Valiollah Afkhami-Rad, head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran, is due to visit Budapest September 14-18 at the head of a commercial delegation. The Iranian mission comprises of representatives from the public and private sectors in a wide range of fields, namely industries, nanotechnology, oil and petrochemicals, foodstuff, pharmaceuticals,...

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) Irans deputy industry minister has announced that the country is seeking to establish major exporting companies. Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Valiollah Afkhami Rad said thereexists no doubt that competitiveness depends on the presence of large-scale export businesses inside the country; to this end, existing ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 29 (MNA) Irans deputy industry minister said the country requires eight billion dollars of investment in order to reach the goal of 8 percent economic growth. Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Valiollah Afkhami Rad said given that numerous investors have visited the country to evaluate Irans investment conditions, a need ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) Valiollah Afkhami Rad said the countrys commercial attach has been stationed in the Russian capital to help boost economic relations between the two countries. Speaking at a meeting with a number of Iranian economic activists and businessmen, Afkhami Rad said the commercial ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) Deputy industry minister, at a meeting with Ukraines ambassador to Iran, called for expansion of trade exchanges between Tehran and Kiev. Valiollah Afkhamirad, who heads Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO), voiced readiness to hold the fourth session of the committee for commercial, industrial and mining cooperation ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A Senior Greek official voiced his countrys willingness to promote economic ties with Iran, saying that Athens is ready to turn into a regional hub for Iranian exports to Europe. Speaking in a Monday meeting with Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) Valiollah Afkhami Rad, the CEO of Greeces Trade Development and ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Valiollah Afkhami Rad said banking problems are still hampering the progress of economic relations between the Islamic Republic and its biggest trade partner, China. Correspondent banking relations should be established to develop trade between the two countries, Afkhami Rad said ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran and Beijing signed over half a dozen cooperation document in different fields on Tuesday. A sum of seven memoranda of understanding (MoUs) were signed between Iranian Deputy Minister of Industries, Mines and Commerce Valiollah Afkhamirad and visiting trade delegation from China's Zhejiang province in Tehran on Tuesday. Iran ...

Iran says it has reached a basic agreement with France to re-establish mutual banking ties as soon as the sanctions against Tehran are removed. Irans Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and TradeValiollah Afkhami-Rad hasbeen quoted by the domestic media as saying that sanctions are the only obstacle on the way of the implementation of the agreement ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- A delegation comprising of 400 Italian companies would visit Iran next week, said Head of Iranian Trade Development Waliollah Afkhami-Raad. He said that a couple of trade teams are being dispatched to Iran every week. An Italian team comprising of 400 companies will be staying in Tehran for two days for economic and trade talks,...

Tehran, Oct 31, IRNA An official with the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Trade Valliollah Afkhami Rad said banking sanctions still act as a hindrance to development of global trade. He said the current Iranian government is focusing on expanding non-oil exports through different methods like setting up of 30 commercial attach offices worldwide....

Tehran, Sept 20, IRNA -- A high-ranking delegation from Japanese private sector comprising chiefs of the country's private companies will visit Iran earlier in October, said head of Iran Trade Development Organization Valiollah Afkhami-Rad. According to the organization's website, Afkhami-Rad will discuss development of commercial and economic ties ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) Iran is ready to provide Afghanistan with access to facilities available in Chabahar Free Zone, said Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade. Afkhami Rad made these remarks during a meeting in Kabul with Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industries Homayoun Rassa on the sidelines of the sixth Regional Economic Cooperation ...

TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) Explaining the details of the governments strategy to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), director of Irans Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) said that by the order of the minister of industry a legal team will revise the Trade Regime of Iran. Valiollah Afkhami Rad announced the formation of a legal-economic team to ...

Iran is interested in the Japanese technology for establishing high-speed rail in order to expand its intercity transportation, a senior official says. A small amount of intercity transportation in Iran is carried out by rail and the government intends to significantly expand it, Deputy Transportation Minister Valiollah Afkhami-Rad said on Saturday....

TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) Iranian Deputy Industry, Mine and Trade Minister Valiollah Afkhami Rad welcomed granting a credit line to Venezuela. Welcoming the proposal by Venezuelan Ambassador to Tehran Amenhotep Zambrano, Afkhami Rad said Iran is ready to fund joint investments with Venezuela in launching industrial units, especially in the field of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran Valiollah Afkhami Rad invited Japanese banks, insurance companies and other businesses to actively work in the Islamic Republic. (Irans) free trade zones are appropriate for the establishment of (branches of) Japanese banks and insurance companies, Afkhami Rad said in a meeting with ...

TEHRAN August 10 (Shana)--Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) says Iranian enterprises are willing to form joint ventures with Japanese businesses in economic areas such as oil, gas, petrochemical, mining, and car making sectors. During a Sunday meeting with Executive Vice President of Japan External Trade Organization Tsuneyuki KATO ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Irans exports and domestic productions would rise at least by 20 following removal of sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program, said Head of Irans Trade Development Organization Valiollah Afkhami-Rad. The short-term effect of easing sanctions will be rise of exports and domestic productions at least by 20 percent, he said....

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian trade official voiced Tehran's readiness to increase trade exchanges with Moscow. "The Iranian industry and trade ministry is ready to increase the volume of Iran's exports to Russia," Head of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Valiollah Afkhamirad said in a meeting with Russian Deputy Trade and Industry Minister ...