The Iranian handball player of Romania’s Dinamo Bucuresti’s Sajjad Esteki won ‘ Rookie of 2016’ title of VELUX EHF Champions League in 2016, garnering 62 percent of the votes. The thrilling Iranian long-range shooter had earlier become the top goalscorer of the European Champions League in 2016, with 68 goals in nine matches — three…
The Philippines is willing to buy four million barrels per month of Iranian crude oil, IRNA reported on Friday, quoting Pedro A. Aquino, a board member of Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC). PNOC plans to construct a 400-barrel-capacity oil refinery in the country and has it on agenda to supply the refinery’s feedstock cooperating with…
China‘s Iranian crude oil imports may rise to a record this year as state-owned oil firms lift more crude through their upstream investments while extending their current supply contracts, senior industry and trading sources said. Chinese firms were expected to lift between three million to four million barrels more Iranian oil each quarter in 2017…
The European Union’s trade with Iran amounted to €10.3 billion in the first 10 months of 2016, a 66 percent rise year on year, based on the latest figures released by the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat. The figure was €6.2 billion during January-October 2015, Tasnim news agency reported. Iran’s exports to the EU stood…
Foreign investments in Iran’s capital market reached $362 million in the first nine months of the Iranian year (March 20 to December 20, 2016), said a member of the Board of Directors of Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) of Iran. The figure has grown 782 percent compared to that of 2013, which stood at $40…
Bandar Laft or Laft village is situated on Qeshm’s ‘fin’ next to Hara Forest. Even though Yazd is most often thought of as the city of badgir (windcatchers), an ancient Persian architectural structure used to create natural ventilation, a glance at the panoramic skyline of this historical port is proof of a rivalry. Few abanbar…
Iran will host 306 tour leaders from 45 countries at the 17th ‘WFTGA Convention: Iran’ which is scheduled for February. According to Arash Nouraqaei, who heads the Iranian Guild of Tour Leaders, the event will be the biggest of its kind in 2017. He added that the gathering provides the best opportunity for Iran to…
Japan‘s Inpex Corp. has initiated intense negotiations with National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to develop Azadegan oilfield in southwestern Iran and is a strong candidate for the contract, said a high-ranking Iranian official. Managing Director of Iran‘s Petroleum Engineering and Development Company Noureddin Shahnazizadeh said that Inpex signed a memorandum of understanding on the project…
Iran U-19 men’s volleyball team maintained its third place in the latest FIVB World Ranking. The Iranian squad stands third with 110 points, Tasnim News Agency reported. Poland (130 points) and Argentina (120 points) are first and second in the ranking. Also, Iran men’s U-23 team is seventh in the global ranking with 70 points….
A look at what transpired in the past 12 months in Iran’s gradually-developing travel industry: This was a good year for Iran’s nascent tourism sector. Old flight routes resumed operations while new ones were established, the UNESCO World Heritage List featured two more Iranian sites and reputable international groups announced plans to open hotels in…
