TEHRAN, April 25 - The European Union's executive branch wants the bloc's public and private sectors to invest at least $24 billion in artificial intelligence through 2020 in an attempt to remain globally competitive.
TEHRAN, March 25 - Afghanistan says Iran has asked to extract iron ore from a mine in Herat but the two neighbors have yet to reach an agreement on where to process it.
TEHRAN, February 18 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson denounced a US adviser’s call for boycotting trade with Iran as a breach of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and as part of Washington’s “futile policy” of fomenting Iranophobia.
TEHRAN, February 16 - To deal with the absence of proper banking and payment channels in Iran, India has allowed the investors to invest money there in Indian currency.
TEHRAN, February 9 - Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Shariat-Madari said the country is still in talks with Groupe Renault, a French multinational automobile manufacturer, for investment in the central city of Saveh.
TEHRAN, January 31 - Direct investment s made by Chinese companies in Iran increased 20 percent during the period from March 2014 to late January 2018, Head of Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran Mohammad Khazaie announced.
TEHRAN, January 30 - Chinese companies have had over $2 billion investment in Iran over last 4 years, said Head of Iranian Investment Organization Mohammad Khazaie.
TEHRAN, December 14 - Iranian Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mohammad Shariat-Madari called for raising economic exchanges between Iran and China by $60 billion.
TEHRAN, December 3 - Indications are growing that China is already cementing its foothold in the Iranian economy through a heavy campaign of investment s in the country’s infrastructure projects.
TEHRAN, November 8 - Chairman of the Board of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) Mehdi Karbasian said the organization is going to ink agreements with Asian and European banks for investment in mining.
TEHRAN, November 6 - Iran is going to host a conference on introducing investment opportunities in its economy which is going to be attended by representatives of 100 foreign companies and investors, said President of World Federation of Free & Special Economic Zones (FEMOZA) Joan Torrents.
TEHRAN, November 5 -Saudi Arabian investment firm Kingdom Holding 4280.SE reported it swung to a third-quarter profit on Sunday, hours after its billionaire chairman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was detained as part of a corruption crackdown.
TEHRAN, November 1 - Director of Iran’s Parsian Special Economic Energy Zone Hassan Shahrokhi said Dutch Royal Shell is in talks with Iran to invest in the zone.
TEHRAN, October 20 - Spain, China, Germany, Iraq and Ireland have had the largest amount of investment in Iranian industry, mine and trade sector since last 4 years, and especially after Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with P5+1.
TEHRAN, October 17 - Iranian Government Spokesman Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said that the country’s economic growth has reached 7 percent in the first 6 months of Iranian calendar year (started on March 20, 2017), regardless of oil revenues.
TEHRAN, October 11 - An Italian asset manager has become the first foreign investment group to buy a stake in an Iranian financial company, amid threats by US President Donald Trump to withdraw the 2015 international nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1.