Iran Chamber Newsroom

Iran’s wheat production expected to exceed 14m tons

Iran’s Agriculture Ministry says it is expecting wheat production to exceed 14 million tons this year.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran opens first phase of 480 MW power plant

Iran has launched a first phase of a major power plant in the country’s main hub for producing natural gas.

Energy

Iran’s exports to Afghanistan top $340m in 2 months

Iran exported 1.06 million tons of commodities worth of $341 million to Afghanistan during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 20-May 20), data released by Iran Customs Administration shows.

Trade

Iran, Turkey fully activate Bazargan border for trade

After three months of closure of the key border crossing of Bazargan in the northwest of Iran over COVID-19 pandemic, Iran and Turkey reopened the gate for trade exchanges. 150 Iranian trucks and 36 Turkish trucks have passed through the border on the first day of the reopening.

Trade

Fifth Iranian fuel tanker docks in Venezuelan port

The fifth and last tanker in a flotilla of ships carrying Iranian fuel has entered Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA)’s El Palito refining facility.

Energy

Iran’s trade with Eurasia exceeds $2 billion in 7 months

Iran says trade with countries member to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has exceeded $2.1 billion for the seven months that have passed since Tehran signed an agreement with the bloc to lower import and export tariffs.

Trade

Iran receives first batch of locust control equipment from FAO

Iran’s plant protection authority has received the first consignment of pest control equipment, worth of around $125,000, supplied by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Agriculture and Environment

Iran conducts almost 897,000 coronavirus tests in 100 days

A hundred days after the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Iran, health authorities in the country say they have conducted nearly 897,000 coronavirus tests. Meanwhile some 115,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease over the period.

Society Economy

Private sector opens Iran’s largest data center in Tehran

Iran’s second-largest mobile phone operator has opened a major data center in the capital Tehran to help government plans to strengthen a domestic Internet network that can improve cyber security in the country.

Society Economy

Iran’s new parliament inaugurated

The newly-elected lawmakers in Iran held the first session of the 11th parliament after victory of the Islamic Revolution on Wednesday. The present parliament is dominated by principlists while the previous legislature was mainly composed of pro-reform figures.

Society Economy