Iran exported over $3 billion worth of minerals during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 20-October 21), according to figures released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA).

Iran’s National Development Fund (NDF) allocated over $238 million for the stabilization of the country’s stock exchange market, said the chairman of the board of the Capital Market Stabilization Fund on Sunday.

People in the United Arab Emirates kept their taste for Iranian fruits even after the market there was flooded with cheap Israeli produce, said a businessman watching over trade between Iran and the UAE.

Iran is ready to cooperate with Turkmenistan on expanding economic, industrial, and engineering ties, said Iranian ambassador to Ashgabat Gholam-Abbas Arbab-Khales said on Sunday.

Iranian steelmakers exported 4.3 million tons of steel products worth about $1.6 billion during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 20-October 21), of which 76.8 percent pertained to billet and bloom.

Iran denounced the normalization of ties between certain member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Israel as “a betrayal of Muslims” and a violation of the 57-nation body’s principles.

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By William Keegan

A mysterious metal monolith found in the remote desert of the western United States, sparking a national guessing game over how it got there, has apparently disappeared, officials said on Saturday.

Two hurricanes, three cold fronts and a tropical storm — all within 27 days — damaged between 20 and 25 buildings in Yucatán’s archeological zones, Mexico, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said.