The Iranian government has announced a day of public holiday in the capital, Tehran, amid a scor­ching heatwave that has caused water and electricity consumption to rise to new highs.

BORNA - Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said on her X account on Sunday that Teh­ran will be closed on Wednesday, July 23, because of “the continued intense heat” and “the need for controlling water and power consumption”. Wednesday is the last working day of the week in the ca­pi­tal Tehran. The government hopes families would use the extra holiday to travel to cooler regions in Iran, helping ease pressure on the electrical grid and water supply system in Tehran, a city with a po­pu­lation of nearly 10 million people.

Iran’s non-oil trade stood at $ 24.684 billion in the first three month the year 1404 (March 20-March 20), according to the data released by the Isla­mic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), that is 13% less than in the first three month of the year before.  28383

The export volume of non-oil goods (excluding crude oil, fuel oil and kerosene and also without con­sidering exports of luggage trade) in the first three month of the year 1404 valued at $11.655 billi­on, while the im­ports valued at $13.029 billion in the first three months of this year. During the mentioned pe­ri­od, the exports decreased by 14 percent in terms of value and the imports decrease by 12 percent, as compared to the first three month of the year 1403. 

China (3,511 Million US-Dollar), Iraq (1,905 Million US-Dollar), the United Arab Emirates UAE (1,592 Mil­­lion US-Dollar), Turkey (937 Million US-Dollar) and Afghanistan (510 Million US-Dollar) were the top five export desti­na­ti­ons of Iranian non-oil goods in the first three month of the year 1404.

The UAE (3,886 Million US-Dollar), China (3,428 Million US-Dollar), Turkey (1,986 Million US-Dol­lar), India (514 Million US-Dollar) and Germany (454 Million US-Dollar and were the top five sources of im­port.

The transit volume reached 5 million tons, 7% less than in the first three month of the previous year.

Eurostat: EU27-Iran foreign trade in the first five month of the year 2025 generated 1,598 million Euro (-18%). The 27 EU coun­tries ex­por­ted goods worth € 1,262 million Euro (-21%) to Iran and impor­ted goods worth 336 mil­lion Euro (-5%). Ger­­many was the most important EU trade partner of Iran, with a trade volume of 521 mil­lion Euro, followed the Ne­therlands (250 mil­li­on Euro) and Italy (238 million Euro).

The European Union (EU27) export of goods to Iran from January to May of the year 2025 stood at 1,262 mil­­lion Euro, that is 22% less compared to the first five month of the year 2024. Accor­ding to the latest data by Eurostat, the sta­­tis­tical office of the European Uni­on, 34% of the EU exports to Iran came from Germany that de­livered goods worth 429 million Euro, that was 18% less than in the first five month of year 2024. Second (17%) were the Netherlands with exports worth 220 million Euro (+12%) fol­lowed by Italy (179 million Euro, -19%), France  (96 million Euro, -10%) and  Belgium (84 million Euro, -37%).

From January to May 2025 the 27 EU countries imported goods worth 336 million Euro from Iran (-5%). Most of the Ira­nian exports to the European Union (27%) went to Germany, which im­ported goods worth 92 million Euro from Iran (-3%) followed by Italy with (59 million Euro, -31%) and Spain (46 million Euro, +25%). 

Jul O4, IRNA – Following inter-agency coordination and numerous meetings of aviation industry stake­­hol­ders, through the approval of the Civil Aviation Organization Coordination Committee and as a result of detailed security and safety reviews in the current conditions of the country, Mehra­bad and Imam Khomeini airports, along with airports in the north, east, west, and south of the coun­try, have been put back into operation and are ready to provide flight services to our dear com­patriots.

According to the Public Relations Department of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran, as per planned schedule, domestic and international flights will be operated from all airports in the country, except for Isfahan and Tabriz airports, during the day from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. Also, immediately after the infra­structure of Isfahan and Tabriz airports is ready and in the absence of other restrictions, these two air­ports will also join the country's air transport network.