Japan reportedly to put full stop to oil imports from Iran
Japanese oil companies are preparing for a complete cessation of oil imports from Iran, Russian TASS quoted a Japanese newspaper as saying. According to the Nikkei newspaper on Thursday, oil supplies from Iran should be completely stopped by October. Alternative suppliers include Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Japanese suppliers of Iranian oil – […]
EIB calls into question EU plan to save JCPOA
President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has cast doubt on EU plan to salvage Iran nuclear deal by saying that the bank would put its global operations at risk by investing in Iran. Reuters reported today that EIB President Werner Hoyer has said that while he supported EU efforts to keep alive the 2015 deal […]
EU has set up $80b fund for SMEs doing business with Iran: report
TEHRAN – Mohammad-Hossein Adeli, the former secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), has said that the European Union has established an $80 billion fund to give credit to small and medium enterprises doing business with Iran, the Persian language Hamshahri newspaper reported on Wednesday. “European authorities are seriously interested in resisting U.S. […]
Iran in talks with Sweden to import mineral equipment
CEO of insurance fund for investment on mining activities said Iran is in talks with Swedish Volvo Company for importing mineral equipment and machinery into the country. Farid Dehghani said “talks with Volvo Company for importing mineral machinery into the country is of the main objectives of the Fund.” Supporting private sector investors in the mines […]
Iran, Qatar football Presidents meet in Moscow
TEHRAN – President of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) Mehdi Taj and Qatar Football Association (QFA) President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al Thani met in Moscow on the sidelines of the 2018 World Cup final on Sunday. The Presidents discussed on areas of mutual interest while stressing on […]
Iran, FAO have joint plan on protecting forests
The 24th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO 24) entitled “High-Level Discourse on Forests and Goals of Sustainable Development” kicked off in Rome, Italy in the presence of more than 120 countries including Iran. The role of forests for food security and nutrition, inland and outsourced forestry, key role of forestry and objectives […]
Cutting electricity export to Iraq based on previous agreement
Iranian Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian said that cutting electricity export to Iraq is based on a bilateral agreement which says that the priority is fulfilling domestic demands. He made the remarks on Tuesday on the sideline of signing an MoU with the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology. Every international contract in the domain […]
Iran oil exports could fall by two-thirds at year-end
Iran’s oil exports could fall by as much as two-thirds by the end of the year because of new U.S. sanctions, putting oil markets under huge strain amid supply outages elsewhere in the world, Reuters reported today. Washington initially planned to totally shut Iran out of global oil markets after President Donald Trump abandoned a […]
Europe earmarks $80bn for Iranian SMEs
The Vice-Chairman of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) says that Europe does not want a volatile Middle East, adding the Europeans have allocated $80 billion to Iranian small and medium enterprises. Pedram Soltani said on Monday in a meeting in Tehran that given the damages Europe suffered in Iraq and Syria […]
Iran warns OPEC of losing effectiveness
In a letter to OPEC President Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namader Zanganeh highlighted that if member countries do not adhere to their commitments regarding oil output, the effectiveness of the organization will be gradually eroded. In the letter, Zanganeh reminded Mazrouei, who is the Minister of Energy & Industry of the United […]