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Iran, Pakistan open Rimdan-Gabd border crossing to boost trade

Iranian and Pakistani officials have opened a new crossing at the border between the two countries to increase trade exchanges.

Trade

US sanctions firms in China, UAE and Vietnam for trading Iranian petrochemical products

Companies in China, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam have been slapped with US sanctions over dealings related to Iran’s trade of energy products as Washington continues its economic pressure campaign on Iran in the final days of President Donald Trump in office.

Energy

Iranian supertanker loading 2m barrels of Venezuelan oil for export

A tanker chartered by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) is loading Venezuelan crude for export as the two countries apply new tactics to expand their trade in defiance of US sanctions, a report says.

Energy

Iran Air to resume weekly flights to Ankara

Iran’s national flag carrier, Iran Air, will resume once-weekly roundtrip Tehran-Ankara flights more than two months after they were called off based on a decision by the Turkish civil aviation authority due to the coronavirus surge.

Transportation

Iran to launch first air taxi at Imam Khomeini Airport

Imam Khomeini Airport City, located in southern Tehran, is expected to start operating air taxi services for the first time in the country’s capital city.

Transportation

Iran produces over 16 million tires in 8 months

Iranian tire manufacturers have produced 16.5 million tires in the eight months to November 20 registering an output increase of 22 percent year on year.

Mine and Industry

Iran, Afghanistan inaugurate Khaf-Herat railway project

A joint railway project linking eastern Iran to western Afghanistan was inaugurated on Thursday with presidents of the two neighboring countries delivering remarks through video-conference.

Transportation

Iran planning to import 42mn doses of COVID-19 vaccines

Iran aims to take delivery of nearly 42 million doses of coronavirus vaccines from abroad to immunize high-risk groups of the population against the disease while the public will receive jabs being developed inside the country.

Society Economy

US failed to shrink Iran oil exports to zero: Rouhani

Iran’s president says despite the economic war launched by the administration of US President Donald Trump against Tehran, Washington has failed in its efforts to shrink the Islamic Republic’s oil exports to zero.

Energy

Iran to authorize export of ventilators, oxygen machines, face masks

Iran’s minister of industries says the country faces an oversupply of key equipment needed to battle COVID-19, the disease caused by coronaviurs, saying his ministry plans to authorize exports of those items in the near future.

Mine and Industry