TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – Oil minister said President Rouhani today will officially propose a new plan for oil and gas cooperation in the Caspian Sea to his Azerbaijani counterpart. In time with today’s visit of Azerbaijani

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Baku, February 23, AZERTAC Following a ceremony of signing documents, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani have made statements for the press. Statement by President Ilham Aliyev: -

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TEHRAN — “We are 5,000 signatures away from banning hunting Caspian Seal,” said Mohammad Darvish, an official with the Department of Environment. “As specified by the United Nations

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 Legal Status of Caspian Sea Introduction The Caspian Sea is the biggest enclosed body of water on Earth, having an even larger area than that of the American Great Lakes or that of Lake Victoria in East Africa. The length of the

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Introduction   The tragedy of the commons dates all the back to Aristotle.  It is the story of humans depleting and destroying the free gifts of the world.  There have been many incidences of other commons being destroyed like, the Black Sea,

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CASPIAN SEA ISSUES Questions surrounding the legal status of the Caspian Sea have hindered--but not stopped--further development of the Sea's mineral resources. Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the independence of three new countries

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Abstract With the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Caspian Sea and its natural resources became a source of contention for Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. The underlying issue is paradoxical in light of its misleading simplicity – is the

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TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – An official of Iranian Oil Terminals Company (IOTC) has said operation of new oil storage facilities will improve Iran’s oil swap capacity. Hamid Reza Shahdoust who was talking to reporters on Wednesday

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The general cargo ship Port Olya 3 grounded in Caspian sea on 15 nautical miles South-East off Lagan, Russia. The vessel was proceeding at Volga – Caspian sea Canal, when suffered steering gear failure and ran aground into a sandy/mud

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Two and a half years ago Iran sent out a pretty serious warning to the people living along the Caspian Sea: don’t swim or bathe in its waters. The sea, officials said, is heavily polluted with crude oil

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ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has closed one of its offices in Azerbaijan, the country's tax ministry said on Feb. 17, the result of a delayed oil project. The office was linked to an oil production project on

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TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – IRISL managing director announced that for the first time in five years an Iranian container ship has left for European ports. Managing Director of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) Mohammad

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TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gregory Karasin will arrive in Iran on 2 March for a two-day visit for talks on Caspian region and Central-Asian issues, Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Sat. The

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TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Head of Aquatics’ Knowledge, Industry and Market Coordination Association said the project of extracting anti liver cancer medicines from sea cucumbers is currently underway at Shahid Beheshti University. Abasali Matlabi maintained that

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TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) – An energy analyst has said Iran can establish an energy trade zone in the Caspian Sea region to export electricity to its neighbors instead of natural gas. Mahmoud Khaghani, a member of

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TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Iran’s deputy-foreign minister and Turkmen foreign minister have urged extension of bilateral and regional cooperation. Ehrahim Rahimpour, Deputy-FM for Asian-Pacific and special envoy to Caspian Sea affairs met with Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow

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TEHRAN, Feb. 14 (MNA) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published its latest version of the Food Chain Crisis Early Warning Bulletin for the period January-March 2016 that indicating that Dieback of

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Turkmenistan, an energy-rich Central Asian nation with abundant oil and gas reserves, intends to realize its plans on developing huge hydrocarbon resources in its own sector of the Caspian Sea. Turkmenistan’s state concern Turkmenoil will deal with implementing the development of

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The workshop entitled "Caspian Sea - Sustainable Development and Management" will be held in Turkmenistan's resort city Avaza March 7-18, the Turkmen government said Feb. 27. The purpose of the workshop is to further develop the cooperation of the

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By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend: A meeting of heads of railway and maritime offices of Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran and Georgia was held in Turkmenistan’s Avaza national tourist zone, a message of the Turkmen government said March 1. The issues on development of

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TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Funded by Iran National Science Foundation (INSF), a group of researchers at Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Iran, monitored the heavy metal pollution in Anzali Wetland. The study was

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Moscow wants to ease customs procedures for Iranian agricultural products and speed up their delivery, according to Russian Deputy Agriculture Minister Sergey Levin. During a two-day visit to Iran he said the southern Russian ports of Makhachkala and Astrakhan on the

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Talking to reporters at the end of the Third Meeting of Caspian Seal littoral States Transportation Ministers in Tehran, he said that all five Caspian Sea littoral countries stressed the need for facilitating visa issuance for drivers and visitors. 'We

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Tehran, Feb 29, IRNA – Director General for Europe, America and Caspian Sea Neighbors in the Ministry of Petroleum Hossein Esmaeili said that Swiss companies are interested in buying petrochemical products from Iran. Following a meeting with a visiting

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Moscow, Feb 27, IRNA – The second volume of a book on interpretation of Persian manuscripts was presented to the scientific and religious community during a ceremony held in the Islamic studies center of Institute of International Relations at

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has called on to reconsider the eliminated Nabucco West project. “Proposal for the Nabucco gas pipeline was partially eliminated after imposing sanctions against Iran and now with the

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Iran, where beaches are segregated by gender and alcohol is banned, is getting its first foreign-branded seaside hotel, complete with swimming pools, bars and a spa. Melia Hotels International SA plans to open the five-star property in a 130-meter (427-feet) tower

