The lifting of sanctions onIranlast month has resulted in a surge of bookings, tour operators say, many from Americans undeterred by a State Department warning laying out the risks of taking trips there. Tour operators say the demand has been so acute that they are racing to add new departures and selling them in record time. Its similar to Cuba ...

The United States will always find an excuse to threaten new sanctions against Iran, which is in line with the decades-old policy of undermining the Islamic Republic as an independent sovereign nation in the Middle East, says an American political analyst. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Friday that Iran is making important progress in its ...

TEHRAN Oct. 19 (Shana) Only one day after formal end to sanctions, the Iranian Petroleum and Energy Club 2015 Congress and Exhibition (IPEC 2015) opened here on Monday to discuss the theme Post-Sanctions Iran: An Open Door to Oil and Gas Investment Opportunities. The Petroleum and Energy Club which is hosting the three-day event aims to promote efficiency ...

TEHRAN Oct. 7 (Shana) The Ministry of Petroleum is preparing for the post-sanction era and is planning programs for an increase in production capacity and export of crude oil, said the ministrys deputy for planning and monitoring of hydrocarbon resources. An export increase of 500,000 barrels a day after removal of sanctions and a subsequent increase ...

Irans LPG exports, mostly to China, are returning to pre-sanction levels of more than 4 million metric tons a year, new figures show. The country will be exporting 406,000 metric tons to China and another 50,000 metrictons to neighboring Iraq in August, energy and metals information provider Platts said, citing shipping sources. A 44,000-tonne ...

Tehran, Aug 16, IRNA Irans English-language newspaper on Sunday commented on the collapse of sanctions structure. It said that Although Iran and the P5+1 have not yet fully enforced the nuclear deal of July 14 and Western sanctions have not been legally lifted, foreign economic and political delegations rushing to Iran to foster ties with the country....

Tehran, Aug 8, IRNA - Following the nuclear deal of July 14, Iran has, in the past few days, been host to a large number of foreign delegations and companies. Prior to the agreement, word went around of the avid interest among foreign traders in Iran's market. However, after the nuclear breakthrough, they have begun to express this interest more ...

Tehran, Aug 7, IRNA EU government ministers and business leaders are racing to begin new era of cooperation with Tehran regardless of what US and Israeli sceptics say the British newspaper The Guardian wrote. It said As debate rages among politicians and pundits in Washington over whether to endorse last months historic nuclear compromise with ...

Iranian officials have rejected recent speculations that the value of the countrys assets frozen in overseas banks due to sanctions amount to above $100 billion. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) - to which the bulk of frozen assets belongs says only a total of $29 billion of Iranian cash have been blocked as the result of the sanctions. CBI Governor ...

IransForeign MinisterMohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed recent remarks made by his US counterpart John Kerry as incomplete hints about some issues raised at the latest nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries. In a statement, Zarif responded to some of Kerrys claims he made on Thursdayat a hearing before the Senate Foreign ...

Boroujerd, Lorestan Prov., July 24, IRNA - Chairman of Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaedding Boroujerdi said that by reaching the nuclear agreement, negotiations left behind the difficult junction. Speaking at a local meeting in his constitunency on Thursday, the senior MP said Iran managed to materilaize the ...

Tehran, July 22, IRNA - Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi appreciated the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei's support and guidance during nuclear talks between Iran and P5+1. Araqchi made the remarks in a press conference in Tehran on Wednesday. 'Iran nuclear negotiating team has always paid due ...

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Lukoil are discussing the return of the Russian energy giant to Iran, officials have said. Negotiations are currently continuing in Moscow following talks in Tehran on Lukoils resumption of aproject to develop the Azar field in Irans Anaran block, the Mehr news agency reported. The new round of NIOCs ...

Democrats in the US Congress will face a moment of truth when they are called upon to vote on the Iran nuclear agreement, Republican presidential candidate and Senator Marco Rubio said in a statement. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) On July 14, 2015, Iran and the P5+1 group ofcountries, comprised ofthe United States, Russia, China, France and the United ...

Iran could restore oil production halted by sanctions faster than anyone anticipates if the history of previous shutdowns is any guide. The consensus among analysts and traders is that Tehran needs at least a year after sanctions are lifted to raise output to the level prevailing before restrictions were imposed in 2012. Similar pessimistic assessments ...

The Russian Energy Ministry and OPEC will discuss new technologies in oil extraction and monitoring systems of taxation in other oil producing countries, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said. MOSCOW (Sputnik) The Russian Energy Ministry and the Organization ofthe Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will discuss world prices onoil inline ...

The Iran deal reached in Vienna on Tuesday is not aimed at normalizing relations between Washington and Tehran, US President Barack Obama told reporters on Wednesday. On Tuesday, negotiators fromthe P5+1 countries the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom plus Germany reached a final agreement withIran onthe parameters ofits ...

Tehran, July 15, IRNA Minister of Economy Ali Tayebnia said Wednesday that Iran's recent economic achievements prepared the ground for subsequent success in the nuclear negotiations. Speaking to reporters after cabinet meeting, Tayyebnia said anti-Iran sanctions were aimed at paralyzing the economy and to bring the Iranians to their knees. 'Fortunately ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says that Israel benefits from conflict and that peace threatens the Israeli regimes existence. In order to cover up its crimes as well as inhuman and barbarous policies toward regional nations, Israel exploits disagreements and conflicts, Zarif told Lebanese al-Mayadeen television channel. The Iranian ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and the countrys leading ports operator, the Tidewater Middle East Maritime Company, have been removed from the US list of companies designated for sanctions and assets freeze. The removal came after officials from Iran and P5+1 sealed a historic nuclear accord on Tuesday. The names of 16 shipping executives,...