Iranian engineers have developed domestically designed engine-control units, advancing automotive electronics capabilities while reducing reliance on imported technology and supporting more efficient, cleaner vehicle production.

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.

Tabriz is transforming its centuries-old trading tradition into a diversified modern economy, combining carpets, leather and footwear with manufacturing, food production and exports to markets across the Caucasus and beyond.

In 1979, Iran produced about 32,000 tons of aquatic products, most of it caught from natural waters rather than deliberately produced through controlled farming systems.