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: Iran is capable of turning into a regional tourism hub in the near future, a Spanish envoy to Tehran believes. “Iran will turn into a regional tourism and economic destination,” IRNA news agency

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: A train will run twice a week between Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan city and Iran’s Mashhad city, an Iranian envoy has told Trend. Iran’s Consul General in Nakhchivan Mansour Airom has said that Javid Gurbanov, head of Azerbaijan Railways

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Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Georgia and Turkmenistan have signed a protocol on cooperation in the sphere of railway and sea transport. Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (Azeri acronym: AXDG) reports that the Protocol was signed during the meeting of heads of

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Legal regime of Caspian Sea: condominium, division, or continuation of multilateral cooperation Pourshykhian A.R. Extended Abstract Introduction Before the 18th century A.D., the large enclosed today of Mazandaran sea belonged to Iran. After emerging Czarism in Russia and imposing the shameful treaty

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Trend: Azerbaijan and Hungary can jointly work in Iran, Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. He made the remarks during Azerbaijan-Hungary business forum in Baku March 6. The business forum is being held during the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to

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Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: Turkmenistan’s Ahal province has started to receive natural gas transported via the recently commissioned East-West gas pipeline, said a message from Turkmenistan’s Oil and Gas Ministry. The pipeline’s length is 733 kilometers, while its capacity is 30 billion

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Trend: Kyiv and Tehran are discussing the possibility of supplying oil from Iran through Ukraine, as well as oil refining at Ukrainian enterprises, RIA Novosti quoted Ukraine’s deputy Prime Minister Gennadiy Zubko as saying March 7. “We are interested in diversification of

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/By Azernews/ By Aynur Karimova Azerbaijan and Iran, both nations enjoying huge natural gas reserves in the world, have a potential to become key suppliers of gas to the European market, Omid Shokri Kalehsar believes. The energy

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Tehran, March 6, IRNA – Senior Researcher from German University of Munich, Dr. Christian Konrad Piller, said on Sunday that he had done much archeological work in Iran, notably detecting hints of public social standings in the country in

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Russia's plans to introduce a new amphibious assault ship into its Caspian Flotilla has raised questions among just which of its neighbors' shores Russia envisages assaulting.  The new ship will join the Caspian Flotilla next year, according to a report by

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By Hossein Kebriaeezadeh* Any assessment of military cooperation between Iran and Russia would be meaningless outside the general framework of the two countries’ relations. Therefore, study of the two countries’ relations and approaches to each other will shed more light on

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Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of the 14th Annual Symposium on the Iranian Archaeology, underway at Iran National Museum in Tehran (March 6-8), Sauer provided a profile of his excavation work in Gorgan, north of Iran, in the

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Diplomatic attention has intensified on the project of the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP) while both obstacles to and incentives for its realization increase. Turkmenistan's commitment to the project may be inferred from the finally completed construction of its East-West Pipeline

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Tehran, March 9, IRNA – FAO Representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran and to the Economic Cooperation Organization Serge Nakouzi on Wednesday acknowledged a contract with Japan International Cooperation Agency to revitalize Lake Orumiyeh. The plan

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A senior official with TMK, Russia’s largest manufacturer of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, said Wednesday the company is in talks to supply Iran’s oil and gas sector with pipes. “We have a program underway to

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Azerbaijan’s state oil firm SOCAR says it is looking to revive trade with Iran as the two neighbors are strengthening relations after the lifting of sanctions on the Islamic Republic.  Azeri President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to

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by Frank Jacobs What colour is the sea? Why, blue of course (1). Unless you're Homer. In which case your numerous references to the Aegean as the "wine-dark sea" will puzzle scholars for centuries to come (2).

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Baku, AZERTAC Azerbaijan and Iran have discussed operational conditions on the state border as Chief of the State Border Service Elchin Guliyev met with commander of the Iranian Border Guard Qasem Rezaee. They explored prospects of bilateral relations between Azerbaijan’s State Border

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The security architecture of the Caspian Sea, the largest enclosed inland body of water in the world, may soon change. Of all the states that border the sea — Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan — Russia has the

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Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran, which are the five Caspian littoral states, have convened in Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan from January 27-29 to talk about the legal status of the sea. The Caspian Sea has been a cause

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By Farhad Daneshvar – Trend: Iranian police have seized about 600 kilograms of narcotics within the past 11 months, which were to be trafficked into Azerbaijan, Commander of Iran's Border Police Brigadier-General Qasem Rezaei told Trend in Baku.

