Hamid Reza Momeni announced the news and said the exhibition will be held at the Kish Island International Exhibition Centers and its international conference hall on Kish Island on 19-21 September, adding that the exhibition will be held with participation of all free and special economic zones and it is aimed at boosting the growth of the national economy, enhancing interactions and creating complementary relation between the field of energy  with the free and special economic zones.

He went on to explain other goals of holding the exhibition like displaying the unrivaled advantages of free and special economic zones of the country for attracting and hosting projects if field of energy, oil and petrochemicals both for domestic and foreign investors in this macro and strategic industry.

Momeni expressed hope that the exhibition and summit would provide the ground for using the best methods in this industry by protecting the environment through addressing the problems and existing opportunities.

Those who are interested in getting more information on this major event in the field of energy can log on to the website address of the event www.ifeex.ir.

This will be the first major event in this field during the presidency of Ebrahim Raisi.

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TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday opened 58 development projects in northwest, south, center and east of the country.

The projects were inaugurated through a video conference due to the pandemic which has created headaches for holding various events and meetings worldwide.

The development projects with 437-million-euro investment are in Aras Free Zone (northwest), Kish and Qeshm Islands (south), Payam International Airport (north), Shiraz in Fars Province (south), Sarakhs in Khorasan Razavi Province (east) and Yazd (center).

After inauguration of those projects, 4,413 direct job opportunities will be created.

Sarakhs special economic zone enjoying good strategic and geographical situation has attracted attention of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member-states.

This economic zone is a golden gate to enter Central Asian countries, China and Russia.

It is also a trade bridge between Central Asian markets and Persian Gulf littoral states, Europe, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

President inaugurated two production and industrial units in the “Special Economic Zone and Payam International Airport” in Alborz Province via videoconferencing.

Inauguration ceremony National Development projects in Iran’s Special Economic Zones all across Iran via videoconferencing was underway with President Rouhani in attendance.

The Managing Director of “Payam International Special Economic Zone and Airport” on Wednesday said: “These production and industrial units have been prepared to be set up with an investment of more than seven thousand billion Rials and employment of 722 people.”

During inauguration of some projects in free trade zones, Secretary of Iranian Free Zones High Council Morteza Bank said that according to the developmental policies in the free zones, since January till the end of the Prudence and Hope Government’s term in July 2021, some 598 construction and developmental projects with an investment worth 55,000b tomans ($3.4b euros) and creating 102,000 jobs will come on stream.

Bank who was speaking in the videoconference on the occasion of inaugurating the projects said that today 58 economic projects worth 4,800b tomans (some 438m euros and $4.4m) were inaugurated in the free zones of the country which created 4400 direct jobs whose major source of investment and finance has been provided by the private sectors in free zones of Aras, Qeshm and Kish and special economic zones of Sarakhs, Payam, Shiraz, Kaveh and Yazd which were inaugurated simultaneously by the president.

He further said 12 projects out of those projects are carried out in Aras Free Zone, 11 projects in Kish Free Zone, 14 projects in Qeshm Free Zone, 21 projects in special economic zones of Payam, Sarakhs, Shiraz, Kaveh and Yazd, respectively.

Mr Bank noted that all these projects have been carried out and come on stream due to supports of private sector and investors in order to develop production, trade and exports in line with resistance economy policy of the country.

He then delved into details of the projects inaugurated on Thursday by President Rouhani, saying that Sarakhs Special Economic Zone is the gateway for Iran’s economic exchanges with the Central Asian countries. He reiterate the project of linking Chabahar-Sarakhs railways and the transit roads of these two towns is in the works which is of the main levers of developing eastern part of the country.

Mr Bank also said that job creation in Payam Special Economic Zone has been quintupled and attracting investment has been twentyfold.

Earlier President Rouhani ordered the opening of new oil export terminal with relatively large storage and bunkering facilities near the mouth of the Persian Gulf.

The terminal opened in Qeshm Island, located in the Strait of Hormuz off the Iranian southern coast, would significantly boost Iran’s capacity for export while increasing the capacity for ship bunkering in the region.

“Today an important zone for exports of oil products was opened in Qeshm where ships will be able to dock for bunkering,” said Rouhani of the the Deyrestan oil terminal while using a video conference call to open the facility.

A report on the website of Qeshm Free Economic Zone said that the Qeshm Oil Investment Company had spent some $150 million euros to launch the oil terminal.

The report said the facility would have a final storage capacity of 6.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude and condensates once the second and final phase of the project is launched in early 2021.

Deyrestan currently has six storage tanks which are linked to a nearby refinery via a 22-kilometer pipeline, it said.

Meanwhile Rouhani opened the new oil export terminal during a ceremony to launch dozens of construction and development projects in the Iranian special economic zones (SEZ).

His office said the 58 projects opened in eight SEZs across Iran on Thursday had cost more than $650 million, including finances provided by private investors.

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Several high-ranking Iranian officials including minister of defense, commander of Air Force, vice president for science and technology, head of Civil Aviation Organization, CEO of Kish Free Zone Organization, head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, secretary of Supreme Council of Free Trade Zones, as well as a number of civil aviation officials have participated in the biennial event.

According to IKACNews, Iran International Air Show is the most important event in the country’s civil aviation industry which was first launched 18 Years ago in Kish island and has been regularly held once every two years ever since.

This year’s air show is held amid International pressures on Iran including the US unilateral sanctions and is aimed at boosting interaction among the organizations involved in Iran’s aviation sector and showcasing the country’s domestic capabilities in this regard.
115 aviation companies, including 105 Iranian and 10 foreign companies, have taken part in this year’s exhibition.

Officials from Iran’s Air Force, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force, Civil Aviation Organization of Iran, Iran Aviation Industries Organization, Iranian aviation faculties, and research centers as well as Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company, have attended the international air show.

Imam Khomeini International Airport City Company, is one the major firms attending the air show, with the aim of displaying its latest achievements in the aviation sector as well as developing logistic infrastructure in free and special trade zones.

Iran International Airshow opened on November 5 and will be underway until November 29.

The expo which is held in Kish island will feature aerial shows by The Russian Mig-29 team, Baltic Bees Jet Team from Latvia as well as other teams every day from 14:00 to 16:00 (local time).

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“I proudly announce that we obtained permission from the Iranian government to perform concerts on Kish Island,” Yalcintas announced in a post published on his Facebook last week.

He said that he is the first Turkish pop music singer who will perform in Iran and expressed his thanks to the Iranian government for providing him the opportunity to be with his Iranian fans.

Exir Novin, a Tehran-based advertising agency, is organizing the concerts, which will take place on July 4 and 5.

“Ilyas Yalcintas has signed a three-year contract with Exir Novin, and all his programs in Iran will be organized by this agency during that time,” Exir Novin director Reza Khanzadeh said in a press release on Saturday.

“The criteria for choosing a foreign singer or band to perform Iran should be matched with the official standards in the country,” he added.

The concerts have been organized in collaboration with Yalcintas’s company Alfa7 Production.

Yalcintas and Iranian pop singer Masud Sadeqlu have jointly recorded a single song titled “Heech” (“Nil”), which was released in January.

Earlier in May 2017, Yalcintas was in Iran to perform concerts across Iran. However, the concerts were cancelled allegedly for security measures arranged for the Iranian presidential election.

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