Iranian agricultural minister Mohammad Ali Nikbakht has said that the country has become self-sufficient in production of wheat and does not need it import the staple grain in the coming year.
Iran exported around 16,000 metric tons (mt) of various types of pistachio nuts valued at $110 million to 44 countries during the first five months of the Iranian calendar year, with Russia accounting for 23% of the total exports.
The head of Afghanistan’s railway department has visited the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad to coordinate efforts to complete the final section of the Khaf-Herat railway project.
Iran’s five-month imports of gold ingots have surpassed 4.1 tons, according to the latest Iranian customs figures.
The ministries of agriculture of Iran and India have signed a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint committee on agriculture.
Iranian tax revenues in the five calendar months to late August are 52% higher than figures reported in last year’s corresponding period, according to a Tuesday report by Iran’s National Tax Administration (INTA).
Iranian steel mills have produced as much as 18.1 million metric tons (mt) of the mineral in the first seven months of 2013, according to an official report.
Iran has begun gas production at Phase 11 of South Pars, the world’s largest gas field, according to the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has renewed a contract with Armenia to increase the volume of natural gas exports to the landlocked neighboring country until 2030.
Two days after official reports about unfreezing Iranian assets in South Korea, governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says Iran’s funds in some other countries will be released soon.