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By Elchin Mehdiyev, Maksim Tsurkov - Trend: The Southern Gas Corridor project will become a new energy source for Europe, Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister Natig Aliyev said March 11. He made the remarks during the discussion ‘The future of energy, the future of

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Kiev says Ankara is considering an offer to buy Ukrainian coal mines as part of the country's plan to privatize state assets this year. During his visit to Ankara, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko asked Turkish

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On February 23, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visited Tehran, where he met with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani. Notably, the two presidents signed 11 memoranda of understanding (MoU) across several areas of cooperation, including energy, the economy and transport (IRNA,

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Aer Lingus business class wins wine award Aer Lingus has won an award for the red wine served in business class in the prestigious Business Traveller magazine Cellar in the Sky Awards. The wine chosen by food consultant

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By Aygun Badalova, Elena Kosolapova - Trend: The Southern Gas Corridor, which proposes gas supplies from the Caspian region to Europe, is an essential project and must be supported, the British Transatlantic and Caucasus Studies Institute director Ziba Norman told Trend. “The

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Farnaz Heidari TEHRAN — Human-induced warming of the climate is expected to continue throughout the 21st century and beyond. Our climate is influenced significantly by changes in atmospheric

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A meeting of the delegations led by chief of the State Border Service (SBS), Colonel General Elchin Guliyev, Deputy Director of the Russian Federation’s Federal Security Service, head of the Border Service Vladimir Kulishov

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Baku. Hafiz Heydarov – APA. Azerbaijan’s border guards detained 34 people in 22 cases who attempted to illegally cross the state border of Azerbaijan in February 2016, the State Border Service told APA on Monday.   Of them, 11 are citizens

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By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Primary studies of a project to carry water from the Caspian Sea to central Iran are concluded, Hamid Chitchian, Iran’s energy minister said. The project will be implemented after coordination with the Environment Protection Organization, Chitchian said,

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The Caspian Sea is situated on the border of Europe and Asia. It is bordered with the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Iran. The Caspian is the largest inland body of water in the world. Since the ancient

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by Farid Rauf oglu Shafiyev The Caspian Sea is the largest closed water body in the world and is surrounded by five states--Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. It has an area of 440,000 square kilometers with an ultra-depth of 1,025

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Baku, AZERTAC One of the most significant events of the agricultural sector, Caspian and Black Sea Agrarian Congress will take place in Baku, on April 12-13. The all-Ukrainian public organization Ukrainian Grain Association and the information-analytical agency APK-Inform are the Congress organizers. Organizational

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By Aygun Badalova - Trend: The meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC countries, which was initially scheduled for March 20 in Russia, will unlikely take place. Reuters, referring to OPEC sources reported that the meeting on a plan to freeze output levels

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By Khalid Kazimov – Trend: Iran and Russia are capable of swapping oil and gas, says Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh. At a meeting with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak in Tehran, Zanganeh said that expansion of cooperation with Russia is

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By Khalid Kazimov – Trend: Iran plans to increase its exports volume to Russia by $ 1.5 billion in the new Iranian fiscal year (starting March 21), Asadollah Asgaroladi, a member of the Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce said. Iran currently exports

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Iranian and Russian officials in a meeting here agreed on holding documents exhibitions and conferences as well as seminars for commemorating over 500 years of Iran-Russia relations, IRNA reported. 'Deputy Head of the Foreign Ministry's Center for International Education and

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By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend: With commissioning alkylation units and isomerization at Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries (TCOR), it will be possible to produce additional 480,000 tons of high-octane gasoline (А-92, А-95 and А-98) per year, said the message from Turkmenistan’s Oil

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By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend: Iran has once more emphasized the significance of a proposed draft for the Caspian Sea littoral countries to fight drugs. Iran and Russia enjoy good cooperation in international and regional arenas regarding the fight on drugs, Iranian

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Religious hatred and violence are now a sorrowful fact of life, with the killing of Catholic nuns in Yemen on March 4 being only the most recent tragic example. It is a rarity

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The Beginner's Guide to Caviar How to serve, pair, and savor the finest sturgeon roe. There's no quicker way to announce that a meal special. More than lobster or champagne (or even a giant bucket of fried chicken), a dollop of

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TEHRAN — The Caspian Sea National Research Center of Iran has recently announced that the sea’s water level has decreased by 30 centimeters over the past two years.

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By Aynur Karimova The Turkmen Ministry of Oil and Gas and Natural Resources has revealed the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries' liquefied gas production plans for 2016. The ministry reported on March 18 that the complex will produce 340,000 tons of LPG

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Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Russia has remembered the project of construction of the canal Caspian Sea –Persian Gulf, developed for the first time by Russian engineers in 1889-1892. Thus, the portal of Russia’s Military & Industrial Courier points out that today such a

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Iran will receive only a fraction of the $500 billion it needs to modernize its infrastructure because foreign banks are still unwilling to risk penalties from the U.S. Treasury, a major domestic construction company said. “The projects are there, they are

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In a week that saw Russia pulling some of its armed forces out of Syria and signs of increasing cooperation between Russia and the US in the region, it is important to examine Russian interest in energy, and particularly gas,

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By Prof. Dr. Rovshan Ibrahimov* Dr. Vassilios Sitaras recently published a policy brief for CCEE titled “Transporting Gas Across the Caspian: A New Option”, proposing an alternative method for delivering natural gas from Turkmenistan across the Caspian Sea to Azerbaijan and

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Investing In Iran Is Still A Key “Uncertainty” Expect Iran will receive much less than $500-B it needs to modernize its infrastructure because foreign banks are still unwilling to risk penalties from the US Treasury. The projects are ready, but the problem

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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STATUS OF THE CASPİAN SEA: İSSUES OF THEORY AND PRACTICE ABSTRACT Since the collapse of the USSR, long established stability of compromise around the Caspian has left its place to competition and confrontation. While the USSR and Iran were

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Hoshang Tale, Ph D (Economics), Consultant Economist & Researcher Before Peter the Great (1682- 1752) played his political games in the Caspian region, this Sea was under the sole control of Iran and was known as the Sea of Mazandaran after

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Each year, we send our editors and writers on a mission to find the destinations on the vanguard of the travel. The major takeaway from our 28 favorites of 2016? The entire world is getting more adventurous.

