As Iran’s economy grapples with sanctions, chronic inflation and persistent exchange-rate volatility, some policymakers ...

Despite ongoing geopolitical tensions and the strains of regional conflict, Iran’s petrochemical industry has demonstrated ...

The arrival of imported premium gasoline in Iran cannot be viewed merely as a technical or short-term solution to fuel supply constraints. Instead, it reflects a deeper structural divide within Iran’s ...

As Iran enters deliberations over the draft budget for the Iranian year 1405 (March 2026–March 2027), the long-running debate over preferential foreign exchange has reached a critical juncture. What ...

Iran’s Seventh Development Plan is already falling short of its ambitious industrial and mining growth targets, raising fresh doubts about the credibility of medium-term economic planning and the ...

Iran’s recurring currency upheavals are often explained away as reactions to political news, temporary shocks or speculative behavior. Such narratives, however, obscure a more fundamental reality: the ...

Iran’s foreign trade contracted in value during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March–December), despite an increase in traded volumes, according to the latest data released by the ...

Iranian lawmakers approved the general outlines of the budget bill for the upcoming fiscal year (starting March 21), with 171 votes in favor, 69 against, and 6 abstentions out of 246 members present.

In recent years, cafés in Iran have transformed from simple coffee shops into vibrant social hubs and microeconomic centers, particularly in major cities like Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Mashhad.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the “interventionist” remarks made by US President Donald Trump regarding Iran’s internal affairs, stressing that the Tehran's response to any aggression ...

The global oil market opened 2026 with a paradox that would have seemed unthinkable a decade ago. Despite a dramatic escalation in geopolitical risk—marked by the US military strike on Venezuela, the ...