Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called for a more active role by the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in promoting regional peace, stability, connectivity and sustainable development, as Iran prepares to host the group’s next summit in Tehran.

Iran says its airlines are maintaining international services despite new US sanctions.

Iran slams US officials for shifting responsibility for rising fuel prices onto Tehran.

Iran’s tourism economy is taking an unusual shape, with private investment and domestic demand driving growth even as war, sanctions and limited connectivity constrain international tourism.

The New Delhi BRICS summit highlighted the bloc’s evolving role as a transitional alliance, expanding alternatives in payments, financing, security and diplomacy without fully rejecting existing structures, says an analyst.

The city of Tabriz in East Azarbaijan province is evolving from a historic Silk Road trading hub into a diversified industrial powerhouse, leveraging strategic geography, private enterprise, infrastructure, trade, tourism, and investment to become Iran’s economic capital.

Iran is looking beyond oil, seeking to turn its underdeveloped rare-earth and critical-mineral resources into a new economic asset through deeper mining, technology and industrial cooperation within the SCO.