'The last phone call of Iranian and Russian foreign ministers dates as back as Thursday,' the Center announced.The Center's announcement said the report on the phone call of the two officials, published on Tuesday morning, lacks any authenticity and credit.Over recent weeks, especially after liberation of Aleppo, heads of diplomatic …
Read More »Indian ONGC Videsh Ltd. in list of intl. E&P companies qualified by Iranian Petroleum Ministry
An official at Indian ONGC Videsh Ltd, who wanted not to be named, said the company had delivered its documents to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC ) to run the tender.The NIOC is to hold several tenders for a number of qualified foreign oil and gas E&P companies.Ministry of …
Read More »Larijani: Majlis supports Iraq stability, security
Larijani, talking to Iraqi Vice-President Nuri al-Maliki, said regional crises have unveiled the hypocrite image of certain regional states.He criticized certain regional countries for their role in the Syrian and Iraqi crises and said there are suitable political and economic capacities which should be used in line with interests of …
Read More »Min.: $8.5bn investment in industries, mines sector in 4 years
Nematzadeh told Iran's Ambassador to Turkey Mohammad-Ebrahim Taherianfard and the staff of the economic section of Iranian Embassy in Ankara that the investment had been made in 170 industrial and mineral projects and 80 of them have thus far been successfully commissioned.He added that more than $ 5.5 billion out …
Read More »One year on Iran Parliament slams Saudi killing of Sheikh Nimr
In the statement read out during the open session of the Parliament on Tuesday, the representatives called on the global organizations and human rights bodies to stop double standards and contradictory approaches towards such crimes committed by the Saudis.'Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr was martyred by the Saudis at a time …
Read More »Pumping Iranian gas to Turkey underway, Iran ready to supply gas to Iraq
NIGC spokesman Majid Boujarzadeh said that the company exported some 27 million cm/day Iranian gas to Turkey on average over the past week.Speaking exclusive to IRNA, Boujarzadeh said that despite a halt to Turkmen gas export to Iran, Iran does not have any difficulty to pump Iranian gas to Turkey.Meanwhile, …
Read More »Vice President lashes out at violence against women
'Fighting violence against women is a collective responsibility,' Molaverdi told the National Conference on Stopping Violence against Women on Tuesday.The vice president remained to be critical of the idea of household rulership tending to put women in confinements calling for regulations on the issue to be tightened up and updated.'The …
Read More »Iranian minister in Turkey to confer mutual ties
Heading a high-ranking delegation, he arrived in Ankara Tuesday morning and was welcomed by the Turkish officials upon arrival.Nematzadeh is scheduled to meet Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci who is also head of Iran-Turkey joint economic and trade commission.Turkey's standards for Iranian exported commodities is one of the topics to …
Read More »Terrorists killed, wounded 1,452 Iraqis in December 2016
According to the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran, the number of civilians killed in December (not including police) was 385, while the number injured (not including police) was 1,060.Ninewa was the worst affected Governorate with 719 civilian casualties with 208 killed and 511 injured. Baghdad followed with 109 …
Read More »SNSC secretary, Iraqi VP meet in Tehran
During the meeting, the two sides negotiated bilateral issues and political and security developments in the region.They also discussed development of cooperation in fighting terrorism and reviewed bilateral interactions in political, economic and cultural fields.Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran on Saturday to meet and negotiate with Iranian officials.Al-Maliki was the …
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