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Iran reports 10,100 new COVID-19 cases, 3,080,526 in total

Iran on Friday reported 10,100 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 3,080,526.

Society Economy

Iran posts trade deficit of $379 million for month to late May

Iran’s customs office IRICA has updated the country’s monthly trade figures while posting a trade deficit of $379 million for the calendar month to late May.

Trade

Austrian Airlines to resume Vienna-Tehran flights from July 17

Austrian Airlines will resume Vienna-Tehran flights as of July 17, says Mohammad Hassan Zibakhsh, spokesman of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran.

Transportation

Iran starts importing power from Azerbaijan to tackle shortage

Iran is using limited supplies of electricity from neighboring Azerbaijan to prevent a recurrence of brief power cuts that surprised the households in large cities last month.

Energy

Iran’s COVID-19 cases surpass 3 million

Iran on Thursday reported 12,398 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 3,003,112.

Society Economy

Iran, Azerbaijan to build bridge on Astarachay river

Iranian and Azerbaijani governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly finance and construct a bridge on Astarachay, the river that separates the Iranian city of Astara from its namesake town on the other side of the border.

Transportation

Russia, Iran to sign visa waiver agreement for tourist groups

Iran’s tourism minister Ali Asghar Mounesan is in the Russian capital, Moscow, to sign a deal to ease visa requirements for tourist groups traveling between the two countries.

Society Economy

Iran, Russia to start works on Sirik power plant in days

Iranian and Russian companies are to kick off construction works for a jointly-financed power plant project on June 10 in southern Iran.

Energy

Iran launches over $300m worth of agricultural projects

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated over 75 trillion rials (over $312 million) in agricultural projects in four Iranian provinces as his administration moves ahead with restoration and revival schemes for farms across the country.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran says share of e-commerce in GDP increasing

The share of electronic commerce (e-commerce) in Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) has more than doubled over the past two years, says the country’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Farhad Dejpsand.

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