Following months of stalled negotiations, the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process is moving again. Despite the newfound optimism that a deal is close, both sides have given no indication of how they intend to settle major differences. Following a brief meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city …
Read More »Armenia, Turkey, Iraq Main Trading Partners of Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province
The General Director of the Industry, Mine and Trade Organization of the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan, Mohammad Jafar Ozmaei, stated that during the first 8 months of the current Iranian year, the province exported non-oil products amounting to over 960 million dollars, Mehr reports. According to Ozmaei, between March …
Read More »Iran Extends Gas-for-Electricity Swap Deal with Armenia
The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has renewed and revised a contract with Armenia to increase the volume of natural gas exports to the landlocked neighboring country until 2030, Shana reported. The terms of the contract, under which Iran exports natural gas to Armenia in exchange for electricity, have been …
Read More »Iran, Armenia Extend, Expand Energy Swap Deal until 2030
Iran and Armenia have signed an agreement to extend the term of the existing contract under which Tehran exports natural gas to Yerevan in exchange for electricity until 2030. The revised agreement requires Iran to expand the volume of its gas supply to Armenia in exchange for electricity from the …
Read More »Armenia and Azerbaijan Deadlocked in Talks over Key Corridor
In the background of Azerbaijan’s ongoing blockade of the only road in and out of Nagorno-Karabakh lies the fate of another critical transportation route: the would-be “Zangezur Corridor.” In the ceasefire agreement that ended the 2020 war, Armenia agreed to “guarantee the security of transport connections” between Azerbaijan’s mainland and …
Read More »Armenia Doubles Gas Imports from Iran through 2030
Armenia gets the bulk of its natural gas from Russia. But ties with Moscow are fraying and Yerevan will soon have more alternatives Iran and Armenia have agreed to double the amount of natural gas that Iran sells to Armenia, and to extend their gas trade agreement to 2030. The …
Read More »Iran’s Export to Armenia Increases 15% in H1 on Year
The value of Iran’s export to Armenia increased 15 percent in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-October 22), from the first half of the previous year, an official with Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced. Rahmatollah Khormali, the director-general of the TPO’s office of Central …
Read More »Iran Gas Supply to Armenia to Double
Iran’s Oil Ministry said in a report that Iran and Armenia have renewed a contract for the swap of Iranian gas for Armenian electricity as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was in Tehran for an official visit on Tuesday, Press TV reported. Deputy Oil Minister Majid Chegeni, who signed off …
Read More »Iran Ready to Cooperate with Armenia in Energy, Transportation, Technical-Engineering Fields
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Alan Simonyan on Saturday in Yerevan. During the meeting, Amir-Abdollahian pointed to Iranian government’s priority in cooperation with neighbors and emphasized the importance of respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Armenia like other neighbors …
Read More »Iran Ready to Swap Turkmenistan’s Gas to Armenia
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji has expressed the country’s readiness for swapping Turkmenistan’s natural gas to Armenia, Shana reported. Oji made the remarks in a meeting with Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan in Tehran on Monday. Speaking in this meeting, the Iranian minister also expressed the …
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