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42.5% Voter Turnout

EghtesadOnline :Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli announced a 42.5% turnout in the Friday parliamentary vote.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 06:42

JCPOA Commission to Convene Regular Meeting

EghtesadOnline: The 2015 nuclear deal’s Joint Commission is set to hold a meeting at the level of political directors in the Austrian capital Vienna on Wednesday for regular talks.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 06:41

Coronavirus Death Toll Reaches 15

EghtesadOnline: Health officials announced that the novel coronavirus has infected 95 people and three more have died, bringing the death toll to 15 as of Feb. 25, the highest number of deaths outside China.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 06:39

Need for Continuing Efforts to Pass FATF Laws

EghtesadOnline: The government needs to continue efforts to pass the laws related to the standards of the Financial Action Task Force after the global watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist, an expert said.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 06:31

Bourse Starts Short-Selling of Shares

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s stock market launched the short-selling of shares as a new a financial instrument on Sunday. The mechanism is touted to function as a tool for hedging market risks and helping investors gain when the market is down.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 06:26

Tehran Stocks Plunge on Pandemic Fears

EghtesadOnline: Tehran stocks took a drubbing Saturday unseen in recent history after the main gauge of Tehran Stock Exchange, TEDPIX, shed more than 18,000 points.
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Publish Date: 01/March/2020 | 10:57

ETFs Report Robust Growth

EghtesadOnline: The value of exchange-traded funds rose more than six times over one year since the end of tenth calendar month last year (Jan. 20, 2019) up until the same month in 2020.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 06:16

Payam Airport Suspends Cargo Flights

EghtesadOnline: Payam International Airport, located in the city of Karaj, 35 km from Tehran, has temporarily suspended international cargo flight services to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, says Payam Special Economic Zone’s Managing Director Sanagou-Motlaq.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 06:05

Swiss Trade Channel for Iran Fully Operational

EghtesadOnline: The United States and Switzerland formally launched a humanitarian trade channel on Thursday that will allow companies to trade food, medicine and other critical supplies with Iran.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 05:53

China Sends Aid to Iran as Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 34

EghtesadOnline: Iran's death toll due to the new coronavirus rose to 34, as Beijing sent its first batch of humanitarian assistance to Tehran and encouraged the country to stay strong.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 05:48

FATF Blacklist Raises Cost of Foreign Trade

EghtesadOnline: The Financial Action Task Force blacklist means significantly increasing the cost of doing business with the outside world, a senior member of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 05:42

Leader Thanks Medical Community for Battling COVID-19

EghtesadOnline: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei praised Iranian health officials and personnel for their efforts to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic in the country.
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Publish Date: 29/February/2020 | 05:39

IRISL Struggling to Comply With IMO’s Low-Sulphur Regulations

EghtesadOnline: Iran's shipping fleet requires at least 40,000 tons of low-sulphur fuels per month to comply with the International Maritime Organization’s new regulations demanding a 0.5% global sulphur cap for marine fuels, managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) said.
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Publish Date: 19/February/2020 | 11:12

New Drilling Rig for NIDC

EghtesadOnline: Equipped with advanced equipment, the National Iranian Drilling Company is able and willing to expand the scale and scope of its activity in offshore and onshore oilfields.
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Publish Date: 19/February/2020 | 11:08

Larijani Briefs Reporters on Visits to Syria, Lebanon

EghtesadOnline: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani filled reporters in on his trips to Lebanon and Syria upon his arrival in Tehran early Tuesday, characterizing his meetings with top officials from the two Arab countries as “positive”.
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Publish Date: 19/February/2020 | 11:06

30% Rise in Value of Domestic Medicines

EghtesadOnline: The value of domestically-made pharmaceuticals has increased 30% in the current Iranian year (started March 2019) and about €600 million less were spent on the import of medicines, says Health Minister Saeed Namaki.
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Publish Date: 19/February/2020 | 11:03

Labor Force Participation Rate at 44.3% in Q3

EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran has put labor force participation rate in the third quarter of the current Iranian year (Sept. 23-Dec. 21, 2019) at 44.3% or 27.33 million people, registering a 0.2% decrease year-on-year.
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Publish Date: 19/February/2020 | 10:56