In a decree on Sunday, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani as chairman of Expediency Council and a member of Guardians Council.
In a decree on Sunday, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei appointed Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani as chairman of Expediency Council and a member of Guardians Council.
The United States may attempt to impose additional restrictions on Iran through the United Nations Security Council, but there are no grounds for it, says Russia’s ambassador to the world body, Vassily Nebenzia.
“We do not exclude the possibility that the United States will try to do this [introduce a new resolution] to the Security Council,” the senior diplomat told Sputnik in recent remarks, UrduPoint reported.
The motion to impeach Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati scheduled in the parliament on Sunday was called off after all sponsors of the motion withdrew their names.
“The Majlis Agriculture Commission and signatories of the petition held a meeting with the agriculture minister … Both sides were determined to prioritize mutual cooperation, especially at present when the [draft] budget bill is being reviewed [by lawmakers],” Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said.
Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi and Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani discussed the capital’s major issues in a meeting on Sunday.
According to Hanachi, traffic congestion and air pollution were the main topics of discussion, ICANA reported.
“Surveys show that over 90% of Tehran's residents consider them the capital’s key problems,” he said.
Any restrictions by European countries on Iran’s civil aviation would be in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Tehran and major powers, a senior lawmaker said.
“Relief from unilateral and inhumane sanctions was one of the main terms of JCPOA, which western countries have to abide by,” Masoud Goudarzi, a member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, told ICANA in remarks published on Friday, using the abbreviation for the nuclear accord’s formal name—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
US crude exports to Europe fell to an 11-month low this month as a shrinking discount and rising shipping costs squeezed demand for US barrels, according to Refinitiv Eikon data and analysts.
Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban has said progress has been made on a multi-billion dollar infrastructure project in the south of the country that has been negotiated since 2015 with ExxonMobil and PetroChina, the China National Petroleum Corp subsidiary.
Close to 2.67 billion kilowatt hours of electricity was generated from alternative energy sources over nine years, reducing water and fossil fuel consumption.
This volume of clean energy was produced from July 2009 to December 2018 and helped cut 1.8 million tons of greenhouse gases and 759 million cubic meters of fossil fuels.
"A total of 97 plants generate renewable energy and another 47 are under construction. Half of the units are solar, and the rest are powered by wind, water and biomass," he said.
Iran recorded a trade surplus of $738 million in the nine months ending Dec. 21, 2018, the latest report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration shows.
Exports, excluding crude oil, mazut, kerosene and suitcase trade, hit 86.94 million tons worth $33.35 billion, indicating a 1.84% decline in tonnage and a 5.4% increase in value year-on-year.
Imports amounted to 23.87 million tons worth $32.62 billion, down by 13.27% in weight and 15.9% in value over last year’s similar period.
All in all, Iran’s non-oil foreign trade during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Dec. 21) stood at $65.97 billion, indicating a 4.68% decrease compared with last year’s corresponding period.
Mineral products constituted the largest share of Iran's exports to Turkey during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Nov. 21).
Data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration show a total of 1.24 million tons of non-oil commodities worth $959.16 million were exported from Iran to the neighboring country, down 67.06% and 32.92% in tonnage and value respectively compared with the preceding year's corresponding period.
In fact, Turkey was Iran’s sixth biggest export destination in the world.
Tehran Province earned 260 trillion rials ($2.5 billion) in revenues during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Nov. 21), indicating a 12.5% rise compared with the similar period of last year.
Tehran Stock Exchange chief says during the first half of the current fiscal that ends in March, 296 trillion rials ($2.7 billion) worth of finance was secured via assorted trading instruments on TSE.
Among the instruments, Ali Sahraee pointed to the significant role of the put option contracts in facilitating trade in the capital market and said over 20 listed companies in TSE were financed via this instrument.
According to a report by the Central Bank of Iran, about 6.3 million checks worth 619 trillion rials ($5.6 billion) were cleared by banks in the Iranian month Aban (Oct. 23-Nov.21) -- showing 0.19 % rise in volume and up 21.4% in value compared with the previous month.
The figure includes 87.9% of the total volume and 86.9% of the total value of transacted checks.
In the same month, 2.3 million checks worth 353 trillion rials ($3.2 billion) were cashed in Tehran province
Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index TEDPIX gained 535.80 points or 0.33% on Sunday to end trading at 161,309.8.
More than 2.56 billion shares valued at 8.29 trillion rials ($77.54 million) changed hands at TSE for the day.
Trading at TSE and Iran Fara Bourse starts on Saturday and ends on Wednesday and is also closed for national holidays.
As the bloody seven-year-old civil war in Syria winds down, the monumental task of rebuilding the country’s infrastructure is, and will be for a long time, the top priority in Damascus.
Iran, one of the main supporters of President Assad (besides Russia) during the bloody conflict, is now keen on doing its fair share in Syria’s post-war reconstruction and help it return to normal.
A high-ranking delegation of Syrian trade officials and business representatives (the second delegation in three months) headed by Syria’s Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Mohammad Samer al-Khalil met on Sunday in Tehran with private sector leaders and the Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami. On the agenda was putting in place an economic roadmap for Iran's role in Syria's reconstruction.
Technology cold war. Decoupling. Weaponized interdependence. Whatever you call it, the US-China science and technology relationship is being violently rewritten.
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