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Iran exports COVID-19 vaccines to Venezuela

Iran’s Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said that the country is ready to export COVID-19 vaccines and it has already sent its first batch to Venezuela.

Society Economy

Iran agrees to revive gas pipeline project to Oman

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji, who is on a visit to Oman, has agreed to revive a project for laying a pipeline to pump Iranian gas to Oman.

Energy

Five more power plants to be connected to Iran gas network

A senior official at National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) announced on Tuesday that five other power plants are planned to be connected to country’s gas network this year (to end March 20, 2023).

Energy

Iran, Russia sign comprehensive transportation agreement

Iranian Minister of Road and Urban Development Rostam Qasemi and his Russian counterpart Vitaly Savelyev signed a comprehensive agreement on Friday on different transportation areas.

Transportation

Blaze extinguished in Iran’s oldest refinery

The managing Director of Abadan Refinery in Southwestern Iran said on Thursday that fire in the refinery has been extinguished.

Energy

Iran exports $6.1 billion worth of commodities to Turkey in one year

The head of Iran-Turkey Joint Chamber of Commerce said that Iran’s exports to Turkey hit $6.1 billion in the last Persian year (March 2021-March 2022) registering a 141% growth against the preceding year although much bigger numbers have been experienced in the years before.

Trade

Iran’s cast iron, dried coke output sets new record

Minister of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare Hojjat Abdolmaleki in a message stressed that the record of producing cast iron and dry coke of the last 50 years has been broken.

Mine and Industry

Over 1m medical tourists visit Iran in a year

Head of the tourism office at Iran’s Ministry of Health said on Friday that more than one million medical tourists take trips over the Iranian cities each year.

Mine and Industry

North-South Corridor cuts time, transit costs by 30%

The head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization said that activation of the North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC) would reduce transportation costs and time from Eurasia to the Persian Gulf countries and India by 30 percent.

Transportation

Iran’s Salman gas field to resume production soon

Iran is scheduled to resume gas production in Salman Field, shared with the UAE, within a month after a damaged pipeline is repaired, according to an oil and gas official familiar with the matter.

Energy