Iran has banned the import of Chevrolet cars, a week after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized imports of U.S. autos and asked the government to support domestic production. The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted an unnamed official in the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade as saying on Tuesday that an order of 200 Chevrolet cars,...

Iran said on Sunday that it has issued the authorization for imports of automobiles produced by the American carmaker giant Chevrolet. The announcement has been made by the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran which says two of the companys models - Chevrolet Trax and Chevrolet Aveo have received the required licenses to be imported into Iran. ...