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Hurriyet Daily News
April 27, 2018
Iraq's oil ministry has granted licenses to explore oil blocs in zones bordering Iran for the first time in half a century. Licences have been issued to two Chinese companies and one Emirati firm for three blocs close to Iran and one near Kuwait, according to the ministry. The ministry also granted licenses toÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 27, 2018
The Iranian government has officially released a mobile messaging app in a bid to encourage users to abandon the currently banned Telegram ... license cancellation was announced by the Telecommunication Infrastructure Company, the sole provider of telecommunication infrastructure in Iran.
Daily Record
April 27, 2018
Eliabachus also is charged with conspiring with the owner of an Iranian-based international procurement firm that helped initiate the purchase of U.S.-origin aircraft components on behalf of that firm. The firm's client list was comprised of Iranian airline companies, several of which have been designated byÃâà...
Al-Monitor
April 27, 2018
He suggested that the company had other buyers for the planes, which had been slated for Iran's national passenger carrier, Iran Air. "I can tell ... For Iranians, the collapse of the Boeing deal would be a bitter experience that recalls the last failed effort by the company to sell planes to the Islamic Republic.
CNN
April 26, 2018
The French company Total has already said it would reconsider its role in developing the vast South Pars gas field in Iran in the face of fresh US sanctions. If the US bails from the deal, the sanctions that would "snap back" penalize foreign companies that (for example) have dealings with Iran's central bank,Ãâà...
South China Morning Post
April 26, 2018
The US Justice Department is investigating China's Huawei Technologies, the largest maker of telecom equipment in the world, for violating US sanctions in relation to Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, amid growing concern in Washington about Chinese technology companies. The reportÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
April 26, 2018
... with Russia's Sukhoi to purchase 20 “Superjet 100” (SSJ100) aircraft for each. Iran's Airtour and Aseman Airlines clinched the deals on April 25 on the sidelines of the Eurasia Airshow in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya. Airtour will pay $1 billion for 20 aircraft, according to the company representatives.
Haaretz
April 23, 2018
Iranians may not hold more than $10,000 or 10,000 euros, and the official exchange rate was set at 42,000 rials to the dollar – about 20,000 rials less than .... Joint Syrian-Iranian army units and bases would make it harder for Israel to claim it is trying to keep Iran from consolidating its position in Syria, andÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 23, 2018
A nationwide dollar-buying panic is in full swing, spurred by the plunging value of the Iranian rial, a sluggish economy, and fears that the United ... to Iran's human rights record and ballistic-missile program, and European companies' continued wariness of investing in Iran because of fears of U.S. penalties.
CNBC
April 23, 2018
ZTE Corp., one of China's biggest tech companies, said Sunday that it is taking steps to comply with a U.S. technology ban and that it is seeking a solution to the issue it says ... The ban on state-owned ZTE was imposed last Monday in a case involving exports of telecoms equipment to Iran and North Korea.
EJ Insight
April 23, 2018
The United States has imposed a seven-year export ban on China's ZTE Corp., which means American companies are prohibited from selling hardware and software to the Chinese ... Also, no disciplinary action was taken by the company against its 38 employees who had conducted business with Iran.
STRATFOR
April 22, 2018
The Weekly Rundown: A 'Coma'-Inducing Tech Ban, Iran Vs. Israel in Syria and the Return of Higher Oil Prices ... As the ZTE founder put it, the U.S. ban will put the company "into a coma," and will have massive consequences not only for ZTE, but also for U.S. companies like Qualcomm and Google thatÃâà...
TheTower.org
April 12, 2018
A Syrian photographer had found parts made by German company Krempel in Iranian-produced chemical rockets that were used in chemical warfare against ... Lenarz told the Post that “Since the nuclear accord was signed with Iran in 2015, European countries and companies have flocked to Tehran forÃâà...
Travel+Leisure
March 23, 2018
“While Intrepid Travel believes in inclusiveness at all levels of our company, these female-led, women-only expeditions offer a socially responsible and culturally sensitive way for travelers to ... Other tour companies like Adventure Women and Bestway also offer female-only tours to Morocco and Iran.
