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Iranian Minister of Oil Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the country’s petrochemical production capacity would reach 100 million tons per year by 2022, 80% more than 2013’s levels. Addressing a virtual ceremony to launch major oil and energy projects on Thursday, Zanganeh said that the country’s petrochemical revenues would reach 25 …

Under a Memorandum of Understanding inked between Iran and Syria, Iranian companies will construct dam and water transmission lines in Syria. Iranian Deputy Ministry of Energy for Water and Wastewater Affairs and Syria’s Deputy Ministry of Water Resources emphasized the need for implementing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran …

Islamic Republic of Iran and Qatar are determined to enhance and broaden mutual economic relations. For this purpose, the Iranian Energy Minister and Chairman of Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Cooperation Commission Reza Ardakanian arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on Monday to discuss the relevant issues. In this meeting, made for …

Iran has shipped the second non-oil cargo to Oman via Sirik Port in southern Hormozgan province, Governor of Sirik County said on Wednesday. According to Ahmad Jamaleddini, the 610-ton consignment contains fresh fruits and vegetables, dried nuts and construction material with a collective value of 150 billion rials (Over $530 …

Islamic Republic of Iran and Qatar stressed the need to develop and expand bilateral ties on a series of mutual interests. Iranian Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian and Qatari Minister of Commerce and Industry Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari held talks on Tue. through videoconference. In this online meeting, the …

Iran’s Permanent Envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that considerable centrifugal and quality of nuclear materials have no place in the documents of IAEA. Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to Vienna-based International Organizations Kazem Gharibabadi made the remarks on Sunday in his reaction to the statements raised by the …

Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian held talks with Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar on the permanent transmission of electricity to Afghanistan. In a videoconference on Saturday night, the two sides discussed preparation for holding a joint economic commission next month, planning and implementing joint economic programs, electricity …

Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade put the country’s non-oil exports value in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (from March 21 to Sept. 22) at $13.5 billion. At the condition that spread of coronavirus, COVID-19, has decreased international trade as much as 14 percent, …

Iranian Energy Minister announced on Sunday that the country plans to increase its nuclear power capacity from its current 1,000 megawatts to 3,000 MW in future. In this regard, the construction of two new 1,000-megawatt-nuclear power plants is underway in Bushehr, Reza Ardakanian said. The minister lamented that lack of …

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian expressed his country’s preparedness to supply electricity to Europe. Ardakanian said that, enjoying enormous energy resources and having skilled manpower and facilities in the field, Iran can pave the ground for expansion of energy corridors, especially electricity transmission corridor. “In order to help promote communications …