Iran has called for joint efforts with Russia to remove the “customs hurdles” which it says are obstructing the expansion of trade between the two countries.
China has joined South Korea to announce that it is planning to invest $3 billion in Iran’s fisheries.
Iran expects its state-sponsored purchases of wheat from domestic farmers to surpass 10 million tonnes this year, Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati says.
Iran says one of its airlines is planning to buy over two dozen planes from Japan’s industrial giant Mitsubishi thus confirming earlier reports that a deal to the same effect is in the pipeline.
Iran says it is planning a return to the international debt markets in an effort which could help it rebuild public finances that have been battered by a plunge in oil prices.
Iran says it has resumed its flights to Turkey a day after they were suspended in the wake of a failed coup.
More positive signs on the prospects of Iran’s post-sanctions business environment are emerging as experts say the country has taken measures to encourage foreign investors to target 12 special sectors.
The latest official figures show that there has been a whopping rise in Iran’s exports to the United States in the second quarter of 2016.
The United States says Iran’s economy has benefited from the removal of the nuclear sanctions.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the Bu Ali Sina petrochemical refinery complex in the southwestern port city of Mahshahr will become operational again within the next few weeks.