Iran-Germany Archives - Iran News Daily

Iran Seeking Promotion of Cooperation with Germany

reporter 1222 — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:51:00 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian president’s chief of staff called for the promotion of cooperation with Germany, which he hailed as a traditional trade partner of Iran.

“Germany is one of the traditional trade and economic partners of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Tehran welcomes the enhancement of mutual cooperation,” Mahmoud Vaezi said in a meeting with German Ambassador to Iran Hans Odo Motzel, held in Tehran on Tuesday.

The presidential official also highlighted the ample opportunities for cooperation between Tehran and Berlin in the political, trade and humanitarian spheres.

Pointing to Germany’s involvement in the talks on Iran’s nuclear program that resulted in the 2015 agreement, Vaezi said Iran would honor its JCPOA commitments provided that the other sides fulfill theirs.

For his part, the German envoy highlighted Iran’s rich culture and history and its prominent role in the region, stressing the need for dialogue among the countries and cultures.

Dialogue is an effective solution to regional problems, Motzel said.

In meetings with several new European ambassadors to Tehran in late September, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for the promotion of economic ties with European countries and stressed that bilateral trade should not be affected by the illegal and unilateral US sanctions.

The post Iran Seeking Promotion of Cooperation with Germany appeared first on Iran News Daily.

IranAir to Resume Flights to Cologne

reporter 1222 — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 05:17:26 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – National flag carrier IranAir announced it will resume flights to Germany’s Cologne as of October 30.

The airline announced the issue on Thursday, Mehr News Agency reported.

The flight, No. 729, leaves Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) at 17:40 on Fridays every week and arrives at Cologne Bonn Airport at 21:00 local time.

On the same day another flight, number 728, will take off from Cologne Bonn Airport at 22:30 local time and will land at IKIA at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday.

IranAir operates flights to three airports in Frankfurt, Cologne and Hamburg weekly, according to the airline.

On September 20, IranAir announced it was restoring flights to Istanbul after a seven-month halt that was caused by the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Iran and other parts of the region.

IranAir said in a statement that flights to Istanbul would resume as of September 25 with Flight 719 from IKIA to Istanbul.

The airline said passengers should have had a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test 72 hours before arrival in Istanbul airport confirming they are free of coronavirus.

The airline said its certificate to fly to Istanbul had been issued “based on negotiations between the two countries of Iran and Turkey”.

Istanbul was one of IranAir’s main destinations before the pandemic hit global air travel in late February. The airline has managed to restore flights to key destinations in Europe now that restrictions meant to curb the virus have eased.

Flights to Istanbul had resumed in early July before Turkish authorities reimposed fresh bans on travel from several countries in the Middle East, including from Iran, over concerns about a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak.

The pandemic has had a deep impact on Iran’s aviation industry amid sanctions imposed by the US and allies that ban certain Iranian airlines from traveling to and above major countries.

Domestic air travel has also been impacted with authorities announcing earlier that some companies had lost about 90 percent of demand for flights to main destinations.

The post IranAir to Resume Flights to Cologne appeared first on Iran News Daily.

Iran, Germany Trade Volume to hike by 15%

reporter 1222 — Wed, 13 May 2020 10:39:39 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – It is predicted that trade volume exchange between Islamic Republic of Iran and Germany will rise by 15% in the coming months.

Iran and Germany Chamber of Commerce predicted that bilateral trades volume exchange will register a 15 percent hike in 2020 due to the suitable infrastructures of Iranian financial institutions.

According to the Federal Government of Germany, Iran and Germany economic ties have been ameliorated despite the cruel and unjust US sanctions.

Statistics showed that trade volume exchanged between Iran and Germany in the 1st three months of the current year in 2020 hit €394 million.

A member of Board of Directors of Iran-Germany Chamber of Commerce Michael Tockuss said, “the two countries of Iran and Germany mainly exchanged pharmaceutical products over the past months and it is hoped that other products will be added to the volume of bilateral exchanges by facilitating terms and conditions of financing.”

He went on to say that Iranian banks have acted efficiently than their German counterparts in setting up infrastructures ad financing exports.

According to estimates, trade volume exchanged between the two countries of Islamic Republic and Germany will record about 15 percent growth in current year in 2020, he emphasized.

