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The government has been outspoken in criticizing France for hosting rallies organized by the banned Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization group, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in remarks to calm skeptical lawmakers.
While Zarif was in Paris on a two-day visit in June 2017, the French government allowed the MKO to stage a protest rally there, which drew the ire of the top diplomat and other officials.
The National Iranian Oil Company's Health, Safety and Environment Department has outlined measures implemented in the past 12 months as well as its future plans.
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Statistics indicate that the world's natural gas demand will grow 50% by 2040, a senior official from the Gas Exporting Countries Forum said.
"This means that natural gas will play a key role in meeting future energy requirements and ensuring continued energy security," Ali Amirani, the head of GECF's office in Doha, Qatar, said.
He made the statement in the opening ceremony of the First Iran International Gas Show (IRGS 2018) held in Tehran on Saturday, IRGS's website reported.
"The GECF forecasts global natural gas demand to grow at an annual average rate of 1.8%, which will reach an overall increase of 50%, by 2040," he said.
Raising production at South Azadegan Oilfield in the oil-rich Khuzestan Province tops the priority list of the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC) in the current Iranian year (started March 21).
According to Shana, in addition to increasing oil production capacity, PEDEC aims to implement the contract on leasing South Azadegan’s skid-mounted processing units, pursue the development plan of Yadavaran Oilfield’s second phase and finalize a deal to develop Azadegan Oilfield, which includes southern and northern sections, by March.
Operations to drill 11 offshore wells in the Persian Gulf are being carried out by the Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company, the contractor of South Pars Phase 14 said on Sunday. "Upon the completion of the venture, platform 14B will be installed and sour natural gas extraction capacity from Phase 14 will increase by 42 million cubic meters per day," Hamidreza Masoudi was also quoted as saying by Shana, the Oil Ministry's news agency.
The official added that Phase 14 is slated to produce 56 million cubic meters of gas and 75,000 barrels of gas condensates per year as of March 2019 to meet domestic gas demand and supply feedstock to petrochemical units in the Pars Special Energy Economic Zone in the southern Bushehr Province.
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More than 489 tons of chewing gum worth nearly $1.6 million were imported into Iran from five countries during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 22), according to data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.
Turkey was the biggest exporter with 195 tons worth $854,783. Other exporters of chewing gum to Iran during the period were Germany, the UAE, Russia and Vietnam, Mizan Online reported.
Iran exported 21,625 tons of ice cream worth $73.97 million during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), latest data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration show.
Iraq, Pakistan and Georgia were the main customers of Iranian ice cream during the period.
Ice cream was Iran’s second top exported food product in terms of value in the first six months of the last fiscal year (March 2017-18).
Iran’s red meat output during the three months to June 21 amounted to 98,800 tons to register a 0.08% decline year-on-year, a new report released by the Statistical Center of Iran said.
According to the report, there are 382 livestock slaughterhouses in the country.
Rice cultivation is only permitted in the two northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran and will be gradually banned in other Iranian provinces over the next three years, as per the directive newly approved by the government and communicated to related bodies after it was approved by the Committee for Adaptability to Water Shortage.
“The Agriculture Ministry will introduce alternative crops for cultivation in other provinces instead of rice, the abidance by which will be obligatory,” Deputy Agriculture Minister Ali Morad Akbari has been quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
The official noted that Iran has about 630,000 hectares of paddy fields, 170,000 hectares of which are located in Gilan and Mazandaran.
Iran traded 27,000 tons of non-oil commodities worth $64.13 million with Syria during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering a 180.63% increase in tonnage and 38.13% decrease in value compared with last year’s corresponding period.
Latest data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration also show that the trade volume largely pertained to Iran’s exports to Syria.
Exports stood at 26,734 tons worth $63.42 million, up 214.97% in tonnage and down 36.21% in value year-on-year.
Syria was Iran’s 23rd biggest export destination during the period.
