TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Minister of Oil Bijan Namdar Zanganeh discussed with Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan on export of gas to Armenia and receiving electricity from the country. During the meeting in Tehran on Sunday, Zanganeh described the energy sector as the most important part of Iran-Armenia talk, adding […]

Some 50,000 liters of smuggled fuel have been seized in Saravan, said the police chief of Saravan city in Sistan and Balouchestan, southeast province of Iran.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Jafar Sargheyni said on Sunday that sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran increased Iran’s steel exports volume in the international arena. He pointed to the US failure in imposition of sanctions on Iran’s mineral industries and steel sector in the current year […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz underlined US sanctions have not yet had negative impact on infrastructure projects, and we are planning for faster improvement of Iran-Austria ties. Speaking to ILNA news agency correspondent, Scholz stressed Vienna will continue its trade ties with Tehran despite of the US sanctions, adding that […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – In efforts to prop up domestic producers and increase employment opportunities, President Hassan Rouhani, Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani and Judiciary Chief Hojjatoleslam Ebrahim Raeisi decided on Saturday to ban the import of commodities which can be produced inside the country. The heads of three branches of government made the decision to […]

South African Ambassador to Iran, Vika Mazwi Khumalo, said that his country is ready to boost tourism cooperation with Kerman province.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Road Minister Mohammad Eslami said on Saturday that Baku-Astara highway in Azerbaijan is going to get linked to Rasht-Ardabil highway in Iran. “Azerbaijan has contrasted a highway that links Baku to Astara,” he said, “The road which has shortened the distance between the two cities from five hours to 2.5 […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the country’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur is doing its best to solve banking issues in Malaysia considered for Iranian nationals by some financial institutions.  Abbas Mousavi made the remarks on Thursday in reaction to reports denoting that banks in Malaysia were closing the accounts […]

Iran connected its national grid to Iraq on Friday in a bid to help the Arab country reduce its power outages.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi called on the Malaysian government to cooperate to resolve the problems of Iranian individuals residing in the Southeast Asian country whose bank accounts are being closed due to the US sanctions. Asked about the reports of banking restrictions imposed on Iranians in Malaysia, Mousavi told […]