Iran Chamber Newsroom

Iran has wished that Japan keep buying Iranian oil: Japanese PM spokesman

Takeshi Osuga who is the spokesman for the Japanese delegation, headed by PM Shinzo Abe, to Iran has avoided at all costs to confirm whether Iranian president and Abe talked about Iran crude sales to the country. He says it was only raised by President Rouhani as a "wishful statement".

Energy

Intl. Certificate of Origin Council hails Tehran Chamber of Commerce for issuing electronic COs

The International Certificate of Origin (ICO) Council, part of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) praised Tehran Chamber of Commerce for issuing 99% of certificates of origin electronically.

Local Chambers

Venezuela seeks to boost maritime and port cooperation with Iran

Venezuela wants to use Iran’s commercial shipping and maritime capabilities to develop its own ports.

Transportation

Iran Chamber of Commerce sets sights on $2bn trade with Vietnam

The Iranian private sector parliament says a joint chamber of commerce between Iran and Vietnam should do more to raise the bilateral trade volume to two billion dollars despite US sanctions.

Joint Chambers

Iran’s President Rouhani to attend two Asian summits

Hassan Rouhani is set to take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia that will be held in Bishkek and Dushanbe.

Macro Economy

Iran to develop third petchem hub in Persian Gulf in blow to US sanctions

The move comes a few days after the US levied sanctioned on Iran’s petrochemical sector. The third hub is about to increase Iran’s petrochemical production by 15 million tons.

Energy

ICCIMA urges Caspian Sea states to join Chinese New Silk Road

Gholam Hossein Shafei, who presides over the Iranian private sector parliament says revival of this ancient trade corridor is the most important event that is happening in the region and world, saying Caspian Sea littoral countries need to joint that road faster.

Trade

INSTEX President Per Fischer in Iran for talks on Iran-Europe trade

Per Fischer, the former German banker who has been appointed to run the European special payment channel INSTEX, has arrived in Iran for a second time in a bid to iron out the details of the financial mechanism.

Financial Markets

Iranian parliament passes FTA with Eurasian Economic Union

The Iranian lawmakers have voted in favour of the bill that allows Tehran’s entrance into a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) with the five-member council, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

Trade

Iranian parliamentary delegation asks Finland to join INSTEX

Parvaneh Mafi, a lawmaker from the Iranian capital Tehran, has held high-level talks with Finnish officials on a wide range of issues, especially economic. She says Helsinki should be a shareholder in INSTEX.

Trade