An official said German investors have begun construction of the fifth solar power plant in Hamedan Province following successful operation of four other similar stations. Naser Mahmoudi, Provincial Director General of Economic Affairs and Finance in western Iran, made the remarks on Monday adding “German ATUS company has already built and installed four solar power […]

TEHRAN – The German documentarian and journalist Andreas Ewels has been invited to attend the 11th edition of Cinema Verite, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, the organizers announced on Saturday. Ewels is mostly known for his documentaries on nature, wildlife and environmental issues. He has made over 200 documentaries in about 100 countries. […]

TEHRAN– A statement released by the spokesperson of Germany’s federal foreign office voices the support of the German government for the Syrian peace talks underway in Geneva and Riyadh. According to the latest statement issued by a federal foreign office spokesperson issued on Tuesday on the latest round of the Syria negotiations in Geneva and […]

German automaker Volkswagen on Friday said it planned to invest more than 34 billion euros ($40 billion) over the next five years in new technologies to advance its push to become a global leader in electric cars. “We are reinventing the car,” chief executive Matthias Mueller said after a meeting of the group’s supervisory board. […]

TEHRAN – Bank Sepah of Iran denied a report by an Israeli paper that Germany has imposed a credit ban on its branch in Frankfurt, saying the Iranian bank, by contrast, is enhancing its activities in Germany. In comments on Saturday, head of the international affairs department of Bank Sepah, Amir Hosseini, dismissed reports about […]

TEHRAN  – Germany’s ambassador to Iran said the European parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) have urged the US to consider the consequences of scrapping the nuclear deal, saying a weakened JCPOA would threaten security of the US, its allies and the region. In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency, Michael […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been booed and heckled by right-wing protesters while speaking at her final campaign rally in Munich two days before the polls that will likely put her in office for a fourth term. “With whistling and yelling, one will surely not shape Germany’s future,” Merkel said at the Friday rally as the […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian minister expressed the country’s willingness to develop a close partnership with German entrepreneurs and industry leaders. In a meeting with a group of German business people in Tehran on Monday, Iranian Minister of Cooperative, Labor and Welfare Ali Rabiee said Iran is ready for trade interaction with German entrepreneurs and industry […]

TEHRAN  – Iran’s Marjan Petrochemical Company has clinched a contract with a major German firm over sales of methanol produced at a petrochemical plant which will come on stream soon, an official said. “Marjan is the first petrochemical company to have sealed a contract for sales of products with European companies,” Hassan Beigi, the managing […]