TEHRAN – The 6th round of Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Committee meeting is due to be held on April 16-17, in Doha, the portal of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) reported. Accordingly, an Iranian trade delegation headed by the country’s Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari is going to visit the Arab country to attend […]

Mohammad bin Abdularahman bin Jasim Al-Thani says dialogue with Iran is necessary, adding Iran is a reality in the region. Qatari deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs made the remarks in an interview with the French Le Figaro, adding that the regional talks should be conducted in a civilized way, with respect to […]

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt have strongly condemned the results of a report by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) on how severing diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar affected the country. In a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the blockading quartet said that the findings of OHCHR, whose […]

Iranian football club Esteghlal selected Qatar country as the neutral venue to host the forthcoming match against Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia at the group stage of the 2018 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League. The Iranian Blues have been scheduled to face the ACL runners-up on Feb. 20. Esteghlal are grouped with Al Hilal, […]

Parl. Speaker Larijani, while voicing regret over the ongoing Saudi-led diplomatic and trade boycott against Qatar, stressed Iran’s commitment to its friendly relations with the peninsular Arab country. Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with his Qatari counterpart, Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud, on the sidelines of the 13th session of Parliamentary Union […]

TEHRAN – Agricultural Manager of Dayyer, Bushehr province Isa Mohammad-Doost said Sunday that quality tomato harvested from Dayyer, Bushehr province will be exported to neighboring Qatar. He added that “for the first time, export of quality tomato kicked off from this sub-province to Qatar.” Given the above issue, tomato was exporting to the neighboring countries […]

TEHRAN  – Iran national handball team lost to Qatar 33-28 in the Qatar Four-Team International Tournament on Tuesday. Borut Macek’s team had defeated Oman 32-24 on Sunday in its first match. Iran, who is preparing for the 18th Asian Handball Championship, will play Algeria on Wednesday. The Asian Handball Championship will be held from Jan. […]

TEHRAN – Iran and Qatar discussed ways of facilitating maritime trade and cooperating in ports and transport areas, IRIB news reported. The two sides explored the matters in a bilateral meeting in Doha on Monday. The meeting was attended by the Managing Director of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) Mohammad Rastad and Qatari Minister […]

The Football Federation of The Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Qatar Football Association (QFA) on Thursday. In the meeting, which took place at the Al Bidda Tower in Doha, two federations signed the MoU to strengthen the mutual relationship and to cooperate for further development of the sport […]

TEHRAN – The move by Iran to increase bilateral trade with Qatar, following a Saudi-led blockade, has benefited the two countries, according to an expert. “Trade between Iran and Qatar increased by 117 percent in less than six months and it shows the short-term effect of this crisis and bodes well for both countries in […]