Iraqi officials have said that the country seeks to build eight nuclear reactors to tackle a crippling power shortage in the oil-rich economy. Iraq seeks to build eight reactors capable of producing about 11 gigawatts, Aljazeera quoted Kamal Hussain Latif, chairman of the Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority as saying …
Read More »Iran’s Power Export to Afghanistan Disconnected
Afghan officials say electricity imported to the country from Iran has been cut due to an explosion in an electricity tower. Afghanistan Electricity Company announced the explosion of an electricity tower in Herat province. Zeinab Mohseni, public relations manager of Breshna Company in Herat, said that this morning, the electricity …
Read More »Ulyanov: Iran-IAEA Agreement to be Beneficial in Vienna Talks
Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna said that reaching an agreement between Iran and IAEA will be beneficial to all sides in the Vienna talks. Mikhail Ulyanov in a Sunday tweet wrote,” We wish the #IAEA and #Iran to reach agreement on extension of the bilateral technical understandings …
Read More »Iran-IAEA Agreement Maybe Extended for Another Month
An informed source in the Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council announced the possibility of extending the agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency for one month. Due to the end of Iran’s quarterly deadline to the International Atomic Energy Agency, there is a possibility of conditional …
Read More »Iran’s Non-Oil Exports up 80% in Current Year
The Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade said that Iran’s export of non-oil commodities registered an eighty percent hike in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (from March 21 to May 20). Speaking in a get-together meeting of programs on promoting export in the country on …
Read More »Iran-IAEA Agreement must Gain Governing Bodies’ Approval
Foreign Policy Commission Spokesman Abolfazl Amouei said that the extension of the agreement between Iran and the IAEA must gain approval of Iranian governing bodies. “According to Strategic Action Plan to Counter Sanctions, the agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency to lift sanctions is subject to a …
Read More »Iraq to Continue Imports of Iranian Gas, Electricity
In a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran, Iraqi Energy Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush announced that his country will continue purchasing gas and electricity from Iran. “Iran and Iraq have agreed to continue imports of Iranian gas and electricity and Iraq will pay its debts to Iran,” Hantoush said …
Read More »Iraq Hopes to Increase Gas Imports from Iran
Iraqi Electricity Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush expressed hope that his country could reach an agreement in upcoming negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to increase gas imports. He announced that a delegation from the Iraqi Electricity Ministry will travel to Tehran next week to hold talks with Iranian officials …
Read More »Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Coop. Commission to Convene
The 28th edition of meeting of Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Cooperation Commission will be held on April 28-29 to discuss enhancing and broadening bilateral ties on issues of mutual interests. This meeting will be held in the presence of Chairpersons of Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Cooperation Commission Mahmoud Vaezi Iranian President’s Chief …
Read More »Iran Becomes Self-Sufficient in Benzene Production
Iranian petrochemical companies now fully meet the domestic need for benzene and the imports of the chemical product will stop from now on, according to an Oil Ministry’s statement on Sunday. Iran will no longer need any imports of benzene as one of the Iranian petrochemical companies has now met …
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