Iran stresses need for setting up banking channel with EU
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday stressed the urgency for establishing a banking channel with the European Union…
Economy
China resumes Iran oil imports after receiving waiver
Bloomberg – Asia’s largest buyer of Iranian oil is said to have resumed purchases from the Persian Gulf state following a one-month…
‘We Share Values and Culture’: Iraq’s FM on trade with Iran amid US sanctions
Sputnik – Iraq will continue trading with Iran despite US sanctions, Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim said on Thursday. “We are…
At MED conf. in Rome; Zarif calls on EU to resist US pressures
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday delivered a speech at the Mediterranean Dialogues Conference (MED) in the Italian…
Zarif : Iranian, Italian enterprises will cooperate
IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iranian and Italian small- and medium-sized companies are to cooperate. Outlining outcome of his…
Turkey, EU: Iran should still enjoy lifted sanctions
Anadolu Agency – Sustainable economic benefits to Iran as result of lifting sanctions should continue, says Turkish FM in joint statement Turkey…
Why Iran and Turkmenistan need to solve their gas dispute amicably
Observer Research Foundation | SANKET SUDHIR KULKARNI: Since the last few months, Iran and Turkmenistan have got embroiled in a bitter dispute.…
Bankers, traders discuss ways to fight sanctions
Financial Tribune – Iranian banks have again found themselves at the center of US efforts to exert maximum pressure on the economy…
Pompeo and Bolton want to torture Iranian nation
MNA | M.A. Saki: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his special representative for Iran Brian Hook have claimed that humanitarian…
Iranian banks lend $27 billion in 7 months
Financial Tribune – Iranian banks and credit institutions lent 3.58 quadrillion rials ($27.33 billion) to various sectors during the first seven months…
Trump’s sanctions are proving a bitter pill for Iran’s sick
Bloomberg | Golnar Motevalli and Ladane Nasseri: Leila Koochaki’s health has become collateral damage as the U.S. extends its economic offensive against Iran. The 47-year-old…
Iranian pension funds on brink absent major reforms
Al-Monitor | Maziar Motamedi: Successive Iranian administrations have in past decades, to various degrees, shown a tendency toward populist policies. This has…
Iran: US must lift sanctions on food, medicine as per ICJ ruling
Press TV – Iran says the US must lift its cruel sanctions on exports of humanitarian goods, including food and medicine, to Iran…
IMO urges US, member states not to endanger maritime security
MNA – Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baedinejad said Thu. that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) responded to Iran’s demand and called…
Iran reshuffles top energy officials as U.S. sanctions snap back
Bloomberg | Shaji Mathew: Iran, the OPEC producer whose oil exports are being affected by U.S. sanctions, is changing top executives at…
The app destroying Iran’s currency
Foreign Policy | ROHOLLAH FAGHIHI: Iranians are using the messaging app Telegram to spread fake news about the rial—and make a profit…
Indian Oil Corp says to buy 180,000 bpd Iranian oil in 2018/19
Reuters – India’s biggest state-owned crude oil refiner Indian Oil Corp Ltd aims to lift full volumes under its 2018/19 annual contract…
Financing petchem industry, a must: Min.
SHANA — Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh stressed the need for providing financial resources in the petrochemical industry. Addressing a gathering…
US bans disrupt medicine imports for victims of chemical attacks: Iran
Press TV – Tehran says the American economic sanctions against Iran could hamper imports of medicine meant for victims of chemical attacks, despite…
Iran gathering documents of US violation of ICJ verdict
IRNA – Vice president for legal affairs said Iranian authorities are collecting documents related to the US non-compliance of the temporary order…
Iranian, French diplomats hold talks in Tehran
MNA – Political Director of the French Foreign Ministry Nicolas de Riviere, who is in Tehran for a fresh round of political…
FATF member countries, the very center of money laundering
MNA | Mohammad Ghaderi: While Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif asks for joining FATF (The Financial Action Task Force on Money…
How Rouhani can use the industry sector to help Iran’s economy
Atlantic Council | NAVID KALHOR: With four new ministers in President Hassan Rouhani’s cabinet to help salvage the Iranian economy, it’s too…
Iran blames European airports refusal to fuel its planes on private sector
IRNA – Refusing to provide fuel to Iranian passenger jets at the European and Turkish airports has nothing to do with the…
CBI governor underlines Iran’s access to crude revenues
FNA – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati announced on Wednesday that the country has found ways to…
Iran welcomes ‘new European initiatives’ for non-dollar trade
Reuters – Iran on Wednesday praised European efforts to maintain business with Tehran despite U.S. sanctions, citing “constructive meetings” with British and…
Japanese trade with Iran under pressure
Nippon – Resource-poor Japan has made great efforts to forge good relationships with oil producing countries in the Middle East. Iran, boasting…
Official: European firms to supply equipment for Chabahar port
FNA – A senior official of the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran (PMOI) announced on Wednesday that the country has signed…
Europeans working on new initiatives to keep trade with Iran: deputy FM
MNA – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wed. that the Europeans are working on new initiatives in relation to the…
Iran official rejects Iraqi gas payment in dinar
Press TV – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Petroleum Amir Hossein Zamaninia says Iraq has to pay in euros for the gas imported…
Iran to call for removal of US medical bans at OPCW in Hague
IRNA – Iran is to deliver speech at the OPCW conference in Hague, the Netherlands, about the US unfair sanctions against Tehran’s…
US sanctions will not affect Armenia’s ties with Iran
ARKA – The “toughest ever” sanctions unleashed by US against Iran will not affect Armenia’s long-term cooperation with Iran in the energy…
Rouhani urges prevention of corruption, money laundering
MNA – Stating that Iranians are revolutionary, standing by each other in a great country, President Rouhani said, “we are a big…
Share of payments in national currencies in Russian-Iranian trade turnover on the rise
TASS – Payments in national currencies in the Russian-Iranian trade turnover account for over 20%, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai said…
Moscow can’t confirm it suggested lifting Iran sanctions for pullout from Syria
Sputnik – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said he could not confirm US media reports that Moscow had allegedly recently suggested…
Russia’s Foreign Ministry slams new US sanctions as clumsy
TASS – Accusations concerning oil supplies to Syria – a country whose armed forces have been fighting terrorist aggression for over seven…
Iran lambasts new US sanctions over alleged oil shipments to Syria
Sputnik – Tehran has condemned Washington’s latest sanctions, calling them irrational and ineffective, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said in a…
US sanctions on food, medicine target Iranian nation
MNA – President of the Iranian Red Crescent Society Ali Asghar Peyvandi said the United States’ hostile approach and illegal sanctions, especially…
6% rise in mining chain exports in seven months
IRNA – Evaluation of seven-month performance of Iran’s foreign trade shows that the mining chain and mining industry in the meantime has…
NPC talks with investors continue despite sanctions: Official
SHANA – A senior official with the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said the company’s talks with petrochemical investors were continuing despite US…