The Customs Administration of Iran announced the latest statistics on the amount of basic goods in the ports and customs of the country and measures taken to facilitate the import of basic goods, such as sugar.

Exports of Iranian cement to Afghanistan increased after the resumption of U.S. sanctions against Iran, Afghan media reported.

Turkey and Iran will cooperate in the field of healthcare, Trend reports citing Turkish "Resmi Gazete" newspaper.

Two controversial bills related to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), namely the convention against the funding of terrorism (CFT) and the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (known as Palermo bill in Iran), have already been approved by the lawmakers in the Iranian Parliament and need to gain the approval of the Expediency Council after they were rejected by the Guardian Council.

A groundbreaking ceremony for a joint Azerbaijan-Iran bus and truck production plant has been held in the Hajigabul Industrial Park, Trend reports.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh has announced the possibility of signing a contract with a Chinese company to develop the 11th phase of the South Pars gas field.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Youth Friendship Week solemnly opened at the Embassy of Iran in Azerbaijan on April 17.

Iran and Turkey have agreed to establish a mechanism similar to the INSTEX financial mechanism, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters before leaving Ankara, Trend reports referring to Tasnim News Agency.

Preventing the increase of liquidity and increasing production in Iran can lead to a decline in inflation, Shahriyar Zarvaki, Iranian economist and member of the scientific staff of the University of Mazandaran, told ISNA, Trend reports.

The next meeting of the High-Level Working Group on the Caspian Sea (HLWG) will be held in July 2019 in Iran, Trend reports referring to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.