Algeria, Liberia keen on promoting scientific exchanges with Iran
Algerian and Liberian higher education officials in South Korea on Tuesday underlined enhancement of scientific exchanges with Iran. In a meeting with Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology senior official on the sidelines of the Summit of High-Ranking Policymakers of Innovation in Science and Technology in South Korea, advisor…
Iran welcomes broader economic ties with Holland, Kazakhstan
Minister of Industries, Mines and Trade in separate meetings with the Dutch Economy Minister and Kazakh Foreign Minister emphasized Iran’s will to broaden economic and trade ties with Amsterdam and Astana. [Iran welcomes broader economic ties with Holland, Kazakhstan] Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh in the meeting with Holland’s Economic Affriars Minister Henk…
US says no more reductions of Iran oil purchases
US President Barack Obama emphasized on Wednesday that Washington will not seek future reductions of oil purchases from Iran and is committed to keep Tehran’s oil export at the levels of 2013. “In the Joint Plan of Action, the interim arrangement to address concerns with Iran’s nuclear program reached between…
Iran, Russia preparing to trade in own currencies
Iran said on Thursday that the process to switch to national currencies in transactions between Moscow and Tehran may be completed very quickly. Iran’s Deputy Trade Minister Mojtaba Khosrowtaj has told the Russian media that the two countries could start to trade in their national currencies within the next 2-3…
Major Greek trade team to visit Tehran
Iran’s media say a major Greek trade delegation will arrive in Iran soon to explore the potentials for investments in the country after the removal of the sanctions. The Tehran Times has reported that a delegation comprising 40 business leaders will arrive in the capital in later November. It said…
Iran OKs joint bank with Russia
Iran has approved a proposal by Russia to establish a bank for investments in joint economic projects, a deputy co-chair of the Russian-Iranian intergovernmental commission said on Wednesday. The bank will initially focus on investment in bilateral trade and other joint economic projects. “It [the establishment of the bank] could…
Russia may produce Sukhoi Superjets in Iran
Russian officials say the country is negotiating with Iran over the local production of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) airliner to replace the ageing Iranian fleet on regional routes. Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin says Moscow may deliver a large batch of SSJ 100 planes – described as…
High-speed rail to link China to Iran
Chinese authorities have proposed a high-speed railway connecting its western city of Urumqi to Tehran, the country’s biggest English-language newspaper, China Daily, says. The proposed Silk Road route will connect China to West Asia, stretching from Urumqi and Yining to Almaty in Kazakhstan, Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan, Tashkent and Samarkand in…
15 major international shipping lines call at southern Iranian port
An Iranian official says 15 major international shipping lines have chosen the country’s southern Shahid Rajaei port as their port of call. Ebrahim Idani, director general of Hormozgan Province Ports and Maritime Department, said Shahid Rajaei is currently Iran’s biggest commercial port, which is directly and regularly visited by major…
Gas Exporting Countries Forum to convene in Tehran today
The third Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is to be inaugurated in the presence of several presidents from nine countries this afternoon. In addition to heads of states and governments from 17 permanent and observer countries and guests, secretary generals of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and International…
