Prospective Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida plans to create a new ministerial post for economic security, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday.

Kishida, who will launch…

Following in the footsteps of Tehran, major Iranian cities such as Karaj, Tabriz and Yazd are establishing technology centers, which are expected to boost their startup ecosystems. In Karaj,…

Iran’s tourism industry has suffered 320.94 trillion rials ($1.14 billion) in losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic as of February 2020 until the spring of the current fiscal year (started March…

Iranian airports' domestic passenger traffic saw a year-on-year growth of 19% during the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21- Aug. 22), as 9.99 million passengers used…

The average goods and services Consumer Price Index of “clothing and shoes” in the 12-month period ending Sept. 22, which marks the end of the sixth Iranian month of the fiscal 2021-22,…

The volume of water in Urmia Lake at the end of the previous water year (September 2020), according to the data released by the Iran Water Resources Management Company, has reached 2.73 billion…

The number and capacity of transformers and power substations have increased in proportion to the rise in electricity generation, a deputy manager at the state-affiliated Power Generation,…

Two of Big Oil’s biggest players dropped their long-term energy outlooks this week: French energy company TotalEnergies and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. 

The construction of Tang Sorkh Dam in Yasouj, capital city of Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province, is expected to be completed by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2023), the energy minister…

Iran is slated to receive 60 million shots of Covid-19 vaccines over the course of October and reach its target of securing 140 million vaccine doses by this month’s end.  “So far some 80…

The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic to the United Nations censured the US for imposing inhumane restrictive measures against Iran especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, saying the…

Iran censured Bahrain’s welcoming of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to Manama, saying the move amounts to a betrayal of the oppressed Palestinian people.

Former deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi was appointed as secretary of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations by head of the think tank, Kamal Kharrazi. 

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A French court Thursday imposed a one-year sentence on former president Nicolas Sarkozy after finding him guilty of illegal campaign financing for massive overspending on his 2012 re-election…

The CEO of Tehran Stock Exchange Ali Sahraee submitted his resignation after unregistered cryptocurrency mining equipment was discovered in the TSE premises.   Reports about illegal crypto…

The Education and Human Resources Institute (ITECC), affiliated with the Tehran Chamber of Commerce Industries, Mines and Agriculture, is scheduled to hold eight specialized business courses in…

A total of 20.74 million tons of crude steel and steel products were produced in Iran during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22), registering an 8.67% decline…

President of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Masoud Khansari recently tweeted that Iranians’ investments in Turkish property market are growing because of Iran’s…

Iran’s unemployment rate, the proportion of jobless population of ages 15 and above, stood at 9.6% in the second quarter of the current Iranian year (June 22-Sept. 22), indicating a 0.1% decline…

Air quality monitoring stations in the Tehran metropolis showed that its residents inhaled more clean air in September compared to a month ago, as ozone pollution waned.  According to…

The construction of Gachsaran Petrochemical Complex in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province has registered 87% progress, the oil minister said. “One of the advantages of the project is that 78% of…

Oil fell below $78 a barrel on Friday on the prospects of OPEC+ producers stepping up a planned increase in output to ease supply concerns, although crude remained in sight of a three-year high…

The National Iranian Gas Company is ready to renew its gas export contract with Iraq.                              …

Natural gas pipe-laying operations are underway nationwide to connect far-flung small towns to the national grid, managing director of the state-owned National Iranian Gas Company said.