Tag Archives: Mehr News Agency

Iran Oil Production in Persian Gulf to Increase

A drilling rig was erected off Lavan Island, the Persian Gulf, another step toward boosting oil output, said an Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) official Monday. Pouya Ma’arefi, the director of the Resalat oil field development project, said the drilling rig was installed adjacent to the DP-R1 platform. The first …

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Iran-Afghanistan Trade Exchange Rises to $1bn

Officials at the Afghanistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Investment announced that trade and economic relations between the country and the Islamic Republic of Iran have increased. According to the officials of the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment, as cited by the local Afghan AVA news agency, the annual trade …

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AEOI Experts Registered 159 Scientific Achievements Past Yr

Iran’s nuclear chief says AEOI experts, with extensive efforts, registered 159 scientific, technological, and industrial achievements in the past year. “9 April is a special day for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and we are taking great steps in this regard,” the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of …

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Iran-EU Trade Rises in January

Iran and the European Union’s 27 member states traded €401.17 million worth of goods in January 2023, registering a 5.31% rise compared with the same month of the year before. New data released by Eurostat show Germany was the top trading partner of Iran in the EU region during the …

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Chad Nationalizes all Assets Owned by Exxon Mobil

The nationalization of Exxon Mobil’s assets in Chad comes after the oil giants divested from them in December 2022, media have reported. Chad has nationalized all the assets and rights, including hydrocarbon permits and exploration and production authorizations, that belonged to a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil, the West African nation’s …

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Iranian, Omani Foreign Ministers Discuss Ties by Phone

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday evening spoke with his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi. Amir-Abdollahian congratulated Albusaidi on the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan and highlighted issues of mutual interest in bilateral ties including the need for coordination of the upcoming visit of Oman’s sultan to Tehran. …

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IAEA BoG Backs Chief Grossi for 2nd Term in Post

The UN nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation board of governors on Friday backed the reappointment of Argentina’s Rafael Grossi to a second four-year term as director general, diplomats at the closed-door meeting said. The decision was a formality since there was no challenger, Reuters reported. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s board approved …

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IAEA Chief Meets AEOI Head in Tehran

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi met and conferred with the Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami in Tehran on Friday. Grossi arrived in Tehran on Friday evening and was officially welcomed by AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi. The IAEA …

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