categories of Russian and Iranian citizens, effective as of February 6, has enabled the two counties to double the…

In order to get on the same page with the government, the private sector must decide what level of involvement they want from the administration, a senior official at Iran's Cultural Heritage,…