Iran wants to pump more oil than it did before the Trump administration tightened sanctions, a top official said ahead of high-level nuclear talks whose outcome would directly impact the country’s energy-market ambitions. “Plans are in place to increase oil output to more than 5 million barrels a day,” said …
Read More »Head of Iran’s Negotiating Team in Nuclear Talks Arrives in Vienna
Head of Iran’s negotiating team in nuclear talks and deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Ali Bagheri arrived in Vienna on Saturday to attend a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission. Heading a delegation, Bagheri has traveled to Vienna to attend a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission on Monday. …
Read More »Iran’s Nuclear Path Merely Peaceful
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that Iran has shown that its nuclear path is merely peaceful via negotiating on safeguards agreements and its NPT commitments with correct legal and political behavior. Speaking in a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the late Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen …
Read More »Natural Gas Consumption Exceeds Production Level, Warns NIGC
Head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC)’s Production Coordination and Supervision Management Ahmad Zamani said the consumption of natural gas in the country has exceeded the current production level, Shana reported. Speaking to the national TV on Monday, Zamani called on various sectors to manage their consumption during the …
Read More »Iran’s 1st Thermal Solar Power Plant to be Launched by 2023
Located near the city of Yazd in central Iran, the new power plant will produce 17 megawatts of clean energy. This unique power plant which is being constructed next to Yazd Combined Cycle Power Plant on a 40-hectare land is aimed to develop clean energy, indigenize the knowledge for the …
Read More »Iran’s Oil Export Rising Gradually
A member of energy commission in Majlis (the Parliament) said that oil export of the Islamic Republic of Iran was gradually increasing. Iranian lawmaker Mousa Mousavi said on Saturday that Iran’s oil export has been growing despite oil industry being under sanctions. He said that with plans in place, Iran …
Read More »Iran Consumes Natural Gas Equal to 12 European Countries
Head of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) has said Iran is the world’s fourth consumer of natural gas and the country’s gas consumption equals that of 12 European countries, Shana reported. “We are the third-largest gas producer in the world and the fourth largest consumer after Russia, the United States, …
Read More »IAEA Chief: I Need to Meet with Iran’s Senior Officials to Discuss JCPOA
Repeating unconstructive allegations against Iran, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency claimed that he needed to meet with senior officials to discuss a long list of issues related to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. “I have not had any contact with this government that has been there for …
Read More »Iran, China Top FMs Discuss Vienna Talks, IAEA Cooperation
The top diplomats from Iran and China discussed upcoming nuclear talks in Vienna on Saturday and Iran’s cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog. Foreign Minster Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expressed hope to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a telephone call that the US and the Europeans would “enter the negotiations realistically,” …
Read More »Power Plants’ Liquid Fuel Storage up 400m Liters
Head of Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC) has said the liquid fuel storages of the country’s power plants are 71 percent full on average, which means that currently there is 400 million liters more liquid fuel available compared to the previous year. According to Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, the amount of …
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