An official in charge of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Farzad Piltan said that trade volume to be exchanged between Iran and South Africa will hit $1 billion by 2022. The Director General of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran for Arab and African Affairs Farzad Piltan pointed to design development plan for increasing trade […]

TEHRAN – The value of trade between Iran and African countries increased by 23% in the past Iranian calendar year 1396 (ended on March 20, 2018), compared to its preceding year, the portal of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) reported. According to Director General of TPO Arabic-African Affairs Office Farzad Piltan, the value of […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will leave Tehran on Sunday evening for a four-leg tour of Africa and South America. Heading a ranking political and economic delegation, the top Iranian diplomat would travel to Senegal, Namibia, Brazil and Uruguay, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced Saturday. Apart from meetings with the political, economic and […]

TEHRAN – Up to 6,000 Africans who fought for the Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group in Iraq and Syria could return home, the African Union’s top security official warned Sunday, calling on countries to prepare for the threat. Smail Chergui, the AU’s commissioner for peace and security, said African nations would […]

Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said given the collapse of Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, efforts should be made to prevent Africa from turning into a base for extremist groups. “Given the defeat of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, we (should have) cooperation and synergy to not let […]

TEHRAN  – Iran’s Minister of Communication and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi and his South African counterpart agreed to promote cooperation between the two countries in the area of information communication technology (ICT). In a meeting held on the sidelines of ITU Telecom World 2017, taking place in Busan, South Korea, Azari Jahromi and […]

Israel detains hundreds of African asylum seekers without trial every year, with the approval of its top authorities, the Haaretz daily has reported, citing data released recently. New official figures show that the Israeli regime has put a total of 311 African refugees behind bars without trial in the past 15 months, the paper said on […]

TEHRAN  – Top officials from Iran and South Africa called for plans to facilitate banking interaction between the two countries. In a meeting in Tehran on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and South Africa’s Parliament Speaker Baleka Mbete discussed ways to enhance the relations between the two countries. Describing South Africa as a […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian official says that interactions with a representative of South Africa at Iran’s Chamber of Cooperatives yielded in the deal to export Iran’s honey to the African country. “The export of the honey produced by Iranian beekeepers cooperatives to South Africa is one of the results of having the commerce attaché of […]

TEHRAN– Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said it is the Islamic Republic’s unwavering policy to promote relations with all African nations, South Africa in particular. Speaking at a meeting with Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa Baleka Mbete in Tehran on Saturday, President Rouhani described Tehran-Pretoria relations as “cordial and growing”. He further pointed […]