Iran attracted some $8 billion worth of investment to development projects in its Chabahar region in the year to late March as the government presses ahead with plans to spur more economic activity in its only ocean port. CEO of the Chabahar free economic zone Amir Moghaddam said on Saturday that foreign and domestic investment in the region, which ...

Iran will use the services of a major construction company affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for development of its single ocean port on the Sea of Oman. Irans transportation minister Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday that IRGCs Khatam headquarters had been awarded with a major contract for construction of the second phase ...

Al-Monitor | Mohammad Hanafi: Iran has announced a sea corridor for commercial exchange with Russia and India as an alternative to the Egyptian Suez Canal, which raises questions about the impact this corridor will have on one of the main national economic resources in Cairo that has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The Iranian ...

Financial Tribune - More than 3,200 foreigners travelledto Chabahar in Iran's Southeastern Province ofSistan-Baluchestan, during the first nine months ofIranian fiscalyear(March, December 2018). The number shows asignificant growth of 147%,compared withthe same period last year,ChabaharFTZ official website reported. Host to several natural ...

IRNA Chabahar international university and center for renovation of Iran and China on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to take advantage of each others capabilities to support new ideas, assess industries requirements, providing industry with its industrial services and technology thorough establishing a center for elites. Head ...

The Wall Street Journal |Bill Spindleand Rajesh Roy: A port being developed in the southern Iranian city of Chabahar underscores some of the dilemmas U.S. policy makers face in implementing sanctions against Tehran. Strategically located on the Gulf of Oman and named for an Iranian revolutionary war hero, the Shahid Beheshti Port is exactly the ...

Al-Monitor | Mohsen Shariatinia: Providing landlocked Central Asia with shipping access through Irans southeastern Chabahar port has been a hottopicsince the fall of the Soviet Union. With Chinas One Belt One Road initiative in recent yearsand investment by Central Asian countries inthe new transit routes,Iran facesmore challenges than ever to utilize ...

IRNA The Chairman of the board of directors at Chabahar Free Zone Organization Abdolrahim Kordi said that over $800,000 of products have been exported during the Iranian month of Mehr (September 22- October 21), 2016. Kordi reiterated that most of these exported products were produced in Chabahar. He said that products transit from Chabahar ...

November 2, The Iran Project- In response to the request of Indian companies to get a cheap feedstock for petrochemical industries, Marzieh Shahdaei, the managing director of Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said on Wednesday that Iran's Oil Ministry is not going to come down in price for attracting foreign investment. Answering the ...

TEHRAN, March 06 (Shana) -- Managing director of Makran Petrochemical Complex said once all phases of the complex come online, it will be able to export 88% of its 25mt/y envisaged output. Mohammad Reza Movasaghi Nia said the complex's completion generates vast opportunities for investments especially for Chabahar special free zone which will be ...

Chabahar, Feb 3, IRNA Managing-Director of Chabahar Free Trade Zone Hamed Ali Mobaraki said on Wednesday that more than $86 million of commodities were imported or exported from Chabahar Port over the past Iranian calendar month (Day). Speaking to IRNA, Mobaraki said that motor vehicles and raw materials needed for production units were among main ...

Chabahar, Jan 6, IRNA- Chief Executive Officer of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah entered Chabahar, the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Abdullah was welcomed on his arrival in Chabahar airport by Sistan and Baluchestan governor, officials, Ulemas and local seniors. Chabahar is a free port (Free Trade Zone) on the ...

Korea Electric Power Corporation, better known as KEPCO has voiced its preparedness to build a 1,000 megawatt power plant in southeastern Iran. Hank (Ki Hwang) Hahm, the CEO of the Korean electric utility, said KEPCO is ready to invest and set up a power plant in Chabahar free zone. The project can be implemented via BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer),...

TEHRAN, Sep. 08 (MNA) Iran is ready to provide Afghanistan with access to facilities available in Chabahar Free Zone, said Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade. Afkhami Rad made these remarks during a meeting in Kabul with Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industries Homayoun Rassa on the sidelines of the sixth Regional Economic Cooperation ...

Chabahar, April 24, IRNA -- Indian Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar said on Friday that the country has made up its mind to set up urea fertilizer factory in Chabahar to meet its demands. Addressing Rajya Sabha on Friday, he added that the government will carry out necessary measures for construction of a 1.3-ton urea factory ...

[caption id="attachment_152650" align="alignright" width="167"] Irans new Ambassador to the United Nations, Gholam Ali Khoshroo[/caption] New York, March 17, IRNA - Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo has urged the UN officials to play an effective role in tackling the threats ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analysts Mehrdad Moarefian and Marie Donovan, with contributors Chris Rawlins and Diana Timmerman. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online. Key takeaway:Senior IRGC official killed in Samarra, Iraq....

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TEHRAN, Sep. 24 (MNA) French companies have expressed eagerness to invest in Port of Chabahar in south of Sistan and Baluchistan Province. Representatives from Bollor, a French investment and industrial holding group, visited Iran and conducted an investment feasibility study on Port of Chabahar, and expressed their eagerness to invest in this ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran, Kabul and New Delhi are due to sign a trilateral agreement soon which will pave the way for Afghanistan to reach out to India through Chabahar port in Southern Iran, a senior Afghan official announced on Saturday. Afghan foreign ministry officials announced that a memorandum of understanding for the road transit of goods will ...