Addressing a conference in the Iranian capital, Meshkinfam said that Iran’s annual excavation from the field used to stand at 12 billion cubic meters a year when the project was inaugurated in 2002.The field is now providing some 70% of the gas for the country’s domestic consumption, while it covered …
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Headlines in Iranian English-language dailies on January 27
** IRAN DAILY-- Iran, Russia support resumption of 2015 nuclear deal Iran and Russia called for the resumption of the 2015 nuclear deal Tuesday, as their top diplomats held their first round of talks in Moscow since US President Joe Biden’s took office earlier this month.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged …
Read More »Trade between Iran, Armenia can reach $1b annually: Minister
In a meeting with his Armenian counterpart Vahan Kerobyan late on Tuesday, he stressed the need for developing communication and financial infrastructures of the two countries, saying that trade exchanges can be increased up to one billion dollars, if mutual cooperation is promoted.Reiterating that problems pertaining to structures should be …
Read More »Iran, Afghanistan ties beyond political, diplomatic spheres: Official
Mohammad Sadeq Basiri in a meeting with the Afghan Ambassador to Tehran Abdolghafor Lival late on Tuesday added that Iran and Afghanistan have common views on various issues such as fighting against terrorism and narcotics, and they boast of numerous cultural commonalities."Nobody can take away cultural commonalities from us and Afghan …
Read More »Iran UN envoy: Deception, playing victim major elements of Israel’s foreign policy
Addressing a virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council on “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question", he criticized international community's inaction towards the Zionist regime's crimes, saying that it must do whatever it can to address this crisis and prevent its further deterioration and its …
Read More »Iranian, Russian FMs stress HOPE guarantees Persian Gulf security
The two top politicians said that the security of the region depends on Iran's participation and that of Persian Gulf Arab states.Answering IRNA’s question about Russian plans to help create balanced relations in the region, Lavrov said that Russia has been giving ideas for security in the Persian Gulf region …
Read More »FM Zarif: Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine registered in Iran
Zarif said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday that the Russian vaccine for COVID-19, Sputnik V, was registered in Iran on Monday, hoping that the vaccine will be bought and jointly produced in the near future.The Sputnik V vaccine was yesterday also registered …
Read More »All Afghan groups should participate in peace effort: FM spox
Talking to reporters in a ceremony in Tehran, Khatibzadeh noted that Iran’s public diplomacy is experiencing a new phase of diplomacy, and that the aim of a trip by Taliban’s delegation to Iran is holding talks on peace process in Afghanistan.Taliban political delegation headed by Abdul Ghani Baradar has arrived …
Read More »Iran elected as president of APDIM governing council
The 5th Meeting of the APDIM Governing Council affiliated with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was held online on Tuesday in the presence of Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP.At the meeting, the members …
Read More »Iran, Russia sign information security agreement
The agreement is a turning-point in the cyber security cooperation of the two countries.Among the benefits of the agreement is coordination and collaboration between Iran and Russia in regional and international communities in order to guarantee national and international security. In the UN Information Security Group, Iran and Russia have …
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