Al-Monitor | Nikolay Kozhanov: Recent statements by the Israeli media that Iran might start selling oil to Russian refineries to evade US sanctions should be taken with a grain of salt. Cooperation with Russia in the oil sector is not Iran's first choice, but rather a plan B to be implemented only if there are no other alternatives left. In addition ...

TASS- Russia is considering an option of payments for oil in national currencies, in particular with Turkey and Iran, Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters. The parties are interested in it but there is also a matter of conversion of currencies and their further use, he added. "There is a common understanding that we need to move towards ...

Private Turkish plane with 11 on board crashes in western Iran [caption id="attachment_297327" align="alignnone" width="625"] A private Turkish plane flying from Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates to the Turkish city of Istanbul with at least 11 people on board crashes in western Iran, the spokesman for Irans Civil Aviation Organization says....

Tasnim I Fouad Ashtari: The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a contract with a consortium made up of JSC Zarubezhneft of Russia and Dana Energy of Iran on Wednesday at a ceremony featuring Iranian oil minister.  

AP Iran's state-run oil company has signed a $740 million agreement with a Russian-Iranian consortium to develop two oil fields near the Iraqi border. Under the agreement signed Wednesday, there will be a 48,000-barrel daily production of crude for a 10-year span in oil fields in Aban and West Paidar in the southwest near the border with Iraq....

IFP - Irans oil minister has spoken of the Islamic Republics contract with Russia to export 3 million barrels of crude oil to that country. Irans Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says Tehran has signed a contract with Moscow under which the country will export three million barrels of crude oil to Russia on a monthly basis. Speaking in ...

Press TV- Irans crude oil exports to Russia under anoil-for-goods barter schemewill begin in the near future, Deputy Minister of Petroleum Ali Kardor said on Saturday. He said banking problems related to the exports of Iranian oil to Russia had been resolved, making it possible to openletters of credit (LCs), the Ministry of Petroleums Shana ...

Press TV - Russias energy giant Lukoil says it expects to sign oil project development contracts with Iran within the next few months. Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov was quoted by the Russian media that contracts with Iran could be signed in October and November. Maybe this will not be a law, but rather an accepted contract, which will ...

Press TV - Russia says it has signed a revised contract with Iran over a much-debated and long-delayed scheme to barter crude oil with goods and commodities. Russias Energy Minister Alexander Novak was quoted as saying by media that the changes in the contract concerned technical aspects and prices. Irans Ministry of Petroleum is yet to ...

January 1, The Iran Project Iran says it is ready to host Russian tankers in Neka oil terminal if Tehran and Moscow finalize the agreement over sales of 100 thousand barrels of crude oil per day. Referring to the preparation of Neka oil terminal for resuming oil swap or export, Pirouz Mousavi, the managing director of the Northern Oil Terminals ...

Russia's Lukoil company plans to sign agreements with Iran on two oil fields in the fall of 2017, the company's president Vagit Alekperov said Friday. SOCHI (Sputnik) Alekperov said earlier this month that technical studies overthe Ab Teymour and Mansouri fields insouthwestern Iran would be presented tothe National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) inthe ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian and Marie Donovan, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Diana Timmerman and Warren Marshall. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online Key takeaway:President Rouhani proposed public ...

This week, oil fell through the price floor of $60 a barrel and gas at my local filling station was $2.26 a gallon. Thats great news for commuters and almost every business, but wonderfully bad news for our ugliest enemies. If oil prices remain low through next year, the effect on rogue governments, from the Russian Federation to Venezuela, will ...

Deliveries of Russian goods in exchange for Iranian oil will begin soon, according to Russias minister of economic development. He says the two countries are also working on a plan to trade in national currencies. Aleksey Ulyukayev said grain is a primary commodity, while other goods on the list are being negotiated. We can export a big volume ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Senior energy officials from Iran and Russia started a closed-door meeting in Tehran minutes ago, in what appears to be an attempt to hammer out an oil contract.   Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and Russias Energy Minister Aleksandr Valentinovich Novak have attended the high-profile meeting. Information ...

Tehran, August 10, IRNA Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh said on Sunday that he sees no limits for Iranian oil exports to international customers by trade deal with Russia. Zangeneh made the remarks a few days after he made a visit to Moscow as the Iranian head of Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission. Zangeneh said that during the visit, a memorandum ...

Tehran, August 6, IRNA Deputy Oil Minister for International and Trade Affairs Ali Mjedi on Wednesday rejected reports on signing a deal between Tehran and Moscow for buying Iranian oil by Russia. Majedi said claims by some news agencies about signing a $20 billion deal between Iran and Russia is not true. Reuters had reported that Russian Energy ...

In 2013, trade turnover between Iran and Russia stood at $4 billion, while this year the figures decreased by $1.5 billion. One of the worlds top oil producers, Iran has been experiencing the effects of the four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down the Wests calls to give up its uranium enrichment program. Now, since the start ...

(Reuters) - RussianFinanceMinister Anton Siluanov said on Friday any oil-for-goods deal between Moscow andIranwould followUnited Nationsrules on sanctions, not U.S. rules. "We act on the basis of the decisions made by theUnited Nationsthat set sanctions, set product groups which would be sanctioned and we operate within those decisions," Siluanov ...

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