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It is safe to fly over Iran and Iraq: KLM

Dutch flag carrier the KLM has announced it is resuming flights through the Iranian and Iraqi airspace following an interim halt that was caused by soaring military tensions in the Middle East region.

Transportation

Iran to inaugurate first section of Tehran-Shomal Freeway in February

Iranian authorities say a first section of a major road project meant to ease traffic between the capital Tehran and northern parts of the country is set to open next month.

Transportation

Iran’s metals industry already sanctioned, new sanctions irrelevant: Traders

Iranian traders say the new round of sanctions would not cause any substantial change in the country’s steel production because the whole metals industry have previously been sanctioned by the US.

Mine and Industry

Iran’s steel exports up by %23.5 YoY in November

Iran’s exports of various steel products increased by nearly a quarter in the eight-month period ending in late November 2019, a report shows.

Mine and Industry

Iranian airlines negotiating to lease aircraft

A number of Iranian airline companies have started talks to lease second-hand aircraft, reports in the Iranian media show, amid a shortage in the fleet that has come as a result of the American sanctions on the country.

Transportation

Iran to keep raw materials tariffs in 2020

Iran’s minister of industries says the government has no plan to revise a series of tariffs imposed on exports of raw metals as the government seeks to gain more revenues through the export of finished products that could generate more added value for the country.

Mine and Industry

Iran to connect its railway to Afghanistan border in March 2020

A senior Iranian official says a major railway connecting Iran and neighboring Afghanistan will be ready in March 2020 as construction of a key cross-border line is nearing completion.

Transportation

Iran tourist arrivals surge despite sanctions

The number of international visitors to Iran has surged for the past two calendar years despite a series of sanctions imposed by the United States that have sought to isolate the country at the global level.

Society Economy

Muslim states must join forces to fight US economic terror: Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani has blasted the US for using sanctions and economic threats to impose its own will on other countries, saying the Muslim nations should join hands to confront America’s “economic terrorism” by enhancing their banking ties and replacing the dollar in their transactions.

Trade

‘US sanctions against Iran have targeted ordinary people’

Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has severely censured the United States’ sanctions against ordinary people as well as different sectors of the Iranian economy, including oil and banking, arguing that the measures are negatively affecting the daily lives of millions of Iranians.

Trade