Iran has ordered quarantine measures affecting travelers who arrived from the United Kingdom over the past two weeks amid reports that a new variant of the coronavirus has been circulating in the European country.
Iranian domestic energy companies have started drilling for natural gas at a major gas field in the Persian Gulf where operations had stalled indefinitely two years ago after foreign energy giants left the filed under US pressure.
The Iranian government has approved funds needed to supply 5,000 new buses to urban transportation systems across the country to help ease congestion and crowding in cities that are believed to fuel the spread of the coronavoirus pandemic.
Iran has seen its exports of copper products decrease significantly in the seven months to late October this year, shows a report, as curbs imposed at borders because of the coronavirus pandemic hits the country’s trade of the lucrative metal.
Iran’s customs office (IRICA) says the country’s balance of trade turned positive for first time this calendar year in the month to late November.
Iran has launched three major oil projects with an investment amounting to $1.25 billion as the country presses ahead with plans to expand its massive energy sector.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the illegal sanctions the United States has imposed on Iran with the support of its European partners as a “bitter reality” and a “crime” against the nation.
Iran’s permanent representative to Vienna-based international organizations has expressed concern about the effects of unilateral sanctions on developing countries’ fight against the coronavirus outbreak, underlining the need for a coordinated global response to the pandemic.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated 13 major road and airport projects with a government investment of nearly $121 million.
Iran’s customs office (IRICA) says trade with countries in Europe, including Turkey, reached nearly $9 billon in seven months to late October.