Trump regards coronavirus as pressure tool on Iran: Senior Expert
IRNA – A senior strategist emphasized: It is safe to say that Trump administration sees the Coronavirus as a new tool in…
Economy
Malaysia bank offers Iranians special debit card, after some have accounts closed
Reuters – Malaysia’s top lender Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is offering its Iranian customers debit cards to use locally for ringgit transactions,…
FATF’s blacklisting has no impact on Iran’s economic transactions: MP
MNA – A member of Iranian Parliament’s economic commission says the move by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place Tehran…
Speaker’s advisor raps US for blocking supply of anti-coronavirus medical equipment to Iran
FNA – Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian blasted the US for lies about suspending sanctions which had…
Not a proper time for anti-Iran sanctions: WHO tells US
Press TV – The World health Organization has sent its experts to Iran to evaluate Iran’s response to the Coronavirus and provide…
World can no longer be silent against US economic terrorism on Iran: Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the intensification of US economic sanctions and terrorism against Iran and its effects…
Dozens of Swiss companies keen on export channel to Iran
Reuters – A Swiss channel to export food and medicine to Iran’s struggling population without running foul of U.S. sanctions is off…
Sanctions virus more dangerous to intl. security than corona: Iran’s Shamkhani
Press TV – The Iranian top security official says the virus of imposing sanctions and reneging on pledges is more dangerous to…
OPEC, non-OPEC agreement reachable before April: Zangeneh
SHANA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says OPEC+ could reach an agreement to consider deeper cuts in the group’s output…
Iranian oil minister confirms OPEC agreed a 1.5 million bpd cut
Reuters – The Iranian oil minister confirmed on Thursday that OPEC ministers had agreed an extra 1.5 million barrel per day (bpd)…
COVID-19 outbreak worsens Iran’s business conditions
Financial Tribune – The last month of the Iranian year has always represented growth in business activity, but the absence of such…
Coronavirus primarily affecting small businesses in Iran
Trend | Elnur Baghishov: The spread of coronavirus affects the performance of smaller businesses in Iran, former head of the Azerbaijan-Iran Chamber…
Tehran stocks wrap up week on high note
Financial Tribune – Tehran Stocks closed trading week on Wednesday on a strong note to extend rallies that dominated the market since…
Iran’s Auto Sector: Moment of truth
Financial Tribune – Few auto market experts or analysts can tell you what really is going on in this huge but crisis-plagued…
Iran says coronavirus has not affected oil, gas production
Press TV – Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum says the coronavirus has not affected Iran’s oil and gas production and that the virus containment…
US would lift medical sanctions if its virus help offer were genuine: Rouhani
Press TV – President Hassan Rouhani has rejected as insincere the United States’ offer of help to Iran in the fight against…
Coronavirus has had no effect on Iran’s oil, gas production: official
Reuters – Coronavirus has not had any effect on oil or gas production in Iran, the deputy head of the National Iranian…
Newly obtained documents show Huawei role in shipping prohibited US gear to Iran
Reuters | Steve Stecklowl: China’s Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in…
Currencies gain, gold slightly lower
Financial Tribune – Spike in foreign currency rates gained momentum on Monday after an average 3% climb a day earlier. Each US…
Time to suspend the US sanctions on Iran
Iran Review | Kaveh L. Afrasiabi: It is time for a logical discourse. In response to the alarming impact of the deadly…
Coronavirus puts more pressure on Iran’s already strained economy
Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: The current crisis surrounding the spread of coronavirus in Iran is a complex and multilayered issue with political,…
Supreme Leader agrees to use Article 85 of Constitution for budget of next Iranian year
IRNA – The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday agreed with the request made by the…
Bank transactions face closer scrutiny
Financial Tribune – Central Bank of Iran has required individual customers to provide documents showing the reason for transactions above 2 billion…
Tax revenues in next fiscal budget overestimated
Financial Tribune – A senior official believes that the government has overestimated its next year’s revenues from reducing tax breaks, curbing tax…
Exports from Chabahar port 190-folded in 11 months
MNA – Managing Director of Ports and Maritime Organization of Sistan and Baluchestan, Behrouz Aghaei announced on Saturday that exports from Iran’s…
Iran, Turkey targeting for $30bn annual trade volume exchange: official
MNA – The two countries of Iran and Turkey are targeting for $30 billion worth of bilateral trade volume exchange annually. The…
Iran auto output up 4% in 10 months
Financial Tribune – Iran’s automotive output increased by 4% during the 10 months ending Feb. 19 compared to a year earlier. According…
Coronavirus wipes out Iran’s oil derivative exports
Financial Tribune – Export of petroleum products including mazut, diesel and gasoline has hit a trough over the past few days, spokesman…
Iran: Currency, gold descend after big leaps
Financial Tribune – Foreign exchange rates and gold coin prices fell on Saturday following Central Bank of Iran measures to moderate rates…
Tehran stocks plunge on pandemic fears
Financial Tribune – Tehran stocks took a drubbing Saturday unseen in recent history after the main gauge of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX,…
Did US sanctions on Iran help coronavirus spread undetected?
The National Interest | Matthew Petti: The U.S. Treasury is now allowing some humanitarian trade but it may not be enough—and the…
Officials: Essential goods stocks adequate, no cause for concern
Financial Tribune – Despite reassurances by the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade that Iranian ports have ample stocks of food and…
FATF blacklist raises cost of foreign trade
Financial Tribune – The Financial Action Task Force blacklist means significantly increasing the cost of doing business with the outside world, a…
Europe still needs INSTEX to help solve the Iran crisis
Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj and Sahil Shah: Over the last few months, the mission of INSTEX has grown significantly more…
US grants sanctions waiver to ease humanitarian aid to Iran
Reuters – The United States on Thursday granted a license to allow for certain humanitarian trade transactions with Iran’s sanctioned central bank,…
Currency rates climb in Tehran for 3rd straight day
Financial Tribune – The rial extended a losing streak against major currencies for the third day on Wednesday, pushing the Central Bank…
SCI evaluates latest food inflation rates
Financial Tribune – The Statistical Center of Iran has released a new report, reviewing the price changes in food products during the…
Tehran housing upturn endures
Financial Tribune – The CBI report shows a total of 13,264 homes were sold in Tehran during the 11th Iranian month (Jan.…
Iranian automakers deep in red
Financial Tribune – By highlighting the automakers’ massive debt to local parts suppliers, industry lobbyists are once again calling on state authorities…
US sanctions hamper Iran’s battle to contain coronavirus
Newsweek | Tom O’Connor: Iran is racing to curb the rapid, deadly spread of the new coronavirus, but these efforts are complicated…