although the Minister of Industry had predicted that country’s steel exports volume will hit 10 million tons by year end. statistics show that more than six million tons of steel has been exported in the first half of the current year.

Ardakanian made the remarks at a press conference on the sidelines of the signing ceremony of the agreement between Tehran and Damascus.

Iran-Kyrgyzstan have good relations and that the cultural and historical commonalities of the two countries can pave the grounds for deepening of such cooperation.

Abbas Mousavi reacted to the United States’ sanctions on Iran’s construction sector. saying such moves indicate Washington’s weakness and failure in the domain of diplomacy.

Iran’s 19th International Electricity Exhibition which exclusively focuses on the electrical industry opened in Tehran.

A target of $9 billion worth of steel exports set for the end of the current Iranian calendar year would be well within the reach of the country as production in the first two quarters had exceeded the government estimates.

PMO has allocated special facilities for shipping lines and investors for transiting a part of their import and export goods via Chabahar port.

The exhibitions. scheduled for November 18-21. are focused on attracting domestic and foreign investments and exploring avenues to reach economic prosperity in under the current international circumstances.

The United States imposed new sanctions on imports and exports of some Iranian construction materials.

The MoU was signed on Saturday by Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and Syria’s Minister of Electricity Muhammad Zuhair Kharboutli.