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By Huseyn Hasanov – Trend: During the meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq bin Fawzan Al Rabiah, Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov proposed to thoroughly study the possibilities of implementing joint energy projects, said the message

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Iran and France's Total have signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) on giant South Azadegan oil field, Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told Mehr News Agency. According to the signed agreement, Total is allowed to study the giant oil field to

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By Emil Ilgar – Trend: Iran is in talks to purchase the shares of an oil refinery or build a new refinery in Spain, Abbas Kazemi, the managing director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) told Shana. He didn't

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Iran exported 14mn barrels of oil to Europe since mid-Jan. Iran says it has exported 14 million barrels of oil to Europe ever since the sanctions against the country were lifted in mid-January. Iran’s Oil Ministry has announced in

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Iran invited to Doha oil freeze talks Qatar’s media said on Wednesday that the country has invited Iran to join talks over implementing a proposed oil production freeze to help stabilize prices. Qatar’s Ministry of Energy and Industry has

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Iran announces major jump in oil exports Iran says its oil exports have already reached around 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) in what could highlight a major progress in the country’s post-sanctions oil industry performance. Iran’s First Vice

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P&I provides larger liability support for Iran oil imports As Iran is moving ahead with a promised rise in its oil exports, indications are appearing that the international businesses are trying to ease the flow of the Iranian oil

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Iran using Asian help to revamp refineries Iran said on Friday that it is working with Asian investors and builders to revamp several of its key refineries. Abbas Kazemi, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and

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While Georgia has been caught up recently in a major pipeline competition, with Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran all making a play for the action in this small, strategically located energy-transit hub, some men in the central Georgian village of Ruisi

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Alexander Cooley in his book, Great Games Local Rules, describes a new great game where the post-soviet states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan take orders from Moscow, Washington, and Beijing. He describes this geopolitical concept as a

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By Emil Ilgar – Trend: Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project, is not dead and negotiations over realization of the project continue, the Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company Hamid Reza Iraqi told Fars News Agency. "Pakistan has agreed to build a 100km-pipeline

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Iran's 'Suez Canal': Tehran Could Connect Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf One of the most ambitious initiatives that Tehran plans to launch will see an artificial channel link

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By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend: Azerbaijani gas price for European countries will be set on the Turkish border, Milliyet newspaper reported citing Gurkan Kumbaroglu, president of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). He said Turkey can play a key role in

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Trend: Azerbaijan supplied 594.46 million cubic meters of gas to Turkey in January of 2016, compared to 577.36 million cubic meters in January of 2015, said the report from Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA). This is while the country delivered 6.17

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Kazakhstan is a top-10 country in many things. Being the world’s ninth biggest country it is the largest economy in Central Asia and second largest among former Soviet Republics. Kazakhstan’s land holds the entire periodic table of elements with active

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ASTANA – Located in the Sahara-Gobi Desert zone of the Aral Sea basin, the Barsakelmes Nature Reserve was added to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) during a meeting of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the

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The Caspian Sea is an important, if often overlooked, region in regard to many of the challenges the U.S. faces around the world, such as a resurgent Russia, an emboldened Iran, wavering allies, growing China, and the rise of Islamic

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Trend: Iran, Russia gas swap remains as an idea at the moment, however Tehran is prepared for that, Hamid Reza Araqi, Iran’s deputy oil minister said. Iran and Russia’s Gazprom have held various talks on the issue in recent months, but no

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President Hassan Rouhani said Iran has laid the pipeline up to the border to export gas to neighboring Pakistan encouraging the government in Islamabad to speed up measures to complete its share on its soil, Shana reported. Speaking at a press

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Trend: A 146-kilometer Yoloten-Tahtabazar power transmission line has been constructed in Turkmenistan towards Afghanistan, the Turkmen government said March 26. A scheme of the route of the new transmission line was delivered to Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov during a meeting of the

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Trend: Political support for third countries often becomes unaffordable for regional powers during economic difficulties. Perhaps, in “peacetime” Iran and Russia considered the idea to include Armenia at least in some regional infrastructure projects, including transport, but today the main issue on

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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on March 28, said the Kremlin's press service. The two presidents discussed in detail the situation in Syria, particularly in connection with the Syrian Armed Forces’ successful

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Trend: Turkmenistan has made a 20-percent discount to Turkey for cargo transportation through the Caspian Sea, Istanbulhaber online newspaper quoted Fatih Sener, executive director of Turkish International Transporters’ Association, as saying March 28. Sener noted that Turkmenistan’s government made a decision on

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Russian Foreign Ministry confirms plans to hold a trilateral meeting of Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, Iranian FM Javad Zarif and Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin told RIA Novosti March 27. " The meeting is being worked

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Energy-rich Turkmenistan will continue to realize programs and projects envisaging further development, modernization and diversification of the national fuel and energy complex. Such an instruction was given by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov at the recent meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers, the

