Iranian young filmmaker Mahmud Shahbazi has recently completed a documentary named “The Sea Closed” that traces the plunder of seafood resources in the Persian Gulf by Chinese vessels over the past few years. Adel Qasemi also worked with him as an assistant director. Qasemi who is also a freelance journalist made a trip to the […]

 Deputy Coordinator of the Iranian Army said that US naval fleets in the Persian Gulf are under constant watch. Iran monitors every ship that enters the region from the Indian Ocean and keeps watch on all their movements, Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told IRNA on Tuesday. “We will not let any movement [of enemies] in […]

The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) held on Saturday military drills in the general region of the Persian Gulf, displaying the defensive and deterrent power of Iran. The drills were last stage of the 12th Payambar-e Azam military exercises the first stage of which had started on December 15 in the central parts of Iran […]

Iran exported 2.381 million tons of tar worth $561 million during the eight months of the current fiscal (March 21- Nov. 21), a senior official the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said on Tuesday. According to Alireza Dashtani, customs inspector of the southern Hormozgan province, the figure indicates 16% growth in value and […]

 The European Union is working on organizing a conference that could help solve the crisis among member states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC), Romanian foreign minister Teodor-Viorel Meleşcanu said on Saturday. Addressing the annual Doha Forum, Meleşcanu said Romania will take rotating presidency of the Council of the EU from January for the […]

 Iran’s exports of non-oil commodities to the Persian Gulf littoral states exceeded $6.5 billion during the past eight months of the current fiscal year (March 21- Nov. 21). Data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Costumes Administration show Iran’s exports to Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait surpassed $6.5 billion during the period, […]

Iranian experts installed the first platform of Phase 13 of the South Pars gas field after shipping the megastructure in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday. Loading of the homegrown platform, weighing 2,200 tons, had begun in the southern port city of Bushehr around six weeks ago. According to the project’s contractor, Phase 13 includes a […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shrugged off the US’ plans to cut the Islamic Republic’s oil exports down to zero and said Washington is not able to do so but if that were going to happen, no oil would be exported from the Persian Gulf. “The US should be aware that we are selling our oil […]

 Iranian Army’s Air Force fighters successfully conducted a low-altitude air refueling mission over the Persian Gulf waters on Wednesday, during the 9th edition of Iran Air Show. On the third day of the exhibition, which is underway on Kish Island, air force fighters carried out an air refueling mission using two F-14 Tomcat fighters, three F-4 […]

Qatar Airways will add more flights to Iran from January, the state-owned Persian Gulf airline announced on Monday just weeks after the United States reimposed sanctions on Tehran. Qatar Airways will add two weekly flights to its existing Doha-Tehran route and add three weekly flights on its Shiraz service in January. It will also launch […]