Iran and Russia have long been allies during their long histories but their bilateral trade volume doesn’t speak much for their political proximity. Now, with the US pressures and Europe’s inactivity, Tehran is looking East to revive old regional allies.
The British government lawyers have reached an 11th-hour settlement with the Iranian private lender Bank Mellat to avoid court hearings over 2009 sanctions on the bank.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated Salam Terminal-Gallery that is set to handle 5 million passengers a year and offer CIP services.
Mauro Conciatori, who finished his mandate as head of the Italian mission in Iran, visited Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) and held talks with its president Gholam Hossein Shafei on Wednesday 12 June.
Mauro Conicatori, who left Iran on Friday after finishing his five-year mandate as the Italian ambassador to Iran, says the work on the European financial mechanism has advanced and that good news will come out in "some weeks".
Kazakh envoy to Iran Askhat Orazbay visited Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) and held talks with the chamber’s president Gholam Hossein Shafei on Wednesday, 12 June.
Kazakhstan Ambassador to Iran Askhat Orazbay says agricultural goods such as barley, grains, meat, vegetables and fruit are not sanctioned by the US and that the two countries can exchange these stuff.
Eligible Iranian businessmen and women cast their ballots on Sunday to elect their new representatives to the parliament of the private sector. Gholam Hossein Shafei has been reelected for third time to preside over the parliament.
Shafei, who was president of Iran Chamber of Commerce until Saturday, won the majority of votes to remain in his position as president of the Iranian private sector parliament.
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says the souther Russian republics that form the North Caucasus region are the main point of entrance of Iranian goods to Russia.