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Turkmenistan has considered Azerbaijan's proposal on reduction of cargo transportation tariffs and made a 20-percent discount to Turkey for cargo transshipment through the Caspian Sea. Nejat Fatih Sener, the Executive Director of Turkish International Transporters’ Association, said on March 28 that

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The Caspian Sea region has become a central focal point for untapped oil and natural gas resources from the southern portion of the former Soviet Union. Beginning in May 2005, oil from the southern sections of the Caspian Sea began

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CASPIANS or CASPIANS tribes name of an ancient people dwelling along the southwestern shore of the Caspian Sea, whether north or south of the river Kura is not clear. CASPIANS (Gk. Káspioi), name of an ancient people dwelling along the southwestern shore

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Caspian horse The Caspian is a small horse breed native to Northern Iran. Although its original height probably ranged between 9 and 11.2 hands (36 and 46 inches, 91 and 117 cm) it is termed a horse rather than a pony

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ran's ambitious project to build a 'trans-Iranian' canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf will only be possible with Russia's help, says Bahram Amirahmadiyan, an expert on political geography at the University of Tehran. Over the weekend, media

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Energetic Engagement: Russia Ready to Assist Iran in Power Plant Projects Russia is ready and willing to contribute to the development of Iran's major energy projects, according to Vyacheslav Leonov, press secretary of Russia's state-run energy holding Inter RAO-Export. In an

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Iranian ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai said that Russian-Iranian regional and bilateral cooperation has been expanding in the past two years. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Tehran and Moscow could implement a large number of economic and industrial projects this year, Iranian ambassador

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Trend: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the UN have discussed the situation in Afghanistan, the regional security and prospects for cooperation. The discussions were held between Yevgeniy Sysoyev, director of the executive committee of Regional Anti-terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

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Iran will start issuing electronic visas for foreign tourists by the end of 2016, Masoud Soltanifar, Iran’s vice-president said. Soltanifar, who heads Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, added that Tehran also pursues the issue of mutual visa waiver with

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In the Caspian Sea basin further reduction of trading activity and freight rates was observed. This was triggered by prohibition on wheat supply to Iran, which entered into force. It was noted that formal ban should not apply to

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Earlier this week, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin confirmed plans of the Russian authorities to hold a trilateral meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister

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Trend: Iran’s oil products imports from Caspian littoral states decreased significantly in first quarter of 2016, the official statistics indicate. According to Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization, the unloading of oil products at Iran’s Caspian ports decreased significantly. Iran’s Neka, Anzali, Fereidoon Kenar

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Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran will meet in Baku on April 7, said Mariya Zakharova, spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Trend’s correspondent reported March 31. She said that during the meeting the Azerbaijani, Russian and Iranian FMs – Elmar

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The upcoming Doha meeting on oil production will yield positive results on prices, yet it is far from an ideal move, said Mohammad Ali Khatibi, former Iranian representative in OPEC. The reason is that the meeting is going to focus on

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The Southern Gas Corridor project aimed at delivering Azerbaijan’s natural gas to Europe wouldn’t have advanced without strong US backing, according to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. “We are very grateful to the government of United States for its

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Ever since relations between the United States and Iran grew strained after the Iranian revolution in 1979, as a nation, we have had limited access to the Caspian Sea, the sturgeon fish that reside there, and the roe contained in

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Summary China agreed to help Iran building a railway which will form part of China's High Speed Silk Road Railway. China has a winning SRR formula: dual-Usage bullet train technology and irresistible co-operation terms. When SRR completed, freight train from China can reach

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The meeting will be held at the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev. The interaction of the RF, Azerbaijan and Iran in the energy sector will be one of the talks of the foreign ministers of these countries on April 7

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Iran to start new round of regional diplomatic initiatives in coming days, Tehran’s envoy to Baku, Mohsen Pak Ayeen said. “In coming days we will witness more intensified regional diplomacy of Iran, as trilateral meetings are on the agenda,” Pak Ayeen

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The Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) signed 85 contracts in the past Iranian fiscal year (March 21, 2015 to March 19, 2016), according to the company’s Contracts Affairs CEO Salman Khosravi. He added the contracts included projects in operational, developmental, construction,

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Iran’s oil export has recently surpassed two million barrels per day, the country’s oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said. “The country now is exporting over two million barrels of gas condensates and crude oil per day,” Zanganeh said, Mehr news agency

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Kashan, April 3, IRNA – Some 3,000 foreign tourists visited natural sightseeings of Niasar, knwon as rose-land for growing rose flowers on the suburbs of Kashan, Isfahan province, in the course of Norouz holidays, caretaker of the city's Municipality

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Astara, April 3, IRNA- Head of Astra Customs General Administration announced that 373,000 tons of non-oil products worth $155m have been exported from the customs of this province during last Iranian year (ended on March 20, 2016). Mohammad Shahbazi told

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Azerbaijan has further reduced cargo tariffs with a view to enhance the competitiveness and efficiency of transit transport corridors passing through its territory and attract additional cargo traffic to these corridors. The Caspian Shipping CJSC decided to make a 20-percent discount

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Take a virtual tour of the city on the Caspian Sea with 500-year-old steam baths and the world’s largest KFC.   Paul Salopek is walking the global trail of the first humans who migrated out of Africa in the

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IRNA - Iranian photographer-journalist Afshin Valy Nejad was appreciated in a ceremony held in Tokyo. The ceremony was arranged by Iranian embassy in Japan to appreciate his valuable and impressive media activities especially those related to 2011 earthquake in Japan.

