• Airbus team in Tehran to finalize deal

    Airbus team in Tehran to finalize deal

    Dec 12, 2016 13:47

    Iran says a delegation from France’s aviation giant Airbus is in the country’s capital Tehran for talks aimed at finalizing a deal to sell around 100 planes to the Islamic Republic.

  • President Rouhani’s admin. backs deal with Hyundai

    President Rouhani’s admin. backs deal with Hyundai

    Dec 12, 2016 13:22

    The administration of President Hassan Rouhani has come out in support of a landmark agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries for construction of 10 mega-size containers and tankers following criticisms at home that the agreement should have been awarded to local builders.

  • Iran Air, Boeing finalize plane purchase deal

    Iran Air, Boeing finalize plane purchase deal

    Dec 11, 2016 08:36

    Iran’s flag carrier 'Iran Air' says it has signed a much-awaited agreement with US aviation giant Boeing to purchase 80 planes.

  • Iran to switch currency from rial to toman

    Iran to switch currency from rial to toman

    Dec 08, 2016 08:49

    Iran is gearing to switch its national currency back to the toman – a move that would end the rein of the rial after around 90 years and also could boost the value of the country’s national currency against the US dollar.

  • Intl. firms discuss Iran renewables expansion

    Intl. firms discuss Iran renewables expansion

    Dec 07, 2016 12:18

    Iran is holding a key conference to bring the world's renewable energy companies and financiers to the country to meet with local partners.

  • China FM warns against obstruction of Iran nuclear deal

    China FM warns against obstruction of Iran nuclear deal

    Dec 05, 2016 09:24

    China has warned that no party to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world countries should allow its domestic upheavals to adversely affect its commitment to the accord.

  • Iran plans to export medicine to Middle-East's big market

    Iran plans to export medicine to Middle-East's big market

    Dec 04, 2016 14:14

    Iranian Health Minister Seyyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi underscored his country's huge progress in producing different drugs and medical equipment and its preparedness to export medicine to the Middle-East's lucrative market.

  • Iran signs petchem funding deal with Japan

    Iran signs petchem funding deal with Japan

    Dec 04, 2016 11:48

    Iran says an agreement has been signed with Japan’s Itochu to fund one of its key petrochemical projects – the second such agreement signed with Japanese companies over the past few months.

  • Sanctions snapback impossible: Minister of Economy

    Sanctions snapback impossible: Minister of Economy

    Dec 03, 2016 12:19

    Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia says the US-led sanctions, lifted under Iran’s nuclear deal six world powers, could not be reimposed on the country.

  • Iran, Romania sign $700 million energy deal

    Iran, Romania sign $700 million energy deal

    Nov 30, 2016 11:02

    Iran and Romania have signed an initial agreement to build a 1,000-megawatt power station near the Iraqi border, IRNA says.