The United Nations announced Wednesday it will take decades and substantial international aid to rebuild the socioeconomic conditions in the war-torn Gaza Strip to pre-conflict levels.

A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows a 17.3-percent surge in foreign investment in Iran in 2012,Press TVreports. According to the report, foreign investment in Iran went beyond USD 4.8 billion in 2012, despite the global decrease in foreign investment over the same year. UNCTADs annual report for ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The foreign direct investment (FDI) in Iran recorded a 17-percent increase in 2012 as compared to the year before that, a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) disclosed. According to the UNCTAD's report titled "World Investment Report", Iran attracted a total of $5 billion of foreign direct investment ...