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A member of the Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy quoted a Foreign Ministry staff member saying that Iran is considering consultation and mediation to help cease recent armed clashes between Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Ebrahim Aqamohammadi

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Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Azeri counterpart Zakir Hasanov on Monday discussed latest developments in the Karabakh region in a telephone conversation. Recent tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Karabakh region killed at least 30

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Speedy signing of the convention on the status of the Caspian Sea will contribute to cooperation of the littoral states, Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov said Apr.5. He made the remarks during the meeting of the special working group for

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The Russo-Persian Treaty of Friendship was signed on February 26, 1921 between representatives of Iran and the Soviet Russia. Based on the terms of the treaty, all previous agreements made between the signatories including the Treaty of Turkmenchay were canceled.

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full text of Treaty of Gulistan (1813) In the name of Almighty God With the intention to cease horror of the war and re-establish steady peace and well-wishing friendship neighborhood shared by Russia Empire and the State of Iran since the

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full text of Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828) Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828) ARTICLE I His Majesty the Russian Emperor and His Majesty the King of Iran have agreed to eternal peace, friendship and full agreement between them, their heirs to the throne,

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Gilaks People The Gilani people or Gilaks  are an Iranian people native to the northern Iran province of Gilan. Gilaks, along with the closely related Mazandarani people, comprise part of the Caspian people, who inhabit the southern

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Chalus is a city in and the capital of Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 44,618, in 12,791 families. Chalus’s neighbour counties are Noshahr in the east, Tonekabon in the west in Mazandaran province and

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Lahijan Lahijan is a Caspian sea resort in and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 71,871, in 21,518 families. The resort Lahijan has both traditional and modern architecture. The

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Ramsar Ramsar is a city in and the capital of Ramsar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2012 census, its population was 33,018, in 9,421 families. Ramsar lies on the coast of the Caspian Sea. It was also

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Masuleh Masuleh is a city in and the capital of Sardar-e Jangal District, in Fuman County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 554 individuals from 180 families. Historical names for the city include Māsalar

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Baku hosted the next meeting of the special working group created at the level of deputy ministers to develop a convention on a legal status of the Caspian Sea. Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalaf Khalafov, addressing the session on April

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The land of the gods man is possibly the next superpower of renewable energy in the Middle East After years of isolation and  sanctions, the framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1 countries (the U.S., U.K., Russia, China, France and

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Iran will benefit from an influx of international visitors following the recent political changes thanks to the nuclear agreement that was signed in Vienna earlier this summer. The World Travel Market 2015 Industry Report, released on Monday, 2 November at

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Leading maritime exhibition offers gateway to maritime and offshore opportunities in Iran   Europort has become the official and exclusive international partner of IRANIMEX, the leading maritime & offshore exhibition in Iran. The agreement brings together the brand behind the

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Trend: A communiqué has been issued on the results of the trilateral meeting of the Azerbaijani, Russian and Iranian foreign ministers in Baku Apr.7. The parties agreed to continue the further development of cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, partnership and

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Trend: Foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran - Elmar Mammadyarov, Sergei Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif have made an agreement that the relevant ministries of these countries will comprehensively review the implementation of the North-South transport corridor project. Sergey Lavrov said

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Trend: Azerbaijan, Iran and Russia attach great importance to the transport corridors passing through these countries, and in particular the railway networks, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said. He made the remarks at a press conference following the trilateral meeting of the

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Caspian littoral countries agreed on a number of important provisions of the draft Convention, including issues related to sovereignty, the implementation of sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the parties in the Caspian Sea. This is reflected in the final Communiqué

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The resurgence of violence between Azerbaijan and Armenians poses little immediate risk to the key pipelines that link European markets to the Caspian Sea, according to analysts from London to Washington. In a region where risk is the norm, “these sorts

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Turkmenistan starts drilling another well at Galkynysh field Energy-rich Turkmenistan, which sits on huge natural gas reserves (265 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves, according to the Energy Information Administration, January 2015), continues large-scale works on the accelerated commercial development

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Russia & Iran negotiate canal from Caspian Sea to Persian Gulf Moscow and Tehran are holding talks on digging a ship canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf, said Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai,

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Iran Dismisses Report on Building Canal Linking Caspian Sea to Persian Gulf TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian embassy in Russia rejected a recent report by Russia media on Tehran’s cooperation with Moscow on the construction of a major canal linking

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Caspian Sea littoral states eye economic cooperation Trend: Deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea littoral states have discussed expansion of economic cooperation at a meeting in Baku, an Iranian deputy foreign minister said. The Islamic Republic of Iran believes in the

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Iran's $10Bln Mega Canal Could be Game Changer in Global Trade Routes Russian experts comment on the prospects for the realization of Iran's ambitious 'trans-Iranian' canal, which would run from the Caspian Sea to the Persian

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Moscow, Baku May Invest in Iran-Related Projects Azerbaijan continues to work on several energy and transport enterprises with Russia and Iran, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Friday. BAKU (Sputnik) — Russia and Azerbaijan are working

