Iran's [gas] capability has significantly increased, Yury Sentyurin told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).About Iran's presence in Europe's gas market and competition with Russia, Sentyurin said the GECF is after preserving the market, and the member countries should find their customers.Founded in 2008, GECF is an international organization which …
Read More »Daily Archives: May 22, 2018
Pompeo’s Iran plan 'pipe dream': Foreign Policy
Pompeo's speech 'did not delineate a strategy so much as a wish list and a long one at that,' wrote Foreign Policy.Pompeo on Monday laid out what he called a new strategy to counter Iran’s behavior across the Middle East, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s announcement this month …
Read More »Iranian dates most preferred food item in Pakistan’s Ramadan
Fruit sellers offer Iranian dates exclusively on their stalls and carts while they can be found on grocery stores and Ramadan markets.The tradition of breaking fast with date is connected to the religious practices in Ramadan as Muslims across the globe prefer to eat dates in iftari prior to anything …
Read More »Indonesia seen set to struggle to procure Australia condensate
Over the past couple of years, Indonesia’s state-run Pertamina had regularly bought Australia’s North West Shelf condensate cargoes in the spot market, preferring it to other regional ultra-light grades, for TPPI’s condensate splitter and petrochemical complex at Tuban in East Java.However, it has only managed to procure around 500,000-1 million …
Read More »Gov't spox: White House should be accountable to its public opinion
Talking to reporters, Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht dismissed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s allegations against Iran, adding that President Hassan Rouhani immediately announced the Islamic Republic's legal stance in this respect.Despite being under international sanctions, the Islamic Republic is the 18th big economy of the world according to the International Monetary …
Read More »Pakistan's special foods for holy Ramadan
During this period, Muslims keep fast and abstain from food, drink, and other certain activities during daylight hours.In Pakistan, almost everybody stops to rejoice for a few minutes, following the iftar and azan, the call to prayer and the time to break the day long fasts.Preparations for iftar commence hours …
Read More »UN Chief calls on governments, businesses, people to act to protect nature
The rich variety of life on Earth is essential for the welfare and prosperity of people today and for generations to come. That is why, 25 years ago, the world’s nations agreed on the Convention for Biological Diversity, Guterres said according to a press release sent to IRNA by the …
Read More »Cultural heritage, historical memory of a nation
These days, given the capacities and values in historic buildings, preserving these values for the next generation has become a challenge for Iran; however it is not limited to this single country and is a global concern. This year, on April 18, the theme for the International Day for Monuments …
Read More »Syrian Army announces Damascus entirely safe after liberating al-Hajar al-Aswad
The Command said in a statement which SANA received a copy that units of the Syrian armed forces, aided by allied forces, have completed the cleansing of the entire al-Hajar al-Aswad and the area surrounding it of terrorists after a string of precision and successive military operations.The General Command indicated …
Read More »Pompeo new approach to bring no achievement: US diplomat
“@SecPompeo failed to make case for why US better off abrogating JCPOA now when nuclear limits still good for a decade,” Richard N. Haass wrote on his Twitter account.“At some point all-or-nothing diplomacy in which demand is piled upon demand morphs into a policy of regime change. That is where …
Read More »