Import of consumer goods declined more than those of other types of commodities in the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21) compared with the similar period of last year.
This was announced by a new report of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Trade, which draws on the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade's statistics.
Import of consumer goods saw a year-on-year decline of 25.3% in terms of weight and 26.7% in terms of value during the period under review, standing at 424,700 tons worth $1.8 billion worth of consumer goods.
The import value of consumer goods accounted for 17.1% of total value of imports in Q1. This share was at 21.6% in last year's spring.
Iran traded 303,607 tons of non-oil commodities worth $152.27 million with Malaysia during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22). This marks a 93.34% increase in tonnage and a 30.95% decrease in value compared with last year’s corresponding period, latest data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration show. Iran’s exports to Malaysia stood at 219,407 tons worth $57.60 million, up 103.71% and 26.98% in tonnage and value respectively year-on-year. Malaysia was Iran’s 24th export destination during the period. Iran mainly exported iron and steel ingot, semi-finished iron and steel products, tar and direct-reduced iron to Malaysia during the four-month period. Malaysia exported 84,200 tons of goods worth $94.66 million to Iran, down 46.38% and 45.95% in tonnage and value YOY. Malaysia was the 23rd exporter of goods to Iran over the four months. Imports mainly included palm oil, natural rubber and coal electrodes.
More than 2 million hectares of farmlands are now equipped with under pressure irrigation systems in Iran, more than 30% of which were implemented since the beginning of President Hassan Rouhani’s first tenure in August 2013, the deputy agriculture minister for water and soil affairs said.
“These modern irrigation systems have been installed across 57,000 hectares of farmland since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21). Plans are to add 133,000 hectares of land equipped with under pressure irrigation systems by the [current fiscal] yearend (March 20, 2019),” Ali Morad Akbari was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Latest figures from the Housing Savings Account, Iran’s cheapest homeownership initiative, show that it has managed to attract more deposits than it had initially targeted.
HSA was supposed to absorb 66.76 trillion rials ($609.69 million) in liquid deposits from the time of its establishment until its third anniversary in July.
The government of Brazil is to allocate $1.2 billion for maintaining its considerable economic and trade ties with Iran in the face of reinstated US sanctions.
According to the Latin American nation's ambassador to Iran, the allocation of funds, to be handed out to Brazilian businesspeople wishing to work with Iranian counterparts, is in the "final stages".
"This credit is to be allocated by the Brazilian Development Bank," Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos was also quoted as saying by the website of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture on Sunday.
"But since this credit is only related to goods and services other than agricultural products, the capacities of other banks must be tapped in the agriculture sector," he added.
Santos was addressing a joint meeting of Iranian and Brazilian representatives.
The currency and gold coin markets heated up again on Sunday, keeping up a rally that started from the beginning of the trading week on Saturday.
The rally was apparently sparked by a speech delivered by the Central Bank of Iran's Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati, in which he signaled frugality in using the bank's resources to calm the currency market.
Addressing the 29th edition of Islamic Banking Conference on Saturday, Hemmati said the central bank's mission, under his watch would be to husband the bank's resources, curb inflation, streamline banks' balance sheets and rein in liquidity.
"Preserving CBI's foreign exchange resources and preventing their wastage are CBI's top priority," he said.
The 29th edition of the Islamic Banking Conference came to a close with the release of an official statement on Sunday. Several high-ranking officials, including the Central Bank of Iran Governor Abdolnasser Hemmti and bank CEOs, were among the participants and speakers of the event. The concluding statement emphasized the role of corporate governance in the management of banks and conservation of foreign exchange reserves as the unjust US sanctions are being reimposed on Iran, IBENA reported. A twin bill to overhaul the banking system and the central bank has laid dormant in the parliament, with MPs and the government disagreeing over certain articles. The bill aims, among other things, to create an Islamic jurisprudence council that oversees bank interest rates and ensures they do not contravene Islamic law.
