China, Russia, S Africa, new markets for Iranian handwoven carpets
MNA – Head of Iran National Carpet Center Hamid Kargar said that Iran’s handwoven carpet has found new markets in China, Russia…
Sanctions Against Iran
Oil at $75 as Iran sanction fears mount
BBC– Oil prices hit $75 on Tuesday, the highest level in nearly three and a half years, as fears mounted over the…
Iran’s Apr LPG exports jump to about 500,000 mt, second highest post-sanctions
Platts– LPG shipments scheduled to be lifted from Iran in April rose further to around 500,000 mt, almost matching January shipments of…
Iran Europe’s investment hub
MNA – Head of the Investment and Consultancy Services at Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIM) says Iran can…
Why Iran moved to unify dual exchange rates
Al Monitor | Maziar Motamedi: In an abrupt move, Iran moved to unify its dual exchange rates — one official and the…
Iran vows “Stunning” response to return of US sanctions
IFP- Iran’s nuclear chief says the country is ready to give an “stunning” response to a possible return of unilateral US sanctions…
Oil market faces tense wait as Iran sanctions too close to call
Bloomberg |Alex Longley, Grant Smith and Christopher Sell: Global markets for equities, currencies and metals have all been whipsawed by the uncertainty over…
Will Iran’s banking sector collapse?
Al Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Iranian and international experts have opined for some time that Iran’s banking sector is at risk of…
Never mind OPEC – Brent oil market braces for Iran deadline
Reuters – Oil investors are taking no chances that Iran’s nuclear deal with Western powers will remain intact next month. Volatility, a…
Iran to get 14 ATR, Airbus, Boeing aircraft this year
IRAN Daily – Iran will receive 14 new passenger aircraft this year based on agreements signed with Airbus, Boeing and ATR plane-makers,…
Iran to receive 8 ATR72 passenger planes in 2018
IRNA – Eight Franco-Italian ATR72-600 aircraft are scheduled to be delivered to Iran in 2018, the advisor to former road and urban…
Banker in Iran sanctions case says life term isn’t justified
Bloomberg– A Turkish banker convicted in January of aiding an Iranian sanctions evasion scheme objected to a recommendation to a judge that…
US boycotts China telecom giant ZTE over Iran case
Press TV – The US government has banned American companies from selling components to China’s ZTE despite reaching a $1.2 billion settlement…
EU extends Iran sanctions by one year
MNA – The Council of the European Union on Thu. extended the sanctions imposed on Iran over alleged human rights violations by…
U.S. accuses banker in Iran-sanctions case of hiding assets
Bloomberg– An international banker charged in the U.S. with laundering more than $100 million for an Iranian construction company “grossly” understated his…
Mnuchin signals ‘Very Strong’ new sanctions on Iran coming
Bloomberg– Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin signaled on Wednesday the U.S. may impose “very strong” sanctions on Iran as President Donald Trump seeks…
Russia’s Lukoil is one of the favorites for Iran oil field development
Sputnik – The head of Lukoil, Russia’s oil-producing giant, Vagit Alekperov said he expects to sign contracts with Iran to develop the…
Rusal triggers Iran-style defense after U.S. sanctions – source
Reuters – Russian aluminum giant Rusal has activated a contingency plan asking customers to pay in euros instead of dollars to try…
Uzbekistan eyes upping oil, wheat exports to Iran
MNA – An Uzbek economic delegation headed by First Deputy PM Ochilboy Ramatov are in talks with the Iranian side to export…
US seeks to contain both Russia and Iran through sanctions, State Duma speaker says
TASS– The United States is trying to contain Russia’s development, the way it was with Iran when similar decisions were made on…
Donald Trump has a potent weapon against Iranian oil
Bloomberg | Julian Lee: Citigroup Inc., Societe Generale SA, Royal Bank of Canada, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. Analysts at all these…
India to double oil import from Iran in 2018
MNA – According to the informed sources, Indian state refineries are planning to double oil imports from the Islamic Republic of Iran…
Trump’s strategy sows uncertainty for U.S. companies in Iran
Wall Street Journal | Benoit Faucon in London and Asa Fitch in Dubai: Abdolreza Kamyab, a Plano, Texas-based exporter of food supplements…
Russia’s Rosneft interested in oil, gas in Iran’s Zagros province: document
Reuters – Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft is interested in oil and gas projects in Iran’s Zagros province, after signing a deal…
Iran’s Tabriz, Nakhchivan must boost ties as tourism, cultural capitals of Muslim world
IFP – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called for expansion of mutual cooperation between the Iranian city of Tabriz and…
India to offer $3-4 billion development plan for giant Iran gas field: sources
Reuters – India is set to offer a $3-4 billion development plan for the Farzad B gas field to Iran next week…
Energy Committee head: Europe, US looking for sanctioning Iran again
MNA– The head of Iranian Parliament’s Energy Committee said on Wednesday that Europe and the US are serious about sanctioning Iran again,…
South Korea starts replacing Iranian condensate: Report
Press TV – South Korea has reportedly started replacing condensate from Iran which has been cutting supplies to Asia because new splitters…
Official: Russia to invest $50 billion in Iran oil, gas
Press TV – Russian investment in developing Iran’s oil and gas fields could total more than $50 billion, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov…
Russia’s Zarubezhneft can transfer capital to Iran via European banks: Official
MNA – Deputy Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), affiliated to the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), Gholamreza Manouchehri said that Russia’s…
Austrian envoy dismisses reports on Oberbank’s ceasing cooperation with Iran
FNA – Austria’s Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz categorically dismissed some media reports that his country’s Oberbank has frozen business with the…
OICA statistics show Iran 12th big car market in world
MNA – According to the latest statistics released by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), car industry is still experiencing…
Austria’s Oberbank puts its deal with Iran ‘on hold’ over Trump
Tasnim – Oberbank, Austria’s seventh-largest bank, has put projects “on hold” due to the uncertainties surrounding the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran…
New US sanctions against Iranian nationals provocative act: Iran
Press TV- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has condemned the new US sanctions against several Iranian nationals and an engineering company…
US sanctions 10 Iranians for alleged cyber attacks
IRNA – Washington said on Friday that it has put the name of 10 Iranian individuals and one institute on its sanctions…
U.S. arrests Iranian over alleged $115 million sanctions evasion scheme
Reuters – An Iranian who chairs a Maltese bank has been arrested on U.S. charges that he participated in a scheme to…
Trump poses new threat to Iran’s resurgent rug trade
Press TV- Iran’s carpet sales continued to rise last year which also saw the country reclaim much of the market share it…
New anti-Iran sanctions not on agenda of EU Foreign Affairs Council – Mogherini
Sputnik– EU foreign ministers will not discuss the introduction of new sanctions against Iran during the Monday session of the Foreign Affairs…
Oil major Total to seek waiver if U.S. reimposes Iran sanctions: UAE newspaper
Reuters – Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne said on Sunday that the French oil and gas company would seek a waiver to continue…
Senior MP blasts new sanctions against Iran as violation of N. deal
FNA- Rapporteur of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi Hosseini rapped certain European states’ attempts to…