Stock market generates $9.9 billion in 9 months
Financial Tribune – Iran’s stock market made funds available for businesses to the tune of 1,290 trillion rials ($9.9 billion) in the…
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Iran proposes defense cooperation with Indonesia
Jakarta Globe – The Iranian Ambassador to Indonesia has said that Iran would gladly work with Indonesia in a defense partnership if the…
Iran’s economy incurs heavy losses from natural disasters
Financial Tribune – Floods have inflicted losses worth nearly 90 trillion rials [$690 million] on Iran’s economy in the fiscal 2019-20. The…
SCCR approves ‘World Sacrifice Prize’ under name of Martyr Gen. Soleimani
MNA – Members of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution (SCCR) approved that the “World Sacrifice Prize”, as proposed by the Martyr…
Cost of Fajr festival opening ceremony to be given to flood-stricken areas
IRNA – A provincial official of Ministry of culture and Islamic Guidance in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, said on Wednesday that the cost of…
Iraq to ‘Stop’ Iran gas transfers if US waiver ends: Bank
AFP – The bank through which Iraq pays for Iranian gas imports to power its grids said Tuesday it would stop processing…
Inflation rate slides 1.4%: SCI
Tehran Times – The Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) announced that the inflation rate in the twelve-month period ended on January 20,…
Branko Ivanković says Iran has no security concerns
IRNA – Former Coach of Iran’s Persepolis Club Branko Ivanković said on Wednesday that during his four-year life in Iran, he saw…
Ratification of FATF-related bills no more on agenda
MNA – Today, Iran Expediency Council passed the set deadline for it to announce its verdict on the ratification of FATF-related bills…
Black box of downed Ukrainian plane must remain in Iran: road min.
MNA – Iranian Road Minister Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday that “the black box of the downed Ukrainian plane, as one of…
Iran to launch homegrown satellite in weeks
Tasnim – A new Iranian satellite is going to be sent into the orbit at an altitude of above 500 km within…
JCPOA parties already warned of Iran’s plan for possible NPT exit: Spokesman
Tasnim – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said the remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal had already been given…
Iran will never seek nuclear arms, with or without nuclear deal – Rouhani
Reuters – Iran will never seek nuclear weapons, with or without nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, calling on…
Iran English language newspaper headlines on Wednesday, 22-1-2020
Iran Daily Rouhani: US sanctions on free nations amount to crime against humanity President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday described “the illegal…
Iran slams silence over US’ assassination of Iranian top commander
MNA – Iran’s ambassador to the UN office in Geneva has condemned the international silence over the US’ assassination of Iranian top…
AEOI Chief deplores E3 statement about Dispute Resolution Mechanism
IRNA – Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi said that statement released by Germany, France and the UK…
Iran, Turkey traders meet to step up ties amid US sanctions
Press TV – Representatives of about 80 Iranian companies were meeting their counterparts at a conference in Istanbul on Wednesday as part of…
US deports Iranian student despite ACLU efforts to block his removal
Reuters – U.S. immigration officials on Monday deported an Iranian student headed to a Boston university despite efforts by the American Civil…
Iran slams South Korea for misnaming, militarizing Persian Gulf
Press TV – Tehran has censured South Korea for misnaming the Persian Gulf and sending a military mission to the waters south…
Provincial Basij cmdr assassinated in southwest Iran
IRNA – Basij (volunteer forces) commander of Darkhovin, a city in southwestern Khuzestan Province was assassinated early on Wednesday. Abdolhosein Mojaddami was…
Iranian VP, Turkish officials discuss closer scientific cooperation
Tasnim – Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari, who is on an official visit to neighboring Turkey, held talks…
AFC moves Champions League matches out of Iran
Reuters – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has shifted two preliminary matches in its elite club competition from Iran to neutral venues…
Canada repatriates 1st victim from plane downed in Iran
Anadolu Agency – The first remains of a Canadian who died when Iran shot down a passenger plane earlier this month arrived…
Venezuelan FM condemns US “Treacherous” assassination of General Soleimani
FNA – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat deplored US assassination of former IRGC Quds Force Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani…
Iran’s Zarif urges EU to ‘Exert Sovereignty’ in face of Trump threats
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged Europe to exercise sovereignty in the face of US President Donald Trump’s excessive…
GE granted license to help investigate Ukrainian plane downed by Iran
Reuters – General Electric Co has received a license from the U.S. Treasury Department to help in the investigation of a Ukrainian…
US military says additional service members treated for injuries from Iranian strikes
CNN – US Central Command announced Tuesday that additional US troops who were serving at a base in Iraq that was struck…
Iran, Croatia discuss expansion of coop.
MNA – In a meeting with Croatian ambassador Drago Štambuk on Monday, Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi emphasized on expanding cooperation between Iran…
Payout ratio of insurers declines
Financial Tribune – Domestic insurance companies’ total payout in the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March-December 2019) amounted to…
Two rail projects to be inaugurated in coming year
MNA – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for Construction and Development of Railways, Ports and Airports Abbas Khatibi said…
Iran’s DoE says unable to combat air pollution in the short-term
Financial Tribune – Successive governments have done nothing to improve the quality of the air, especially in mega cities, and expecting the…
Iran exported $1.4 bn worth of plastic products till March: Official
Press TV – Iran exported nearly $1.4 billion worth of plastic products in the year ending in March 2019, according to the…
China investments in Iran near $27b
Financial Tribune – Of the total Chinese investment, 1.53 billion were made in chemical industries, $11.1 billion in energy, $4.96 billion in…
Veteran bankers defy Iran’s new banking bill
Financial Tribune – The Majlis ratified the outlines of banking rules under the “Comprehensive Islamic Banking Bill” in December. It includes three…
Iran to electrify 10 million motorbikes, scooters: Deputy energy minister
Press TV – Iran is electrifying around 10 million motorbikes and scooters as a first step in its nation-wide efforts to fight…
S. Korea to send vessel, 300 troops to Strait of Hormuz after US pressure
RT – South Korea will send a naval destroyer and 300 troops to the Strait of Hormuz, the Defense Ministry in Seoul…
12th Tehran Auction sells artworks worth $2.4m
Financial Tribune – The 12th Tehran Auction of Iranian artworks on Friday earned 317.17 billion rials ($2.42 million). The auction at Tehran’s…
Head of Iran-France Parliamentary Friendship Group defends JCPOA
MNA – Head of Iran-France Parliamentary Friendship Group supported the nuclear deal, saying, “Iran can rely on delegates of La République En…
Section-1 of Tehran-Shomal freeway to be inaugurated in Feb.: Nobakht
MNA – Head of Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad Bagher Nobakht announced on Tuesday that Section-1 of Tehran-North (Shomal) Freeway is…
President Rouhani receives Iran’s new envoys
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with thirteen new Iranian ambassadors to foreign countries stressed developing economic cooperation with…