The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade issued 6,696 permits for the establishment of new industrial units during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering an increase of 24% compared with last year’s corresponding period. According to the Persian economic daily Donya-e-Eqtesad, the ministry issued 1,617 permits for industrial operations, up by 0.1% year-on-year. In the field of mining, 336 exploration permits were issued during the four-month period, up by 21% YOY. Also, 135 and 184 permits were issued for mining discovery and operation, which indicate a 5% and 8% year-on-year decline respectively.
The average Producer Price Index in the 12 months ending Aug. 22, which marks the end of the Iranian month of Mordad, increased by 15.2% compared with last year’s corresponding period, the latest report of the Central Bank of Iran announced.
CBI put the preceding month’s PPI inflation at 13.1%.
PPI (using Iranian year to March 2017 as the base year for the first time) stood at 144.2 in Mordad, indicating a 6.3% rise compared with the previous month.
A year-on-year increase of 33.8% was registered in the index compared with the similar month of last year.
The Fourth Festival and Exhibition of Medicinal Plants is scheduled to be held at Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla from Nov. 12-15.
This edition of the exhibition is aimed at supporting domestic production and job creation, as well as utilizing domestic capacity in medicinal plants and traditional medicine, ILNA reported.
“Iranian medicinal plant industry has an annual turnover of 70 trillion rials ($700 million), of which 30 trillion rials ($300m) to 40 trillion rials ($400m) pertain to exports,” Hossein Zeinali, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture, said.
The construction of a factory producing calcium chloride with an annual production capacity of 30,000 tons and magnesium hydroxide with 5,000 tons began in Khur and Biabanak County of Isfahan Province on Saturday.
The ceremony was attended by Chairman of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization Mehdi Karbasian, as well as Isfahan Governor General Mohsen Mehralizadeh, IMIDRO reported.
The project will create 30 direct jobs and 300 indirect ones upon completion. Some 400 billion rials ($4 million) have been invested in the project that will take 18 months to complete.
Rising production costs and prices of essential goods have now spread to the poultry industry.
The price of each tray for 30 eggs has increased by 3,000 rials ($0.02) from 1,000-1,500 rials ($0.009-0.013), while that of boxes (used to hold trays) has risen to 25,000-30,000 rials ($0.22-0.27) from 10,000 rials ($0.09) in the past three weeks, the head of the Union of Producers of Egg-Laying Hens told IRNA on Saturday.
Tea exports will be permitted as before and no bans will be imposed on its shipments.
This was notified by director general of exports affairs with the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration to customs offices across the country on Saturday.
Earlier, in a letter to IRICA chief Foroud Asgari, Minister of Industries Mohammad Shariatmadari had announced that the export of tea, in addition to different kinds of paper, tissue, milk powder, infant formula and butter in packages weighing more than 500 grams are banned as of Aug. 23 until further notice with the aim of “balancing the domestic market”, Mehr News Agency reported.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration has denounced claims that it intends to generate revenues by levying foreign exchange rate difference surcharge on imports.
“The policy was adopted by the Cabinet and its implementation was delegated to the Consumers and Producers Protection Organization. In this case, IRICA is just an administrative organ and won’t receive a single rial,” IRNA quoted a statement by the customs administration as saying.
Under Clause V of the government’s new foreign currency policy, goods imported after the implementation of the new policy on August 7 could receive customs clearance only if their owners paid the surcharge on exchange rate difference between the government’s subsidized forex rate (42,000 rials per dollar) at which they registered their import orders and the forex rate determined by the Secondary Forex Market.
Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index lost 133,676.1 points or 1.79% on Sunday to end trading at 133,676.1.
About 2.47 billion shares valued at $69.85 million changed hands at TSE for the day.
Trading at TSE and Iran Fara Bourse starts on Saturday and ends on Wednesday.
Kerman Cement Company was the biggest winner, as its shares went up 24.94% to 3,752 rials per share.
