Iran Chamber Newsroom

Iran Air to resume Tehran-Istanbul flights from September 25

Iran Air has announced in a statement that flights to Istanbul would resume as of September 25 with Flight 719 from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport to Istanbul.

Transportation

Iran prepares 14 million flu shots amid coronavirus outbreak

The Iranian health ministry is preparing 14 million flu vaccine doses as part of its efforts to head off complications that might impact the healthcare system in the country in the autumn and winter if people simultaneously contract the flu and the COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.

Society Economy

Iran to link power grid to Russia, Azerbaijan

Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan are close to starting works on a project to link their power systems, shows a report, as Tehran seeks greater access to regional energy markets to export its surplus electricity.

Energy

Flights over Iran airspace gradually increasing

Iran Airports Company registered 8,431 overflights during the month ending Aug. 21, which indicate a 15.57% increase compared with the previous month.

Transportation

Iran temporarily removes exports tariffs for potato

Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade (MIMT) has removed exports tariffs for potato amid an oversupply in the country which is expected to intensify during the current harvesting season.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran’s export of summer fruits, vegetables over $241m in five months

Figures by Iran’s customs office (IRICA) shows the country earned over $241 million from exports of various summer-grown fruits and vegetables in five months to late August.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran electronic payment value up 82% YoY

An estimated 2.89 billion transactions worth 4,769.01 trillion rials ($20.7 billion) were processed via Shaparak in the fifth month of current Iranian year (July-22- August 21) showing 82.25% hike in the value of transactions compared to same period last year.

Financial Markets

Construction materials account for 70% of Iran’s mining industry exports

Iran’s minister of industry, mine and trade says construction materials accounted for 70 percent of total exports of $10 billion from Iran’s mining industry over the past calendar year.

Mine and Industry

New contractor to finish railway linking Iran’s Shalamcheh to Iraq’s Basra

The Iranian government has picked up a new contractor for construction of a key railway extension into the Iraqi territory with sources saying that the bidder would provide full finances worth 100 million euros for the project.

Transportation

Swiss SHTA more viable than EU, South Korea channels for trade with Iran: Businessman

The trade channel between Iran and Switzerland, known as the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Agreement (SHTA), is expected to be more viable than its counterparts in the EU and South Korea and function even after a possible change of government in United States next year, head of the Iran-Switzerland Joint Chamber of Commerce said.

Trade