Expansion of wastewater networks through 100 new treatment plants is underway but officials say some major projects to supply water to remote areas are facing financial hurdles.

Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) is planning a tender for domestic and foreign investors to build a combined-cycle unit at Geno Power Plant in south Iran, TPPH’s chief executive…

The chase is on for some of the most prized oil and gas assets in the world, following the lifting of sanctions on Iran earlier this year. The historic deal paved the way for the country to…

The Ministry of Agriculture plans to boost operations in securities markets to fund its guaranteed purchase scheme for wheat and other agricultural products.

Iran and Australia have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote cooperation in the aviation sector. The MoU was signed in Australia on Wednesday between Iran Civil Aviation Organization,…

Iran exported 1,200 tons of non-oil goods valued at $6 million to Austria in the first six months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), which indicates a 30% increase in value compared…

More than 2.2 million tons of rice are estimated to be produced in the current Iranian year (started March 20), which would indicate a 20% increase compared with last year’s output, says secretary…

The average goods and services Consumer Price Index for rural areas in the 12-month period ending October 21, which marks the end of the Iranian month of Mehr, increased 7.5% compared with last…

Many in Iran imagined an ensuing gold rush after the country signed a nuclear deal in July 2015 with western powers.

While that hasn’t exactly come to pass, there are some major indications…

Iran is emerging as a market that every retailer with international ambitions should be looking at, according to a senior executive of British multinational retailer Debenhams.

The Bank of England scrapped its plan to cut interest rates, which it said could now move up or down, and raised its forecasts for 2017 growth and inflation sharply due to the slide in sterling…

Africa’s many small and under-capitalized banks, laden with bad debt, are inflicting more pain on already embattled economies.

Regulators may have no choice but to force lenders to…

Business activity in Egypt hit its lowest level in more than three years in October, shrinking for a 13th month amid a foreign currency shortage, the pound’s weakness in the black market and…

With financial markets anticipating a rate hike before the end of the year, the Federal Reserve late Wednesday held interest rates steady again, while continuing to acknowledge that the case for a…

Saudi Arabia has avoided an economic crisis due to low oil prices this year but the outlook for state finances and growth will remain murky for many months to come, businessmen and analysts in the…

German firms are closely tied to Asia and are making good money in the region’s fast-growing economies. This year’s Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business is taking place in Hong Kong.

Business activity in the eurozone during October was not as robust as first thought, a survey showed on Friday, adding to signs the bloc’s recovery remains on track but is struggling to gain…

Temporary care centers for autistic children have been launched in Khorasan Razavi and Gilan provinces this year and are expected to be extended to other cities in the next calendar year that…

As per a new law passed by the parliament on Wednesday, no one is allowed to carry, make, import or sell any type of cold weapons.

According to a report by the parliament’s news agency…

Iranians are some of the least physically active people in the world, and national will is needed to improve lifestyles and boost physical activity and healthy diets.

A total of 17 medical stations have been set up at Iran-Iraq borders to accommodate the huge number of pilgrims who flock to the holy city of Karbala to take part in the Arbaeen rituals. The…

Kyrgyzstan received the World Health Organization (WHO) certification of malaria elimination on November 4. Countries that maintain locally-acquired malaria cases at zero for at least three…

Cancer will kill 5.5 million women -- about the population of Denmark -- per year by 2030, a near 60% increase in less than two decades, a report said Tuesday.

As the global population…

The first research center for brain and neuroscience opened in the Chinese capital Beijing on Friday, in the presence of the distinguished Iranian-German neurosurgeon Prof. Madjid Samii, director…

In a joint project between the Iran Stroke Association, the Iranian Red Crescent Society, and medical students, underway at Tehran’s Mellat Park, a number of neurologists and emergency service…