Foreign investors keen on S. Khorasan’s projects

A large number of foreign delegations have visited Iran over the past few months to explore investment opportunities and negotiate participation in Iranian projects. During this period, Iran held numerous conferences to present the country’s investment opportunities and economic projects. In the meantime, Iranian provinces with considerable economic potentials, such…

Iran to minimize oil on water storage

The Operating Director of Kharg Oil Terminal at Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) Kumars Karami Moghadam said “the overhaul of strategic reservoirs at Kharg oil terminal, as the largest oil export terminal in the Persian Gulf, is carried out on a regular basis to prepare them for emergencies.” “Considering the…

MAKE Award to be granted to 3 Iranian organizations

Saeed Sohrabpour who also holds the position of chancellor of Sharif University of Technology said the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) award will be granted to three top Iranian knowledge-driven organizations at the 5th International Congress of Value-Making Management of Knowledge, Innovation, and Intellectual Property. The congress will be held…

Automakers from six countries to enter Iranian market

The spokesman for Iran’s Auto Policy-Making Council, a regulatory body under the Ministry of Industries, Mines and Trade, told reporters on Monday that companies from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Turkey will be present in Iran’s auto market, Fars News Agency reported. The official added that companies from Japan…

Iran energy sector requires massive foreign investment

Although Iran ranks first in the world in terms of energy reserves and potentials, to tap and develop them it requires multi-billion-dollar investments. “Currently, in the absence of such an investment, we have to make optimum use of the resources,” said Mansour Moazzemi, the head of the Energy Committee of…

Iran exports electricity to Oman via undersea cable

Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy Affairs Hoshang Falahatian said on Tuesday that exporting electricity to Sultanate of Oman is planned by the Ministry and it will be transmitted via undersea cable. He told reporters that Iranian national grid has been connected to neighboring countries with common borders with…

Iran, Danish entrepreneurs sign Mou to broaden economic cooperation

Iranian and Danish entrepreneurs signed on Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to broaden economic cooperation between the two countries. The MoU was signed between Deputy Chairman of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) in charge of international Affairs Mohammad Reza Bakhtiari and Danish director general for…

Afghanistan seeks annual import of 1.2 mt of oil products from Iran

Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh said that Afghanistan is ready to purchase one million tons of gasoil and 200,000 tons of LPG from Iran each year. Talking to reporters after a meeting with Afghan Trade and Industries Minister Humayun Rasa, he added that negotiations over prices of the products are still…

Declining oil price is a golden opportunity: Vice Speaker

Majlis Vice-Speaker Mohammad-Hassan Abutorabifard said on Wednesday that the current downward trend in the price of crude oil is a golden opportunity for Iran’s economy not a threat. Speaking at a conference on resistive economy here he said, “A country which was run by 100-dollar oil price per barrel is…

Japan’s Cosmo Oil eyes increased Iranian crude imports

Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil is looking at the possibility of buying more crude from Iran once sanctions on the Islamic republic are lifted and is also ‘actively’ looking into crude imports from the US, company president Hisashi Kobayashi told Platts in an interview Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of a…