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The 30th national exhibition of handicrafts came to a close on Friday after a week with a satisfying outcome according to a top official at Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.
Naming a number of the expo's remarkable achievements, Pouya Mahmoudian, handicrafts deputy at ICHHTO, pointed to a memorandum of understanding between her department and the Tourism Bank to offer loans to those involved in the sector.
"The MoU that was signed in the initial days of the event will enable granting loans with an interest rate of 10% to handicraft practitioners and tradespeople in all provinces," she told IRNA.
Restoration work on the historical UNESCO-inscribed Dolat Abad Garden in Yazd Province will be completed by the end of September, said the head of the garden's world heritage base.
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As part of a long-debated project which became operational in late May, railings are being set up at the bridge to prevent fatal falls from the high openings of the structure over Isfahan's Zayanderud River.
However, extension of the fences to the side corridors is mostly aimed to protect the structure from some visitors' misbehavior, ISNA reported.
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Acclaimed tar and setar virtuoso and composer Hossein Alizadeh loves breaking the taboo when it comes to bringing music instruments in the open.
In an interview with ISNA, Alizadeh expressed his views about issues and events regarding music in the country.
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Two Iranian films won three prizes at the 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival (APFF) in Taipei, Taiwan, August 29-September 2.
“Appendix” directed by Hossein Namazi won the best actor award for Amir Ali Danaei and jury’s special mention for Namazi’s innovation and creativity, while veteran actress Soraya Ghasemi received the best supporting actress award for her performance in the war drama “The Villa Complex Residents,” ISNA reported.
Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Center has released a book on research related to inscriptions from Urartu Civilization.
The book “Urartuian Hieroglyphic Inscriptions From Iran” has been authored by researcher Maryam Dara, ILNA reported.
Urartu, also known as the Kingdom of Urartu or the Kingdom of Van, was a civilization which developed in the Bronze and Iron Age of ancient Armenia, eastern Turkey, and northwestern Iran from the 9th century BCE. The first joint chapter of history between Iran and Armenia is said to have taken place in Urartu where Armenians aided and abetted Iranian tribes against Assyrians and Mannaeans.
Musical notes by prominent piano player and composer Morteza Mahjubi have been compiled and published in a bilingual book.
The piano pieces have been compiled by musician Bahar Barkhordar and published by Honar va Farhang (art and culture) Publication, ISNA reported.
Abdul Majid Arfaee, a researcher in ancient history of Ilam and expert in Avestan, Elamite and Akkadian languages, will share part of his vast knowledge on Mesopotamian civilization. The 79-year-old philologist, who translated Cyrus Charter, declaration of human rights by Cyrus the Great (600-530 BC), into Persian for the first time, will attend a meeting on September 5 at the Iranian Academy of Arts in Tehran and speak on the role of Mesopotamia in the development of ancient civilizations. Arfaee will briefly explain the birth of ancient civilizations on the banks of Tigris and Euphrates and the land between the two rivers.
The 20th House of Cinema awards ceremony was held Saturday at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall where Vahid Jalilvand’s drama “No Date, No Signature” won the major awards.
No Date, No Signature was the top winner of the night receiving five awards for the best film (presented to producer Ali Jalilvand), best director (Vahid Jalilvand), best screenplay (Ali Zarnegar and Vahid Jalilvand), best actor in supporting role (Navid Mohammadzadeh) and best actress in supporting role (Zakiyeh Behbahani).
Zabihullah Mohammadi’s pen drawings went on show at Iranian Artists Forum on August 31. The works are centered on folk tales, Qur’anic stories and ancient Persian epic fables, particularly tales from the Shahnameh (book of kings) by Persian poet Ferdowsi (935-1020). Shahnameh is replete with heroic stories partially based on true events.
E1 Art Gallery will hold an exhibition of paintings by notable filmmaker Tahmineh Milani from September 7.
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