Will US interdict 5 Iran tankers carrying gasoline to sanctions-hit Venezuela?
International Business Times | James Patterson: Five Iranian tankers filled with gasoline and other needed products are headed to Venezuela, signifying a…
Tag Archives: Bandar Abbas
Army’s Navy HQ moves from Tehran to Bandar Abbas
MNA – The headquarters of the Iranian Army’s Navy has moved from Tehran to Bandar Abbas. Commander of Iranian Army’s Navy Rear…
Ships with one million tonnes of grain stuck outside Iran’s ports in payment crisis
Reuters | Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi: More than 20 ships carrying around one million tonnes of grain are stuck outside Iranian ports as…
Iran to resume building its longest cross-sea bridge
Press TV – Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami says Iran plans to resume the construction of its longest cross-sea…
Iranian coast guard gets new patrol boats
Tasnim – Iran’s homegrown ‘Heidar-class’ search and rescue (SAR) vessels joined the Border Police’s naval fleet in the country’s southern waters on…
Supertanker berths at southern Iranian port
IRNA – A 320,000-ton supertanker successfully berthed at the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, a senior official of the country said.…
Gigantic offshore platform being shipped to Iran’s southern gas field
Tasnim – The third platform of Phase 14 of Iran’s South Pars gas field, which has been built by domestic experts, was…
New flare stack to be installed in Iran’s South Pars
Tasnim – Local technicians at Iran’s giant South Pars gas field have begun an operation to install the last flare stack of…
Iran offering best trade opportunities: Deputy FM
IRNA – Iran has proved its best opportunities for trade through its economic relations with other countries throughout history, a senior Iranian…
Int’l confab explores investment opportunities in Hormuzgan
IRNA – The third international conference on investment opportunities started in Bandar Abbas with the presence 500 domestic and foreign guests on…
Explosion rocks Iranian military shipyard killing at least three – Reports
Sputnik – The blast has ripped through a shipbuilding plant some 37 kilometres west of the port of Bandar Abbas near the…
IRGC seizes 1 million liters of smuggled diesel in South Iran
MNA – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy have seized more than one million liters of diesel in coasts of Bandar Abbas, southern…
Iran’s aquatic production up 40% in 40 years
IRNA – Iran’s aquatic products have a seen a rise of 40% during past four decades, the country´s agriculture minister says. “At…
Photos: Rouhani inaugurates phase III of Persian Gulf Star Refinery
ISNA | Amir Hossein Khourgooi: On the second day of his trip to Hormozgan province, President Rouhani launched phase III of Bandar…
Minister of Communications: Bright future depends on youth
IRNA – Minister of Communications and Information Technology, emphasizing the use of youth in the country’s administration, said that if the country’s…
Iran, India launch shipping lane
Tasnim – Iran and India launched a shipping lane that connects India’s Mumbai to the Iranian southern port cities of Chabahar and…
Hormozgan Province heart of country’s strategic orientations: Speaker
IRNA – Iran’s Majlis (parliament) speaker says that Hormozgan Province is in the center of Iran’s future strategic oientations due to its…
Hyflux suspends contract for desalination package in Iran
The Straits Times – Water treatment firm Hyflux has suspended a contract for a plant in Iran – a move that is…
Iran’s Damavand destroyer to return to service in months: Navy commander
Tasnim – Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said the domestically made Damavand destroyer, which crashed into a jetty…
Iran 56th naval flotilla berths in Bandar Abbas
IRNA – Iranian 56th naval flotilla docked in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran, on Thursday. The flotilla was welcomed by commanders of the…
Drinking dodgy booze kills, poisons 300 Iranians
IFP – Alcohol poisoning has taken the lives of at least 24 people and caused over 200 others to be hospitalized in…
600 military vessels to be showcased in Armed Forces parade tomorrow in Bandar Abbas
MNA – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Spokesman Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said that Bandar Abbas will host military parade of the…
Tehran-Bandar Abbas railway project to be electrified, costing $3bn
MNA – Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi said that Tehran-Bandar Abbas railway project would be electrified, costing $3…
Indian warship docks at Iran’s Bandar Abbas Port
IRNA – An Indian warship docked at the 1st zone of the Iranian navy at Bandar Abbas Port, south of Iran, on…
Iranian navy’s 53rd flotilla back home from high seas
FNA – The 53rd fleet of warships of the Iranian Navy returned to Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran on Sunday morning after…
Iran’s President inaugurates phase 2 of Persian Gulf Star Refinery
Tasnim – The second phase of Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Refinery, known as the world’s largest gas condensate refinery, was launched in…
President Rouhani to visit Bandar Abbas Thursday
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to have a trip to Bandar Abbas on Thursday to inaugurate the second phase…
Rouhani to open 2nd phase of Persian Gulf Star Refinery
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will arrive in southern port city of Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province to open the 2nd phase…
Iranian navy’s 50th flotilla back home after overseas mission
Tasnim – The 50th fleet of warships of the Iranian Navy returned to the southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday…
Huge offshore platform held in place in Iran’s South Pars
Tasnim – Iranian technicians installed the first platform of Phase 14 of the South Pars gas field after shipping the megastructure in…
5 killed, wounded in Iran bitumen warehouse fire
IFP- A huge fire at a bitumen warehouse in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas has left at least three…
€260m NDFI loan for building major refinery project
SHANA – The National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) will be tapped for a 260-million-Euro loan for completing the remaining phases of…
Iran’s 49th navy fleet returns home after navigation
MNA – The 49th group of Navy of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran returned to Bandar Abbas on Sunday…
Nat. Conf. on Prayer opens in Bandar Abbas with Leader’s message
MNA – The 26th National Conference on Prayer has opened in southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Thu. with a message…
Pakistan Naval ships warmly welcomed at Iranian Port: Pak Navy
IRNA – Pakistan Naval ships Rah Naward and Dehshat visited the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas from November 20 to 24, said…
Iran needs $1b for completing major refinery project: CEO
SHANA – The managing director of Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery, also known as Persian Gulf Star Refinery, said the project would…
Iran’s Bandar Abbas, Italy’s Bari become sister cities
IFP – A delegation from Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan has travelled to Italy to sign a twin-towns agreement with the officials…
Chinese fleet docked in Iran for cementing friendly ties
MNA – Commander of Chinese Navy fleet which moored at Bandar Abbas Thu. said the aim of the voyage to Iran was…
Iranian, Chinese navy vessels to conduct joint drill
MNA – A joint military exercise between navy vessels of Iran and China will be held on Sunday in the Strait of…
Tehran, Beijing to boost political, military ties
MNA – A Chinese Navy commander underlined expansion of political and military relations between PRC and Islamic Republic. Rear Admiral Chin Hao…