An NIOC official has reported on shipment of the first Iranian crude oil cargo to Italy’s Eni oil industry company in the post-JCPOA era. Executive Director for International Affairs at National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Seyed Mohsen Ghamsari, while pointing to launch of oil sales to Eni in the post-JCPOA era, said Iran has so…
NISOC managing director said negotiations were underway way to launch oil cooperation with BP, Argentina’s YPF as well as China’s Sinopec and CNPC. Aiming at attracting maximum investment and modern technology, Iran’s Oil Ministry, in addition to introducing new model of oil contracts, dubbed as the Iran Petroleum Contract (IPC), has allowed National Iranian South…
Iranians are getting prepared to celebrate Yalda Night, the longest night of the year, by getting together one more time and being with their family. Yalda Night or ‘Shab-e Chelleh’ (‘Night of Forty’) is an Iranian festival celebrated on the “longest and darkest night of the year”, for example the night of the winter solstice…
Indonesia says it plans to buy 1 million barrels of crude oil from Iran in the first quarter of the next year. Dwi Soetjipto, the chief executive officer of the state-owned Pertamina oil and gas corporation, was quoted by media as saying that that the projected imports from Iran would be provided to the Cilacap…
Germany‘s Medio Energy Invest and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding worth approximately $104 million for the construction of two power plants — wind and solar — in the south of Iran. According to Mehr News Agency, Mahmoud Dashtbozorg, director general of Khuzestan Regional Electricity Company elaborated on the agreement with Medio Energy and said,…
France’s Total will equip Phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field with a pressure booster station to regularly pump two billion cubic feet of gas per day for nearly 20 years as part of a deal between Tehran and the French energy giant. Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told Tasnim News Agency on Monday that…
Iran will finalize a contract with French aircraft manufacturer Airbus on the purchase of jetliners next week, said Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi. He added that the details of the contract with Airbus to purchase brand new aircraft will be made public afterwards, Tasnim News Agency reported. During Iranian President Hassan Rouhani‘s…
Yalda Night, known also as the Chelleh Night, falls on December 20, this year. Considered the longest night of the year when the ancient Iranians celebrated the birth of Mithra, the goddess of light, the Yalda Night was registered on the Iran’s National Heritage List in 2008. “Yalda Night” is a traditional Iranian celebration of…
Wedding ceremony among Turkmen natives of Raz and Jergalan, North Khorasan province, has remained virtually the same as that in distant past; like their variegated attire, the ceremony itself is a sort of enigma; wedding is important in terms of bringing tribal glory and economic improvement. Turkmens cherish larger families, since they believe larger number…
The number of foreign tourists visiting Kashan, in Isfahan Province, increased fourfold over the past two years compared to the figure for the same period before it, said the city’s mayor. Many travellers opt to bypass Kashan on their journeys between Tehran, Isfahan and Yazd, but we counsel you not to do the same. In…
