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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Sunir company and Pakistan’s Planet Energy Pvt Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint development of a 50MW wind farm in Pakistan. The MoU was signed by Managing Director of Sunir Co Reza Ebadzadeh and Chairman of the Planet Energy Pvt Ltd Tariq Sayeed and …
Read More »Iraqi PM Due in Tehran on Saturday
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is due to arrive here in Tehran on Saturday heading a high-ranking economic delegation. The two-day trip is aimed at a discussion of bilateral ties of the two neighbors and their supreme council of economic cooperation. During his stay in Tehran, the Iraqi …
Read More »Iran, Pakistan to Boost Cooperation in Power Sector
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to boost cooperation in power sector and expedite implementation of existing projects, a joint statement signed by Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Abbas Aliababi and adviser to Pakistan’s Water and Power Ministry said. In the statement which was released at the end …
Read More »Iranian Energy Minister Hails Progress in Pakistan Dam Construction
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah said Mangla dam raising project is technically an excellent precedent in the history of dam construction. He stated this during a visit to the project accompanied by a 10-member technical delegation. Pakistan Electric Power Company Managing Director Fazal Ahmad Khan and senior officers …
Read More »Rabbi Calls on World Jews to Help Gazans
TEHRAN (FNA)- The religious leader of the Iranian Jews, Rabbi Golestaninejad, has issued a decree calling on Jews to help Palestinians, specially those under the Israeli blitzkriegs in the Gaza Strip. It is the duty of every “monotheistic Jew” to help these people, Golestaninejad said. He called on his coreligionists …
Read More »Iran, Turkmenistan to Discuss Price of Gas Supplies
TEHRAN (FNA)- A delegation of Iranian Oil Ministry officials and experts is due to visit Ashgabat to discuss and reach an agreement over the price of Turkmen gas supplies to Iran in 2009. Northern Iran, which is far from the national grid, meets a major part of its needs through …
Read More »Malaysian Premier Seeks to Boost Trade with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Malaysia are planning to work together in Islamic banking to step up the sector’s global presence and to expand business relations between the two countries. Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Mellat Bank, a leading Iranian financial institution, was keen to establish an offshore branch …
Read More »Iran, Armenia to Start Construction of Pipeline in Months
TEHRAN (FNA)- Construction on a pipeline to deliver petrol and diesel fuel from Iran to Armenia will begin next year, Armenia’s Energy Minister Armen Movsisian said today “Armenia will receive petrol and diesel fuel from the oil refinery located in the Iranian city of Tabriz through the pipeline, construction of …
Read More »Iranian Embassy Firebomber Pleads Guilty
TEHRAN (FNA)- A firebomber from West Ealing has pleaded guilty to attempting to burn down the Iranian Embassy. Unemployed Ali Mustafa Rahimi, of Hastings Road, threw an explosive at the building’s wooden doors on September 22. He pleaded guilty to the crime, at Southwark Crown Court on Friday. The blaze …
Read More »Russia Denies Delivering S-300 Missiles to Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia denied that it was delivering sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran, following reports it was about to supply the weapons to the Islamic republic. “The information on the delivery of S-300 air-defense systems to Iran, which has appeared in certain media outlets, does not correspond to reality,” …
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