Rouhani’s rivals are making pledges Iran cannot afford
Al-monitor - Iran is in the midst of an intense election campaign with six presidential candidates pledging how they would address the…
Economy
China, Iran’s biggest exporter after sanctions lifted
PayvandNews - Official figures show Iran's imports from China saw a major rise over the past four years in what…
Foreign tourist spent $32B in Iran in last four years
PayvandNews - Foreign tourists have spent some $32 billion in Iran over the past four years, said an official with…
Khamenei Says Iran Should Not Look To West For Economic Growth
RFL/RE - Iran's supreme leader has called on presidential candidates to focus on making the economy grow without help from…
Germany’s Volkswagen picks local partner in bid to cement foothold in Iran
PayvandNews - Germany's Volkswagen says it has picked a local Iranian auto company to represent it in one of the…
Iran-EU trade up 171% in January
PayvandNews - The European Union's trade with Iran amounted to 1.55 billion Euros in January 2017, a 171 percent rise…
Why Iran won’t ditch the dollar soon
Al-monitor — The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has for some time been working on a plan to stop using…
Iran moves into flourishing ecotourism market
PayvandNews - The ecotourism market in Iran has witnessed a growth over the past couple of years, drawing more domestic…
Iran’s President Rouhani inaugurates mega gas projects in Persian Gulf
PavyvandNews - Iran has officially inaugurated several mega projects in its natural gas hub of South Pars - projects that…
Iran’s Rowhani defends economic record ahead of election
Al-Arabia - Iran’s President Hassan Rowhani defended his economic record in a press conference on Monday but stopped short of…