Tasnim Irans former oil minister played down concerns about a fresh round of sanctions the US is going to impose on Iranian crude exports, saying the country had faced the same situation a few years ago, but managed to skirt the sanctions. In comments on Sunday, Rostam Qassemi, Irans oil minister under former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said ...

[caption id="attachment_11994" align="alignright" width="163"] Rostam Ghasemi, the head of the Iran-Iraq Economic Development Committee[/caption] Iran has signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraqs Kurdistan to export gas and gasoline to the semi-autonomous region. An Iranian delegation headed by Iran-Iraq Economic Development Committee ...

[caption id="attachment_108955" align="alignright" width="190"] Secretary of the headquarters for the development of Iran-Iraq economic relations Rostam Qassemi[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary of the headquarters for the development of Iran-Iraq economic relations Rostam Qassemi called for the further development of economic ties with Iraq, particularly ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi announced the country's plans to boost natural gas exports to Iraq to 50mln cbm following a recent agreement between the two neighboring states. "After technical negotiations with the Iraqis, we considered a gas contract with Baghdad for the daily exports of 25mln cbm which was inked by ...

Damascus, Jan 6, IRNA Syrian President Bashar al-Assad here on Monday evening called for expansion of economic relations with Iran. He made the remarks while receiving an Iranian delegation led by chairman of the committee in charge of promoting Iran-Syria economic relations Rostam Qassemi. During the meeting, the Syrian president underlined the ...

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 Hassan Rouhani stated ...

Qazvin, Nov 25, IRNA Advisor to the First Vice-President Rostam Qassemi said the economy should be people-oriented as people have the final say in the 'economy of resistance' model. Speaking at a session here on Monday afternoon, Qassemi said based on the 20-year Vision Plan the country should be the first power in the region in economic, scientific ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The Syrian nation is gratified to see Irans preparedness to help reconstruct the war-torn country, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday. In a meeting with Rostam Qassemi, head of a committee on the expansion of Iran-Syria economic relations, Assad heaped praise on Iran for its unwavering support for the Syrian nation ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi, who is now in charge of a large economic body to widen Iran-Iraq trade ties, said Iran can boost its non-oil exports to its Muslim neighboring state to $30 billion. Addressing a Joint Iran-Iraq Trade Conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Qassemi, who is now the head of the Staff for the Development ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi stressed inefficiency of the western sanctions against Iran, saying the US led embargoes on the country's energy sector even backfired and helped the country see eye-catching growth in its oil tankers fleet. "We added 20 oil tankers to the country's fleet in a bid to own one of the world's ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project's Iran research team. Iran and Iraq Relations Expansion Headquarters SecretaryRostam Ghassemi visited Irbil, Iraq for talks aimed at developing economic cooperation and trade exchanges between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has signed fruitful agreements with several African and Asian countries on the construction of small refineries in those states, an informed official announced. Head of Iran's Syndicate of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters Hassan Khosrojerdi said that Iran's private sector is planed to build 9 small refineries in ...

Former Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was appointed as advisor of newly elected Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan, Fars news agency reported. Qasemi who served as Oil Minister in ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's cabinet from 2011 to 2013 is one of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commanders. He is also an Iran-Iraq war veteran. He ...

Amid the crisis of Irans energy sector, with sharply-reduced oil exports and a withdrawal of investment from oil and gas projects, we often feature the contrasting All-Is-Well propaganda of State media. Last month, for example, there was the assurance of Oil Minister Rustam Qassemi that US-Led Sanctions Contribute to Irans Progress andPress TVs flat-...

The head of Irans national oil company admitted on Friday that Iran has systematically bypassed and avoided Western economic sanctions on its oil exports, according to state run media reports. Ahmad Qalebani, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), recently underlined that the Iranian nation will bypass embargoes and problems,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Outgoing Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi pledged to help President Rouhani's nominee for the post of oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh to go ahead with his programs for running the oil industry if he wins the parliament's vote of confidence. Visiting Zanjan citys petrochemical project on Monday, Qassemi told reporters that currently ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi announced on Tuesday that Iran will finalize South Pars development projects within the next 2 years if Tehran maintains the current trend of development in the region. If we keep moving with the current pace (of construction), the file of South Pars (development) will be closed in about ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi refuted the western allegations that Iran's crude oil output has decreased, saying that the country's oil production has hit 4mln barrels per day. Fortunately due to the agreements reached between Iran and the foreign countries and the buy-back projects, at least 800,000 barrels of crude will be ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi downplayed the effects of the western sanctions against the country, saying that Iranian experts have produced most of the technical equipment needed for the oil industry. "As crises can be turned into opportunities, we have supplied the goods and equipment by relying on domestic power and capabilities,...

[caption id="attachment_27590" align="alignright" width="210"] A view of Iran's South Pars Gas and Oil Field[/caption] TEHRAN (ISNA)- Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Ahmad Qalebani said the country's gas output would be raised by 25 million cubic meters by the next three months. "The first row of the 12th phase of South ...