The environmentalists’ concerns for tilapia farming is nothing new as the topic is being debated over the past few decades across the globe. However, the recent controversial decisions made regarding farming and importing tilapia in and to Iran has turned it into hot topic in Iran’s environmental circles. What is tilapia? Tilapia is the common […]

TEHRAN- Managing roads of the country requires eight trillion rials (about $167 million) of fund, Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi said on Sunday. The minister lamented that it is while just two trillion rials of fund (about $42 million) has been allocated to this issue, IRNA reported.

Iran’s deputy energy minister said about 700 megawatts (MW) of electricity generated by the country’s clean power plants will be added to the national grid by late September 2018. Speaking to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), Seyed Mohammad Sadeqzadeh said the number of power plants generating electricity from renewable resources such as wind […]

Iran Air (HOMA) CEO Farzaneh Sharafbafi told the media that Iran Air will use the credit lines of French and Italian companies to buy new Airbus and ATR airplanes. “To buy some new aircrafts, the two plane-makers of France and Italy have specified two credit lines for Iran Air (HOMA),” announced Iran Air (HOMA) CEO […]

TEHRAN- Some 5,317 electricity projects are scheduled to be inaugurated in the country on the occasion of Ten-Day Dawn (February 1-10, marking the victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution), Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian announced. The minister said that 278.4 trillion rials (about $5.8 billion) investment has been made for implementation of these projects, Mehr news […]

TEHRAN – Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) of Iran plans to inaugurate 17 projects worth 4.305 trillion rials (about $94.8 million) by February 11. Conducting dredging works at the second phase of Shahid Rajaie Port (in south of the country) and overhauling the port’s railway lines are two of the most important projects which are […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says the country’s petroleum output has increased by 165,000 b/d in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 21 compared to the same period last year. Addressing a press conference here in Tehran on Sunday, the official said Iran’s crude […]

TEHRAN- Increasing 59 percent, Iran’s exports to Turkey hit $7.49 billion in 2017, according to the latest report of Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). Iran’s exports to Turkey was $4.69 billion in 2016, the same report confirmed. Iran-Turkey trade stood at $10.75 billion in 2017, growing 11 percent in comparison with the previous year when the […]

TEHRAN – Head of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) put the country’s iron ore reserves at 3 billion tons, IRIB news reported. According to Mehdi Karbasian, the country plans to increase its current 21 million tons of steel production to 55 million tons by the end of Iranian calendar year […]

TEHRAN – Several development projects worth near 100 trillion rials (over $2.2 billion) were inaugurated during the trip of President Hassan Rouhani to Kerman Province in southeast of Iran on Thursday. The president was accompanied by a delegation of ministers and high ranking officials, IRNA reported. As part of the inaugurations, President Rouhani and Agriculture […]