Iran Chamber Newsroom

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

Rouhani urges push to release Iran assets in foreign banks

President Hassan Rouhani has urged the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) to continue following up on the release of the country’s frozen assets in foreign banks.

Trade

Iran’s domestic air travel declines 73% amid coronavirus

Iran registered a total of 23,223 takeoffs and landings during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 20-May 20), which indicates a 62% decline compared with the similar period of last year. More than 2.02 million passengers were also transported during the same period, indicating a 73% YOY decline.

Transportation

Iran-Iraq border reopened for trade

Mehran crossing on the border with Iraq was reopened on Monday for the trade between Iran and Iraq to be resumed. The crossing would be open on Sundays and Wednesdays allowing 500 trucks to move weekly.

Trade

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