Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif met and talked with President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev. The joint meeting between Zaif and Aliyev was held in Baku on the sidelines of the sidelines of the seventh Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process on Afghanistan. The two sides exchanged views on […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to pay official visits to Italy and Azerbaijan later this week to participate in two international conferences, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced on Wednesday. Zarif is slated to leave Tehran for the Italian capital of Rome on Thursday to attend the third edition of the […]

Energy scholar at the Middle East Institute, Rauf Mammadov believe Global economy will benefit from economic integration of Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan in the important region located on crossroads of China’s One Road, One Belt Policy. Tripartite meeting of the Iran, Russia and the Republic of Azerbaijan’s leaders was held in Tehran on Nov 2. […]

TEHRAN  – Asyabkharabeh (broken watermill), also known as ‘Jolfa Water Mill’, is a historic site in East Azarbaijan, northwest of Iran, with ruins and a waterfall. It is one of the most beautiful places in northwest of the country. It has an eye-catching view. In the past, there were a few water mills here that […]

TEHRAN – Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a meeting in Turkish city of Istanbul underlined elevation of ties between Tehran and Baku. Jahangiri and Aliyev who are in Istanbul to attend the Developing 8 (D8) Summit met on Thursday evening. During the meeting, Iranian first vice president hoped […]

TEHRAN – Azerbaijani Railways (ADY)’ chairman said ADY is preparing for the beginning of rail freight transportation in the direction of Iran, ABC.AZ reported on Friday. According to Javid Gurbanov, a container terminal in Iranian Astara is expected to open in late November. “Trains in the direction of Astara (Azerbaijan) – Astara (Iran) will begin […]

Iranian and Azeri officials in a meeting in the Azerbaijan capital discussed the issues pertaining to transportation of commodities and passengers between the two neighboring nations. Head of transit and international transportation of Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization Reza Nafisi and his Azeri counterpart Habib Hassanov met in Baku on Friday and examined the […]

TEHRAN – A court in the Azerbaijan Republic sentenced Elchin Ismayilli, a prominent opposition journalist, to nine years in prison for extortion, in a case that his supporters say is totally fabricated. The court on Monday found Ismayilli guilty of trying to coerce money from a top Culture Ministry official. Ismayilli’s lawyer, Elchin Sadygov, dismissed […]

BAKU – Azerbaijan’s Azermash and Iran’s Iran Khodro companies are discussing the possibility of supplying the cars to be produced by the Azerbaijani-Iranian automobile plant to Ukraine, Russia and Central Asia, Emin Akhundov, founder of Azermash company, told Trend. Iran Khodro and Azerbaijan’s AzEuroCar LLC (a subsidiary of Azermash) signed an agreement on the establishment […]

TEHRAN – First cars of Azerbaijan-Iran joint car plant are planned to be manufactured starting from 2018. Azerbaijani Deputy Economy Minister Sahil Babayev said that the construction of the car factory in Neftchala will soon be over: “We have set a date for the start of production of cars next year with our Iranian partners.” […]