Upstream Online
March 23, 2018
This will be the first use of the BOOT formula for building oil facilities for the National Iranian South Oil Fields Company (Nisoc). The contract ... Mansouri, located 45 kilometres south-east of Ahwaz, is one of Iran's older fields and has suffered considerable depletion and production has plunged. Russia'sÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 23, 2018
A federal judge this week sentenced a 39-year-old Iranian citizen to more than a year in prison for his part in a yearslong conspiracy to illegally ship military grade technology to Iran, including from a Minnesota company. U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen sentenced Alireza Jalali to 15 months in prison afterÃâà...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Newsroom
March 22, 2018
Iranian national sentenced in Minnesota to 15 months in federal prison for conspiring to illegally export restricted technology to Iran ... Since its incorporation in 2009, Green Wave operated as a front company for Fanavar Moj Khavar (Fana Moj), an Iran-based company that specializes in both broadcastÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 22, 2018
Malta's financial regulator has ordered the Iranian chairman of a bank investigated by slain journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia to step down following his ... The indictment said an Iranian company that Stratus incorporated called Iranian International Housing Corporation entered into a $476 million deal inÃâà...
PRESSTV
March 15, 2018
Iran's media say the country's national airline Iran Air has signed an agreement with a Chinese company to provide funding for the company's plane purchase campaigns – most notably those pursued with Airbus and Boeing. The Persian-language newspaper Iran reported that the agreement had beenÃâà...
Financial Tribune
March 15, 2018
Italy's Carlo Maresca has launched a 10-megawatt solar power plant on the southern Iranian island of Qeshm. The plant was officially inaugurated on Tuesday by Fabio Maresca, chairman of the Italian company, during a ceremony attended by Italy's Ambassador to Iran Mauro Conchatori, IRNA reported.
Axios
March 15, 2018
He says solitary U.S. measures might not take any Iranian barrels off the market, but adds: "America pulling out of the deal might cause foreign oil companies such as Total SA of France to think twice about committing more investment in Iran (ironically, Russian oil companies might well step in if others step back)."Ãâà...
Financial Tribune
March 15, 2018
Iran Airports Company registered 35,073 takeoffs and landings during the Iranian month ending Feb. 19, which shows a 7% rise compared with last year's corresponding period. Close to 4.31 million passengers and 40,375 tons of cargo were transported during the period, indicating a 5% and 6%Ãâà...
Yahoo News
March 15, 2018
Tehran (AFP) - Iran on Wednesday signed a $742 million (600 million euro) deal with Russian state-owned energy firm Zarubezhneft to boost production at two oil fields in the country's west. Zarubezhneft and Dana Energy, a private Iranian company, will jointly develop the Aban and Paydar fields in IlamÃâà...
RadioFarda
March 15, 2018
Statistics concerning the number of dilapidated trucks still on Iranian roads vary between 127,000 and 202,000. The country ... presidency, while Iran was under international sanctions, Western companies reduced their activities in Iran and were replaced by Chinese manufacturers with a low-quality output.
New York Times
March 12, 2018
TEHRAN — A Turkish business jet carrying eight passengers and three crew members crashed into a mountain in central Iran on Sunday, killing all on board, the Iranian authorities said. ... She was part of the company's board of managers and in line to run the business, according to The Associated Press.
Arab News
March 10, 2018
DUBAI: The US Treasury Department plans to impose new sanctions on anyone involved in any efforts by Iran to destabilize the Middle East, Saudi state-run ... She noted that companies operating in Iran face risks and will be held accountable for any work with Iran's Revolutionary Guards or others whoÃâà...
Financial Tribune
March 10, 2018
... PSA Group counterpart Carlos Tavares, the Iranian company's press office reported. SAIPA and PSA Group's subsidiary Citroen signed a 50-50 joint venture in late 2016, based on which the Paris-based carmaker is obliged to invest more than €300 million ($352 million) in Iran over the next five years.
Financial Tribune
March 10, 2018
Major Iranian mining companies produced an aggregate of 317.94 million tons of ores and mineral products during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year (March 21, 2017-Feb. 19), registering about 12% growth compared with last year's corresponding period, the Iranian Mines and Mining IndustriesÃâà...
Financial Express
March 10, 2018
Iran is ready to allocate a credit line of $3 billion for Iraq's post-war reconstruction, media reports said on Saturday. The credit line will be given so that “Iranian companies and its private sector can have a more serious cooperation in rebuilding Iraq,” Xinhua quoted Iran's first Vice President Eshaq JahangiriÃâà...
Financial Tribune
March 9, 2018
Last July, the Communications Regulatory Authority issued a mandate called 'Wholesale Bitstream Access' obliging TCI to share its infrastructure with private companies. Director of the local telecom giant Majid Sadri said, “In order to comply with the ombudsman's July directive, TCI has developed a systemÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 9, 2018
In addition to Bombardier, a number of other companies have been in talks with Iranian airlines to sell them planes — US firm Boeing, France-based Airbus, French-Italian ATR, Brazil's Embraer and the Russian JSC Sukhoi Company. Washington's green light is required for sales of aircraft to Iran whenÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
March 9, 2018
The first was a pledge by Iran not to develop long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads- a demand advanced by US President Donald Trump and backed by Macron. The fact is that neither Rouhani nor his Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif know much about the missile project,Ãâà...
