Despite COVID-19 adverse impacts on transit, the amount of Iran’s exports to Central Asia currently equals the pre-pandemic figures, according to a senior transportation official.
The first freight train from Kazakhstan entered Iran on Sunday through Incheboron international railroad, carrying coal.
Tehran, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Monday, called for any possible measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease and the circulation of the virus.
Tatarstan’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov, in a meeting with Iranian ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali on Thursday, called for promotion of relations with Tehran.
Acting CEO of Arvand Free Zone organization Hossein Garousi said on Monday that the market of Iraq, as Iran’s biggest economic partner, is regarded as a chance for economic development and investment in this free zone in southwestern Iran.
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) President Gholam Hossein Shafei said on Wednesday that the entity is ready to establish five national trade offices in five countries to introduce Iranian goods.
A first large container ship that called three Indian ports before making it to Iran has berthed at the country’s strategic Chabahar Port.
Beijing has been sticking to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and has vowed to allow Iran to keep trade in a time when the US unilaterally abandoned the international treaty and reimposed sanctions on Tehran.
Faced by Washingtons punitive measures since Trump Administrations abandoning of the 2015 international nuclear deal, Iran is exploring avenues to enhace its own economy rather than rely on foreing imports.
Tehran-Ankara have vowed to push their mutual trade level in a bid to boost their regional cooperation.