Iran Chamber Newsroom

Iranian boxship refloated 10 months after it ran aground near Indonesia

Iranian container ship Shahraz has been refloated off the Indonesian island of Batam some nine months after it grounded in a narrow strait in the region.

Transportation

Iran eyes zero-tariff trade with Syria

Iran’s government is trying to reduce customs tariffs on trade between Iran and Syria from the current four percent to zero, according to Hamid Zadboum, head of Iran’s Trade Promotion organization (TPO).

Trade

Iran warns of 4th wave of pandemic as daily death toll tops 100

Iranian health authorities issued a warning on Monday over a "fourth wave" of the COVID-19 epidemic, after registering more than 100 deaths in 24 hours for the first time since early January

Society Economy

Iran suspends flights to/from 32 countries until further notice

Iran has suspended flights to and from 32 high-risk countries with the aim of curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic until further notice.

Transportation

MTN Irancell launches pilot eSIM service

Iran’s second mobile operator MTN Irancell has started providing services to devices that accommodate eSIM, a technology that allows smoother communication through removing the physical SIM cards from mobile phones.

Modern Enterprise

Iran receives 250,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China

Iran has received 250,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China as the country continues the nationwide vaccination of priority groups.

Society Economy

Iran to increase cigarette, tobacco tax rates

Iranian Parliament has approved an increase in tax rates for the retail sales of cigarette and tobacco.

Society Economy

Iran to receive $1B of blocked money in South Korea via Swiss channel

Washington has agreed “in principle” on the partial transfer of Iranian funds held by South Korean banks under US sanctions to Switzerland, South Korea’s official KBS World Radio station cited a senior foreign ministry official as saying.

Macro Economy

Diplomatic window of opportunity open to bring JCPOA back on track: Borrell

The European Union’s top foreign policy official has called for a concerted effort to use what he has referred to as a "diplomatic window of opportunity" in order to revive a 2015 nuclear agreement signed between Iran and major world powers.

Macro Economy

South Korea to release $1B of blocked Iranian money

An Iranian government spokesperson on Tuesday said that South Korea will be releasing $1 billion in frozen assets as an “initial step” in resolving a dispute between the two countries.

Trade