Iran
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Iran World's 7th Largest Cement Producer in 2020
EghtesadOnline: Iran was ranked the world’s seventh biggest producer of cement in 2020 by the United States Geological Survey, with an output of 60 million tons.
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MSC Top Iranian Steelmaker
EghtesadOnline: Mobarakeh Steel Company is the largest steel producer of Iran, recording an 8% growth in its semi-finished steel output during the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2021).
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$100m Allocated for Vaccine Import to Iran
EghtesadOnline: The governor of Central Bank of Iran says the bank is prepared to meet the foreign currency needs for importing Covid-19 vaccine.
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Iranians Remain Biggest Foreign Buyer of Turkish Properties
EghtesadOnline: Iranian nationals purchased 1,599 homes in Turkey during the first quarter of 2021.
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Urmia Lake Water Level Is Declining Again: ULRP
EghtesadOnline: The water level in Iran’s largest inland body of water (Lake Urmia) which was showed marked improvement in 2020, is falling, head of the Urmia Lake Restoration Project said.
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Astrakhan Develops Into Hub for Boosting Iran's Trade Ties With Russia
EghtesadOnline: Trade between Iran and the city of Astrakhan in Russia stood at $320 million, registering a 15% growth in 2020.
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Over 1,500 Industrial Units Revived in Iranian Fiscal 2020-21
EghtesadOnline: According to the Ministry of industries, Mining and Trade, a total of 1,557 inactive industrial units, located in industrial towns across the country, resumed their operations…
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Revenues of Iranian TSE-Listed Mining Firms Double to $13.4 Billion
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization has released a new report on the sales of 74 heavyweight Tehran Stock Exchange-listed mining and…
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Iran: 7.5m Tons of Goods Transit Last Year
EghtesadOnline: A total of 7.53 million tons of commodities were transited through Iran during the last fiscal year (March 2020-21), showing a 0.89% decline compared with the year before, according…
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Iran's Industrial PMI Ends Fiscal 2020-21 Above Threshold
EghtesadOnline: The Purchasing Managers’ Index for industries during the 12th month of last fiscal year (Feb. 19-March 20) settled at 57.29 from 58.34 in the preceding month (Jan. 20-Feb. 18),…
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Iran's CB Says Has No Debt to Gov't
EghtesadOnline: The Governor of Central Bank of Iran Abdolnasser Hemmati dismissed claims that the CBI is the "government’s biggest debtor.”
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Iran Not Interested in Protracted Talks
EghtesadOnline: Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran does not intend to engage in long drawn-out negotiations over the faltering 2015 nuclear deal and expects an acceptable level of…
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Iran Buys 60m Covid Jabs From Russia
EghtesadOnline: Iran has finalized an agreement with Moscow for the purchase of 60 million doses of coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, to be delivered from late spring to autumn.
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Iran's CB Refutes IMF Data on Currency Reserves
EghtesadOnline: The governor of Central Bank of Iran rejected the IMF’s estimation of Iran’s currency reserve in its latest report published last week.
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Iranians Spend $5.2m on Video Games
EghtesadOnline: Iranian gamers spent 1.31 trillion rials ($5.24 million) on video games in the fiscal 2020-21, Iran’s Digital Games Research Center reported.
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SCI on Q4 Youth Unemployment
EghtesadOnline: The Statistical Center of Iran provides two figures for the youth unemployment rate: the proportion of the population between 15 and 24 years and those between 18 and 35 years.
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Iran's Strategic Goods Storage Capacity on the Rise
EghtesadOnline: Mazandaran Ports and Maritime Organization recently signed a contract with a private sector company to build a silo with a storage capacity of 30,000 tons of grains in Noshahr…
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Iran Oil Ministry to Invest $80m in Startups
EghtesadOnline: The Oil Ministry will invest $80 million in startups and knowledge-based firms, the oil minister said.
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Iran's Housing PMI Ends Fiscal 2020-21 Lower at 63.9
EghtesadOnline: The Purchasing Managers’ Index for the housing sector in the 12th month of the last Iranian year (Feb. 19-March 20) settled at 63.93 from 64.28 of the preceding month (Jan. 20-Feb.…
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Sales of Iranian Tech Firms Hit $7.6b
EghtesadOnline: Sales of Iranian startups and knowledge-based companies reached 1.8 quadrillion rials ($7.6 billion) in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2020), a senior official with the…
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China Willing to Invest $80 Billion in Iran’s Mining Sector
EghtesadOnline: China is willing to invest a total of $400 billion in Iran’s economic sectors as part of its 25-Year Cooperation Agreement, some $80 billion of which are to be in the mining sector,…
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Iran Steel Exports Reach 8.2 Million Tons
EghtesadOnline: A total of 8.24 million tons of finished and semi-finished steel products were exported from Iran during the first 11 months of last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2021), the Iranian…
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Iran's CB Refutes IMF Data on Currency Reserves
EghtesadOnline: The governor of Central Bank of Iran rejected the IMF’s estimation of Iran’s currency reserve in its latest report published last week.
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Essential Goods Imports Hit $12 Billion in Fiscal 2020-21
EghtesadOnline: Over 23 million tons of essential goods worth $12 billion were imported into Iran during the last Iranian year (March 2020-21), according to the spokesman of the Islamic Republic…
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SCI: Q4 Graduates Unemployment Rate Reaches 14.1%
EghtesadOnline: The unemployment rate for university graduates stood at 14.1% in the fourth quarter of the last Iranian year (Dec. 21, 2020-March 20), posting a 1.5% year-on-year decrease, according…
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Daily Corona Deaths Soar Past 250
EghtesadOnline: Iran registered 258 new deaths caused by Covid-19 on Sunday, its biggest one-day raise since December, as the country grapples with the fourth of Covid-19 pandemic in the aftermath…
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CBI Innovating to Boost Banking Transparency
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran's department for innovative technologies is working on projects aimed at improving transparency of the banking industry.
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Iran, Afghanistan Sign MoU to Build 2nd Cross-Border Bridge
EghtesadOnline: A memorandum of understanding has been signed between Iran and the neighboring Afghanistan for the construction of a second bridge connecting Milak and Zaranj counties in Iran’s…
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Sustainable Water Resources Management Is Fundamental
EghtesadOnline: Lack of sustainable and long-term planning to combat water shortage can lead to serious consequences, the UNICEF representative to Iran said.
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Payment Co. Loses Pole Position
EghtesadOnline: For the first time since the birth of Shaparak Network, Iran's domestic payment network, Beh Pardakht Mellat e-payment company lost its pole position as company with the highest…