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Largest Student Contest Amid Pandemic

EghtesadOnline: Iran began holding its largest university entrance exam on Wednesday morning amid concerns over a recent spike in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations.
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Publish Date:01/July/2021 | 19:18

IRENEX and FEZs to Boost Cooperation

EghtesadOnline: A memorandum of understanding was signed on Tuesday by heads of the Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX) and the High Council of Free Trade and Special Economic Zones to boost cooperation.
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Publish Date:30/June/2021 | 24:32

IME to Launch Gold-Backed Futures

EghtesadOnline: Iran Mercantile Exchange will soon launch futures contracts backed by gold exchange-traded funds, the IME deputy head for market development said.
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Publish Date:30/June/2021 | 24:28

Another Covid-19 Peak Looming

EghtesadOnline: Iran braces for a fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic as cases and hospitalizations soar and health authorities urge vigilance to curb transmission rates.
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Publish Date:30/June/2021 | 11:46

Q1 Tax Revenues Up 70% to $2.3b

EghtesadOnline: The Iran ian National Tax Administration earned 590 trillion rials ($2.37 billion) in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), registering a 70% growth compared with the same period of last year.
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Publish Date:30/June/2021 | 11:45

Oil Drifts Near 2018 Highs

EghtesadOnline: Oil prices hit and then recoiled from highs last seen in October 2018 on Monday, as investors eyed the outcome of this week's OPEC+ as the United States and Iran wrangle over the revival of a nuclear deal, delaying a surge in Iran ian oil exports.
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Publish Date:29/June/2021 | 11:53

Drought Ruins Nomadic Livelihood

EghtesadOnline: Drought is estimated to have inflicted losses worth $258.33 million on 34 million hectares of Iran ’s nomadic pastures in the fiscal 2021-22, according to the Nomads Affairs Organization of Iran .
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Publish Date:29/June/2021 | 11:49

IRICA: 523% Increase in Drug Confiscations

EghtesadOnline: Drug seizures by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration over the first quarter of the current year (March 21-June 21) increased by 523% compared with the same period of last year.
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Publish Date:28/June/2021 | 10:57

Iran Could Become Covid Vaccine Exporter

EghtesadOnline: During an event celebrating the launch of clinical trials for a sixth local Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Sunday said Iran could begin exporting Covid-19 vaccines in a few months after enough of its population is immunized against the viral infection.
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Publish Date:28/June/2021 | 10:46

Iran -US Trade Grows in April

EghtesadOnline: Iran ’s commercial transactions with the US amounted to $12.4 million during the first four months of 2021 to register a 28% decline compared with the corresponding period of 2020.
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Publish Date:28/June/2021 | 10:45

Iran Produces Russia’s Sputnik V Covid Vaccine

EghtesadOnline: Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Saturday attended the unveiling of locally-produced Sputnik V vaccines originally developed by Russia, Iran ’s latest attempt at ramping up vaccine rollout.
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Publish Date:28/June/2021 | 10:44

January-May Trade With China Declines 14% to $5.4 Billion

EghtesadOnline: Iran ’s commercial exchanges with its leading trading partner, China, stood at $5.49 billion in the first five months of 2021, to register a 14% decline compared with the corresponding period of 2020, the lowest in the past five years.
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Publish Date:28/June/2021 | 10:41

Auto Parts Localization Curbs Capital Flight Worth €13m

EghtesadOnline: Iran ’s major automaker Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has slashed capital flight worth €13 million through the indigenization of auto parts production since the beginning of the current Iran ian year (March 2021).
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Publish Date:27/June/2021 | 24:54

Ten Banks Operate 78% of ATMs

EghtesadOnline: Ten big banks operated more than 47,000 automated teller machines (ATMs) in Iran by April 21, accounting for 78% of the total.
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Publish Date:27/June/2021 | 24:51

Iran Produces Russia’s Sputnik V Covid Vaccine

EghtesadOnline: Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Saturday attended the unveiling of locally-produced Sputnik V vaccines originally developed by Russia, Iran ’s latest attempt at ramping up vaccine rollout.
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Publish Date:27/June/2021 | 24:50

Growth in Apparent Steel Usage

EghtesadOnline: Iran 's apparent steel usage, defined as production plus imports minus exports, sometimes also adjusted for changes in inventories, increased during the first two months of the current Iran ian year (started March 21) compared with last year's corresponding period.
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Publish Date:27/June/2021 | 24:48

January-May Trade With China Declines 14% to $5.4 Billion

EghtesadOnline: Iran ’s commercial exchanges with its leading trading partner, China, stood at $5.49 billion in the first five months of 2021, to register a 14% decline compared with the corresponding period of 2020, the lowest in the past five years.
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Publish Date:27/June/2021 | 24:46

Bonds Fail to Provide Refuge

EghtesadOnline: The weekly government bond auctions held by the Central Bank of Iran again failed to attract buyers this week.
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Publish Date:27/June/2021 | 06:53

Gov’t Increases Green Tea Purchase From Local Farmers

EghtesadOnline: A total of 62,325 tons of green tea leaves have been purchased by the government from local farmers so far this year, showing a 10% rise compared with the similar period of last year, the head of Iran Tea Organization said on Wednesday.
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Publish Date:27/June/2021 | 06:22