Head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz says the country has purchased 2 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, whose first shipment arrived in Iran on Thursday.
Total CBI assets reached 9,239.9 trillion rials ($37.7b) in the first nine months of current fiscal year, registering 20.2% growth year-on-year and up 15.6% when compared to the end of the previous fiscal in March 2020.
The Iranian government has approved a plan by the country’s Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAC) to cut its overflight fees to 50 percent, Iran’s Transportation Minister Mohammad Eslami said.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated a series of new energy projects as the country’s total capacity for electricity generation in non-renewable sector exceeds 85 gigawatts (GW).
President of Iran Chamber of Commerce has called for establishment of a joint transportation company between Iran and Armenia in order to boost trade between the two neighboring countries.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf attended 18th plenary session of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture on January 24.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicts that Iran’s economy will grow by 3% in 2021. The IMF had predicted in October that Iran’s growth would reach 3.2% this year.
Afghanistan says it will launch its first passenger train to Iran this year, following on a landmark rail service which opened between the two neighbors last month.
President of Iran Chamber of Commerce has called for resolving border, customs and banking barriers between Iran and Iraq to pave the ground for the private sectors to work with each other.
Iran has extended the previous suspension of flights to and from the UK until February 18 due to concerns over the new fast-spreading coronavirus strain, the head of the country’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) Turaj Dehghani Zanganeh says.