Baku Signs Another Caspian Oil Contract,While Iran Still Waits
Radiofarda - Azerbaijan’s state-run oil and gas company, Socar, signed a new 25-year production sharing contract (PSA) with British Petroleum…
Economy
Can ‘de-dollarization’ break Iran’s economic isolation?
Al-Monitor - While the nuclear deal struck between Iran and six world powers in 2015 lifted international sanctions, it failed…
Iran set for landmark jump of 70% in aluminum output
PayvandNews - Iran's aluminum production is headed for a landmark rise of 70% when a new smelter comes online early…
In Iran’s Tough Job Market University Graduates Face High Unemployment
Radiofarda - More than forty percent of the unemployed in Iran are university graduates, says a representative of the government’s…
Cut Out Of Domestic Market, Paper Producers Shut Down
Radiofarda - Paper production in Iran has come to a complete stop until further notice, the chairman of the Paper…
Appliances And Vehicles Market Hit By Forex Crisis, Blackouts on the Way
Radiofarda - Two weeks after the Rouhani administration introduced its new foreign exchange policy of a single rate for US…
Iranians Hit By ‘Perfect Currency Storm’
RFL/RE - Every day, hundreds head to Tehran's bustling Ferdowsi street to buy foreign currency, only to find that many…
Iran Bans Banks From Using Cryptocurrencies
RFL/RE - Iran has banned the use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by its banks and financial institutions. "The use…
Will Iran’s banking sector collapse?
Al-Monitor - Iranian and international experts have opined for some time that Iran’s banking sector is at risk of a…
Iranians: Surge in Foreign Drug Prices Causing Hardship
VOA - Iranians say prices of foreign pharmaceuticals have surged in recent weeks because of the strengthening U.S. dollar, causing…