Iran has signed initial agreements with Germany’s Hermes insurance firm and Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV) to provide cover for transactions with Europe. The Export Guarantee Fund of Iran (EGFI) signed the agreements in Lisbon on the sidelines of the annual meeting of Bern Union — an association of private and state export credit insurers…
Pomegranate traditional harvesting began in Iran’s south Khorasan province. Iran pomegranate Iran is known as the largest producer of pomegranate in the world. The Pomegranate is full of special vitamins and it includes anti oxidants with plenty of medical benefits. This page is to introduce this fruit and to explain the nutritional and medical benefits…
The ancient city of Ardabil in north-west of Iran has a population of about 700,000 and is located in an open plain about 1.500 meters above the sea level. The majority of people living in this province speak the Azeri variety of Turkish in life situations, although Farsi as the country’s official language is practiced…
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said an Iranian delegation composed of deputy foreign ministers are to hold general talks with European Union (EU) officials in Brussels in December. Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi announced the prospective negotiations on Monday, saying the talks will cover a range of issues, possibly human rights, but asserted that the delegation would not…
Iranian and foreign investors are to invest 333 million US $ in Hanzai Region of the southern province of Kerman, according to the director general of provincial Cultural Heritage Department. Mahmoud Vafaei further said that the investors intend to launch Ski piste and rest-cum-recreation compounds over an area of 1,100 hectares. “An Iranian investor and…
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry have been voted as the winners of this year’s Chatham House Prize. The Chatham House Prize is presented annually to the person, persons or organization deemed by members of the Royal Institute of International Affairs to have made the most…
A comprehensive document for bilateral maritime transport and port cooperation was signed between Iran and the Netherlands. The deal was sealed by Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi and Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment of the Netherlands Schultz van Haegen. During the MoU-signing ceremony, Schultz van Haegen of the Dutch ministry…
Finnish Ambassador to Tehran Harri Kämäräinen believes his country has a lot to share with Iran in areas such as nutritional research and sports teacher training courses. Kämäräinen tough his small country is not at the same level as Iran is in connection with athletic performance. “We have some features when it comes to the…
National Iranian junior football team beat Uzbekistan to both cruise to AFC U-19 Championship semifinals and get tickets to next year’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in Korea Republic. Iran faced Uzbek rivals on Monday evening in Manama’s Bahrain National Stadium in quarterfinals of the AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 where the Persians handed Uzbekistan a…
Iran said on Sunday it will soon sign six agreements with international energy giants over the development of its oil sector projects. Gholam-Reza Manouchehri, the deputy for engineering and development affairs of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), specified neither the companies nor the projects. Nevertheless, he did indicate that the projects were large scale….
