The Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) said that country’s non-oil export has increased 40 percent in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year in 1401 (from March 21 to June 22). Alireza Payman-Pak put the country’s balance of trade at $600 million, showing that …
Read More »Iraq to Increase Importing Iranian Gas
Iraqi ministry of electricity announced that the country’s debts for energy imports from Iran have been paid off and Baghdad is now consulting to increase gas imports from Iran. The spokesperson for the Iraqi ministry of electricity told media sources that Iraq imports 40 million cubic meters of Iranian gas …
Read More »Iran Begins Concrete Pouring Operation at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Iran begins pouring concrete for the wall of the second unit of its Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant aimed at expanding the site in the south of the country. That’s according to the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Mohammad Eslami. Speaking in Bushehr, Eslami said the concrete pouring …
Read More »Iran’s Non-Oil Exports Up 21%
Iran’s customs office (IRICA) announced that the country’s non-oil exports have increased 21% in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (started on March 21). IRICA Chief Alireza Moqaddasi said on Wednesday that Iran had a trade surplus of $605mln in the June quarter. He added that Iran’s trade …
Read More »Iran Receives $1.6B in Gas Debt from Iraq after Negotiations
Iran has received $1.6 billion in arrears from the Iraqi government for imports of natural gas, Oil Minister Javad Owji announced late Wednesday. In a Twitter post, Owji said the debt from previous years was received “a few hours ago” following “several months of negotiations” between the two sides, crediting …
Read More »Iran Urges IAEA Chief to Refrain from Complicating Situation
The spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has advised the UN nuclear agency’s director general to refrain from complicating the situation through political statements. Behrouz Kamalvandi’s comments came after the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) called on Iran to resume talks “now” on reviving …
Read More »Iraq Says will Repay 2020 Gas Debts to Iran within Two days
Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity says it will settle its debts for 2020 gas purchases from Iran “within two days,” as part of measures to avoid a halt in the flow of much-needed gas into the Arab country. In a statement carried by the Iraqi News Agency on Tuesday, Ahmed Musa, …
Read More »Iran Oil Tanker Arrives in Venezuelan Water
Iranian flag oil tanker carrying about one million barrels of crude oil entered Venezuelan waters, Reuters reported. The Reuters news agency reported based on a shipping document on Monday that the third oil cargo from Naftiran Intertrade Company limited (NICO) is being delivered to Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), a …
Read More »Iran Delivers Oil Tanker to Venezuela
Iran has delivered an Iranian-made ‘Aframax’ oil tanker to Venezuela, which has been built at the order of Venezuela, Trend reports citing the government’s official website (dolat.ir). In this regard, an event was held in Tehran with the participation of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. An …
Read More »IAEA Urges Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks Now
The International Atomic Energy Agency on Sunday urged Iran to resume talks to revive the 2015 nuclear accord. The International Atomic Energy Agency chief in an interview broadcast Sunday by CNN urged Iran to resume talks “now” to avoid a crisis that could make it “extremely more difficult” to salvage …
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