Iran has received some payments from its funds frozen by Iraqi banks, including the state-owned Trade Bank of Iraq, after agreement by Washington, Secretary General of the Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce said.
The overall Purchasing Managers’ Index, known by its Farsi acronym Shamekh, for Iran’s economy settled at 53.73 in the month ending Feb. 18 from 48.83 in the month ending Jan. 19, indicating 4.9 points or 10.03% improvement.
A review of electronic transactions processed during the last calendar month (Jan. 20 - Feb.18) showed that businesses have almost returned to the pre-COVID era in both the volume and value of transactions.
Iran’s House of Innovation and Technology Exports was launched on Tuesday in Damascus, Syria, to boost scientific and economic relations.
Iranian customs authorities have taken delivery of a third batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccines as the country moves ahead with a nation-wide immunization drive against the coronavirus pandemic.
A total of 295,518 tons of goods were exported from Bileh Savar border crossing of the northwestern Ardabil Province during the first 11 months of the current Iranian year. The main export destinations were Azerbaijan, Russia and Georgia.
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.
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).
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
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.