The post Iran, Germany Trade Volume to hike by 15% appeared first on Iran News Daily.

Iran, Germany Swap Prisoner

reporter 1222 — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:44:14 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian Judiciary says a German prisoner, who was jailed in Iran, has been released and is now back in Germany after an Iranian national detained in the European country returned home on Sunday.

Judiciary spokesman Gholam-Hossein Esmaili told reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, “Unfortunately, an Iranian national, who had been engaged in business activities, was detained in Germany and was about to be extradited to the United States to be prosecuted,” for allegedly violating the US sanctions on Iran.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that an Iranian national identified as Ahmad Khalili had been released from detention in Germany and returned home along with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was in the country for the Munich Security Conference.

The Foreign Ministry explained that Khalili had been arrested in Germany at the request of the US on the pretext of violating Washington’s illegal sanctions and had been planned for extradition to the US.

Esmaili noted that Khalili had been released thanks to efforts made by the Iranian Foreign Ministry and the Judiciary.

“We announced [to Germans] our willingness to hand over a German national, who had been handed a jail term of three years because of engaging in unauthorized photography in forbidden locations in exchange for the Iranian citizen,” he added.

The identity of the German nation is not known.

Esmaili noted that Iran had insisted that Khalili should return home first, and the prisoner from Germany would be sent back to his country a day later.

Late last year, Iranian stem cell scientist Dr. Masoud Soleimani returned home following his release from a US jail in a prisoner swap.

Soleimani had been invited by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota to lead a research program there but was arrested on arrival and secretly imprisoned without trial by the FBI in October 2018. FBI reportedly arrested him on the charge that he had violated trade sanctions by trying to transfer biological material to Iran.

The post Iran, Germany Swap Prisoner appeared first on Iran News Daily.

2020 Kabaddi World Cup: Iran Beats Germany

reporter 1222 — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:52:05 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran defeated Germany 55-34 at the 2020 Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) on Wednesday.

Team Melli had already defeated Sierra Leone 60-19 and England 57-26 in Group B in its previous matches.

Iran will play India in its last group match.

Group A consists of Pakistan, Australia, Kenya, Azerbaijan and Canada.

The seventh edition of the 2020 Kabaddi World Cup is being held in Punjab, Pakistan, from February 9 to 16.

Last year, Iran Junior Kabbadi Team had defeated Thailand 90-16, Turkmenistan 90-46, Malaysia 70-29, Chinese Taipei 53-31 and Bangladesh 52-20 in its previous matches.

Pakistan and Bangladesh won the bronze medal.

The competition was held on Kish Island, Iran from November 9 to 15.

The world championship aims at providing a platform for young and talented players from the grassroots level to enhance their interest in representing their national side in future tournaments.

The post 2020 Kabaddi World Cup: Iran Beats Germany appeared first on Iran News Daily.

Germany shipments to Iran in 11 months at €1.3b

reporter 1222 — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 09:58:05 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Germany shipments to Iran during the first 11 months of 2019 amounted to around €1.3 billion ($1.44 billion), preliminary data from the Statistics Office showed on Friday.

Germany shipments primarily deliver machines, chemical products, food, and pharmaceutical products to Iran, reported Reuters.

German imports from Iran reached some €191 million during the 11-month period.

Reuters said Friday that a ship was due to load about 50,000 tons of wheat in Germany for Iran within days. Traders say wheat shipments to Iran are also expected from the Baltic region.

A forum entitled “Iran-Germany Commercial Relations: Situation and Prospects” was held in Tehran back in October.

Deputy German Ambassador to Iran Oliver Schnakenberg, CEO of German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) Dagmar von Bohnstein, the head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, Masoud Khansari, and head of AHK in Iran Abbasali Qassaei were among participants at the event.

The two sides explored ways of overcoming these barriers and put forward solutions to ease economic interactions, especially under the current sanctions regime imposed by the United States against Iran.

In 2017, the figure indicated growth of 14.89 percent in terms of value compared to the amount for the same period of the preceding year, the Iranian Customs Administration announced.

The post Germany shipments to Iran in 11 months at €1.3b appeared first on Iran News Daily.