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Iranian FM hopes for early completion of work on Caspian status convention Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif voiced a hope for completion of work over the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea this year. "We hope we’ll

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Solve the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Before It Explodes For almost three decades, the most dangerous unresolved conflict in wider Europe has lain in the mountains of the South Caucasus, in a small territory known as Nagorno-Karabakh. In the

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Turkmenistan advancing on South Asian gas market Trend: Despite skepticism of some experts regarding the progress of construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, which dates back to 2010, the deal started rolling. The State Concern 'Turkmengaz',

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Central Asian republic requires HIV test for marriage The Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan has made HIV tests a requirement for getting married. Under a newly introduced law, residents who apply for a marriage licence must submit evidence of a successful

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OIC Summit should send signals of unity to world Hassan Rouhani has said upcoming Istanbul Summit of the OIC should communicate to the world signals of unity among the member states. President Rouhani and his Kazakh counterpart

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Iran, Kazakhstan to tighten coop. on peace, stability in Central Asia Deputy FM Rahimpour said Mon. Iran and Kazakhstan are keen on expanding cooperation on peace and stability in Central Asia, as opposed to regional meddling by certain

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Iran, Kazakhstan ink power deal Iran and Kazakhstan have signed three powerhouse building contracts worth 600 million dollars. On the verge of Kazakh president’s visit to Tehran, the two countries sealed an agreement with Eurasia Invest Group

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Tehran and its 2,000 tourist spots Deputy of Tehran Municipality says the Iranian capital has over 2,000 tourist attractions that will take 35 days time to visit all of them. Tehran was first chosen as the capital

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First part of S-300 missile system delivered to Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Jaberi Ansari who was speaking in his weekly press conference announced the implementation of first phase of S-300 missile contract between Iran and Russia. Hossein

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Iran, Kazakhstan to build joint shipping company The Islamic Republic of Iran and Kazakhstan have agreed on the establishment of a joint shipping company. Head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) Mohammad Saeidi announced the news in

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North-South Corridor from Russia to India to compete with Suez Canal   Following talks with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Iran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has revealed that Russia has agreed to begin substantive studies on the implementation of

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Leader calls for ‘honest cooperation’ among Muslims to uproot terrorism Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks in a meeting with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev late on Monday. “Certain powers, particularly America, are not honest and serious in their alleged fight against

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Bryza: Putin controls the situation in Karabakh Former US ambassador in Baku wrote an article about the conflict. Moscow independently acts to resolve the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, while Washington does not take part in what's happening between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Russian authorities

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Russia, Azerbaijan agree to activate Russian-Azerbaijani Business Council visit of Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in Baku has led to a number of economic agreements. "We’ve agreed that we will intensify the work of the Russian-Azerbaijani Business Council

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Turkmenistan Diversifies Its Gas Exports To Reduce Reliance On China In January 2016, the Russian media reported that Russia’s gas giant, Gazprom, had discontinued all purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan and was not planning to resume imports

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Blurring the Lines of Kazakhstan-Russia Relations Forecast     Kazakhstan will try to increase its independence from Russia-led alliances.     To that end, Astana will make economic and military deals with other countries and build up its domestic military capacity.

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President Aliyev meets Iranian counterpart President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani in Istanbul. The presidents hailed dynamic development of Azerbaijani-Iranian bilateral and multilateral relations and cooperation in various

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Iran to host international Caspian beach soccer tournament FIFA Board Member and Vice President of Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) Joan Cusco says the Islamic Republic of Iran would be ready to host the first edition of the international Caspian beach soccer

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Rosneft interested participate in Iran's oil, gas plans Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced that Russian Rosneft Company is interested to participate in Iran oil and gas plans, IRNA reported. Rosneft is the leader of Russia's petroleum

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ECO-Caspian energy transition through gas The oil price slide since mid-2014 has severely constrained economic growth and investment in the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) & Caspian region. Despite this, regional governments nevertheless expect an improved market climate &

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  The Caspian tiger (Panthera tigris virgata), also known as the Hyrcanian tiger, the Mazandaran tiger, the Persian tiger and the Turan tiger, is an extinct tiger subspecies that had been recorded in the wild until the early 1970s, and formerly

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Will the Caspian's status change the energy equation? Turkey is fast becoming the Caspian region's energy hub. For this reason, it needs to consider all the energy dynamics in the region. One of these energy dynamics is the Caspian Sea region.

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Right decision: Iran refuses to attend Doha summit Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh made a right decision not participating in oil-producing & exporter countries which met in Qatar to outline how they are able to commit themselves to a possible

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Turkmenistan keen to become major exporter of chemicals Turkmenistan can become a powerful industrial power and a major exporter of chemical products, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reported. The construction of a gas chemical complex on the Caspian Sea shore, exactly in

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Larijani: Iran welcomes conference of Eurasian parliament speakers Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said on Monday that South Korea proposed Russia to hold Conference of Eurasian Speakers of Parliament and Iran welcomed the proposal. He made the remarks at

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Jannati: Iran-Russia relations always growing Minister of Culture and the Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said on Monday that Iran-Russia relations have always been growing and that the Iranian and Russian officials are determined to enhance level of

