Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, at the head of a trade delegation, will pay an official visit to Iran on February 11-12. Löfven will hold talks with Iranian officials over trade relations, bilateral cooperation and regional development, Mehr News Agency reported. The delegation is comprised of representatives of a number of Swedish public companies and…
Italy ranked first among European importers of Iranian goods in the nine months to December 20, 2016, Iran Customs Administration (ICA) figures showed. Italy was first among European importers of Iranian commodities importing over 678,000 tons of Iranian goods worth more than $385 million in the nine-month period, announced Iran’s customs office, IRNA reported. It…
Iran’s deputy petroleum minister says Tehran’s total crude oil and condensate sales reached around $30 billion in the first 9 months of the current calendar Persian year which started on March 20. “Iran’s crude and condensate exports surpassed 2.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in December 2016,” Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Saturday. Iran exported…
Iran ‘s NIOC deputy head, while disavowing claims on disqualification of Russian oil giants, said the Iranian company will soon publish a second list of authorized applicants for investment. Deputy Head of NIOC for Development and Engineering Affairs Gholamreza Manouchehri said “a list recently published by National Iranian Oil Company was relevant to applicants from…
First day of the 32nd Fajr International Music Festival hosted Rembrandt Frerichs Trio from the Netherlands and Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Hesam Inanlu at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on January 13. Djivan Gasparyan performs at 32nd Fajr Intl. Music Festival Armenian musician and composer Djivan Gasparyan performed at Milad Tower Conference Center on Friday during the first…
Iranian weightlifting champion Kianoush Rostami has been nominated by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) for Best Lifter of the Year 2016. Rostami, who is a world and Olympic champion, has been placed among the candidates for the ‘Jenő Boskovics Lifter of the Year Trophies for 2016’ by IWF. International Weightlifting Federation has announced names of…
Iran’s deputy energy minister said an international tender will be soon invited over improving the efficiency of power plants’ generation capacity from 33 to 40 per cent. Houshang Falahatian, while stating that the average efficiency rate in the country’s power stations are expected to climb from the current 38 to over 40 per cent in…
Greece’s Olympiakos signed Panionios’s Iranian striker Karim Ansarifard in the January transfer window on Thursday. The Iranian international striker joined the top Greek team with a contract reportedly worth €400,000, Tasnim News Agency reported. Ansarifard had already caught the eye of a number of European top-flight clubs such as the Netherland’s Feyenoord Rotterdam, France’s Olympique…
India‘s annual oil imports from Iran surged to a record high in 2016 as some refiners resumed purchases after the lifting of sanctions against Tehran, according to ship tracking data and a report compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Research and Forecasts. The sharp increase propelled Iran into fourth place among India’s suppliers in 2016, up…
Bulgarian volleyball club Shumen W completed the signing of Iranian international player Maedeh Borhani. Borhani, 29, is the first Iranian woman player who joins a European volleyball team. The opposite spiker joined Shumen W from Iranian volleyball club Bank Sarmayeh. “We agree with the transfer but we have to find a replacement for our player….
