Iran Chamber Newsroom

JCPOA must be preserved: Guterres

United Nations secretary-general has called for the exhaustion of all possible means to prevent the “destruction” of the historic 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers.

Macro Economy

Iran, Turkmenistan resume railway trade after 100 days

Iran and Turkmenistan resumed trade exchanges via railroad through Inche Borun border in Golestan province late on Tuesday after100 days of hiatus due to the COVID-19 restrictions.

Trade

Forex market shock temporary: Rouhani

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the return of foreign currency incomes will balance the foreign exchange market. The rial has hit rock bottom in the past month, collapsing even below the 190,000 rate it fell to in the wake of the US decision in 2018 to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions.

Financial Markets

Afghanistan’s Ghazanfar Bank to open branch in Chabahar

The head of Iran-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce says Afghanistan’s Ghazanfar Bank will open branch in Iran’s southeastern port of Chabahar soon.

Trade

Iran Air to launch roundtrip Tehran-Manchester flights

Iran Air will launch roundtrip Tehran-Manchester flights, with the maiden flight taking place on July 4.

Transportation

Iran, Armenia fully activate Nordooz border crossing

Armenia’s State Revenue Committee (SRC) has announced that restrictions at the country’s main border crossing with Iran has been lifted nearly four months after they were introduced to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Trade

Mirjaveh-Taftan crossing reopened at Iran-Pakistan border

Iran and Pakistan fully reopened Mirjaveh-Taftan border to facilitate bilateral trade after it was temporarily closed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Trade

PMI indicates significant improvement in Iran’s industries

Iranian industries are seeing significant improvement in their latest indices from purchasing manager surveys after steep declines earlier in the current fiscal year (started March 20).

Iran Chamber

Iran-Armenia trade tops $100m in Q1 2020

The commercial exchange between Iran and Armenia between January and April 2020 stood at $101.06 million to register a 0.37% decline compared to the corresponding period in 2019.

Trade

World Banks forecasts positive growth for Iran’s economy in 2021

The World Bank expects Iran’s economy to bounce back to growth in 2021 with 2.1% in GDP expansion after having experienced an estimated 5.3% contraction this year.

Macro Economy