TradeWinds
March 9, 2018
The promotion of National Iranian Tanker Co (NITC) commercial director Nasrollah Sardashti to managing director this week marks the first time in a while ... by shipping sources in Iran, who say they are pleased there has been a return to the practice of using industry professionals to head companies ratherÃâà...
Business Day
March 9, 2018
MTN's ride-hailing app in Iran facilitated about 850,000 trips a day in December, which would rank it among Uber's biggest markets globally, management said on Thursday. MTN has an effective stake of about 40% in Iranian ride-hailing business Snapp and food delivery business Snappfood, among otherÃâà...
Sun Sentinel
March 9, 2018
Retired FBI agent Bob Levinson, was picked up by Iranian authorities while in Kish Island, Iran, on March 9, 2007. ... Requests to religious leaders and companies that do business with Iran haven't yielded results. If he's alive ... “The Iranians have not been very cooperative,” said his wife, Christine Levinson.
Al-Monitor
March 8, 2018
Iran's Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati (C) walks past agricultural equipment during the Sommet de l'Elevage livestock show at Cournon-d'Auvergne, France, ... The ship was operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company, which belongs to the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.
TASS
March 7, 2018
MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. Russian companies may ink contracts with Iran for oilfields by March 21, Energy Minister of Russia Alexander Novak told reporters on Tuesday. "Over ten different fields. Companies are Gazprom, Rosneft, Gazprom Neft, Zarubezhneft, Tatneft, and Lukoil. These companies madeÃâà...
Xinhua
March 4, 2018
TEHRAN, March 4 (Xinhua) -- An Italian company signed a deal with Iran to construct a solar power plant in the central province of Semnan, Financial Tribune daily reported Sunday. The value of the deal signed on Saturday between Italy's Carlo Maresca and the Industrial Development and RenovationÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 4, 2018
Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slammed President Trump and Congress on social media Sunday for not daring to stand up to the gun lobby and introduce a ... "Gun companies are so powerful that House representatives and U.S. senators don't dare pass prohibition of guns, and U.S. president doesn't dareÃâà...
Xinhua
March 4, 2018
TEHRAN, March 4 (Xinhua) -- An Iranian automaker is set to expand its presence in the Iraqi market by exporting vehicles equipped with automatic transmission, Financial Tribune daily reported on Sunday. By the end of current Iranian calendar year, March 20, Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) will send 300Ãâà...
Trend News Agency
March 4, 2018
Iran's North Drilling Company (NDC) has held talks with three companies to explore ways for expansion of cooperation in developing the Middle Eastern ... In addition to EY, the Iranian company is also in talks with PetroNeft as well as Well Services of Iran and the sides have reached initial agreements toÃâà...
CNBC
March 1, 2018
An Iran-based hacking group, called Chafer, is expanding its spying operations in the Middle East, according to a new report from Symantec. ... Some of the sectors the group, known as Chafer, has targeted include airlines, aircraft services, telecom firms, and technology companies serving the air and seaÃâà...
CNBC
February 18, 2018
European companies engaged in business with Iran are enriching the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir told CNBC on Sunday. "We believe that a large percentage of the Iranian economy is controlled by the Revolutionary Guards and companiesÃâà...
TASS
February 18, 2018
MOSCOW, February 18. /TASS/. All the 66 passengers and crew aboard a plane, which crashed in Iran, have died, the Tasnim agency said on Sunday, referring to Aseman Airlines, which plane crashed in central Iran. "All the passengers, and six crew members of ATR 720600 died in the crash," the airline said. The planeÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
Referring to the importance of strengthening the economic and commercial relations between Iran and Germany, the Iranian senior legislator voiced regret that the volume of foreign trade between Iran and Germany is not proportional to the capacities of the two countries. “The German companies'Ãâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
In his meeting with Croatian economic authorities, Khansari reiterated, “Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has ... by the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, suitable grounds have been paved for enhancing direct relationship between central banks of Iran and Croatia,Ãâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
She added that after the nuclear deal known as the JCPOA came into force in October 2015, more than 300 trade and economic European delegations have travelled to Iran, indicating their interest in investment in Iran's economy. She underlined that they in the TCCIM are training the Iranian companiesÃâà...