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Caspian Water Transfer Project Not Scrapped: Iran’s VP TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s administration has not abandoned a plan on channeling water from the Caspian Sea to the arid province of Semnan, east of Tehran, an official said. Vice President

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Iran, Kazakhstan’s Speakers Meet in Moscow Senior Iranian and Kazakh legislators on Tuesday held a meeting on the sidelines of the first session of Eurasian parliamentary speakers in the Russian capital, Moscow. At the meeting, Speaker of Iran’s parliament

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Mahmoud Vaezi to pay visit to Azerbaijan Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi is to make a two-day visit to Azerbaijan.He will participate in the ceremony of laying the railway bridge at the Astara river. According to the

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Iranian FM due in Azerbaijan Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Azerbaijan, the Iranian Embassy in Baku told Trend April 19th, Trend reports. He is to take part in the 7th Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations. The

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Date of groundbreaking ceremony of railway bridge between Azerbaijan and Iran announced Groundbreaking ceremony of the railway bridge over Astara River will be held on April 21, head of Iran Railways company Mohsen Purseyid Agai told APA’s Tehran bureau. According

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Foundation of a rail bridge of Azerbaijani and Iranian parts of Astara to be laid this week The construction of railway bridge Astara (Azerbaijan) – Astara (Iran) is to kick off this week, abc.az reports. The Iranian media write, the

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Bilateral and three lateral agreements will not be effective until the five-sided agreement is signed - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Rahimpour An issue of transit and provision of assistance to

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NATO-Russia: No "business as usual" DIPLOMACY NATO and Russia held "frank and serious" talks despite "profound disagreements" as their ambassadors met on Wednesday for the first time since 2014, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said. The two sides agreed to keep communicating

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Lower oil prices lead to greater cooperation on energy   The G20 nations have enjoyed the benefits arising from oil price volatility, but it’s clear that international partnerships remain a vital aspect of every nation’s energy policy   The collapse of oil

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Iran, Russia to cooperate in student satellite launch Head of Ian Space Organization has said Iran and Russia will cooperate in launching university student-developed satellites. Mohsen Bahrami is visiting Russia in response to a visit by Russia's

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Iran, Russia parliament heads stress expansion of strategic ties Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Russian State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin underlined the need for the continuation of Tehran-Moscow strategic cooperation. In a meeting with Naryshkin on

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Larijani in Moscow urges expansion of trade ties with Asia Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani who was in Moscow to attend a summit of Eurasian parliament members held talks with counterparts of other Asian countries on ways to

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Astara-Astara railroad to contribute to north-south corridor Iranian official has said railroad connecting Iran-Azerbaijan Republic would connect many countries in north and south of the famous trade corridor. Mahmoud Vaezi who was speaking in the ceremony in

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Why Iran is building up its defenses Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined the necessity of developing Iran’s defense power in an article published on Wednesday. Nearly three years ago, the newly elected Iranian president called for

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President Aliyev presents ‘Dostluq’ Order to Iranian minister Vaezi   President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by Minister of Information and Communications Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran, co-chairman of Azerbaijan-Iran State Commission

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Turkmenistan to host int’l gas congress in May   The seventh International Gas Congress of Turkmenistan is planned to be held May 19-20, 2016 at 'Avaza' national tourist zone, the event organizer Turkmengaz state concern announced. The forum will bring together around

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Iran-Azerbaijan trade turnover up by 53% Trade turnover between Iran and Azerbaijan has increased by 53 percent in the first three months of the current year, said Iran's ICT Minister Mahmoud Vaezi speaking to reporters in Baku April 21. Vaezi, who

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 Iran, Azerbaijan ink 4 cooperation pacts Tehran and Baku signed four cooperation pacts at the presence of Communications and Information Technology Minister Mahmoud Vaezi and Azeri Economy minister Shahen Mustafayev in Baku on Thursday. Iran's Darou Pakhsh Company,

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Iran is ready to cooperate with Azerbaijan to develop fields in the Caspian Sea, said Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mahmoud Vaezi. He made the remarks during the meeting of the Azerbaijani and Iranian delegations in Baku. The minister

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Russia: Resistance Is Futile, You Will Be Reabsorbed In mid-April an American destroyer in the Baltic was subjected to more than 30 acts of harassment by Russian Su-24 bombers. The Russian aircraft flew very low (less than a hundred meters)

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Agreement on Central Asia – Persian Gulf corridor enters into force The agreement on creating an international transportation corridor which will connect the Central Asian countries to the Persian Gulf ports has entered into force, Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry said Apr.23. "The

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Uzbekistan Airways to launch regular cargo flights to Tehran Uzbekistan Airways will launch regular cargo flights to Iran's capital Tehran from Apr.29, said the website of Uzbek air carrier. The cargo flights from Uzbekistan's Navoi airport will be operated in cooperation

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Iran, Russia to expand ties, cooperation in agro-food industries Activists in Iranian and Russian food and agricultural industries in Astrakhan have discussed ways of strengthening relations and cooperation in dairy, sweets and chocolate industries. The Iranian and Russian

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First Islamic Organisation for Food Security Summit Depend on Iran railway corridor In many ways, the fight against global hunger has been one of the great successes of recent decades. According to the UN’s latest Food Insecurity report, the number

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Caspian-Persian Gulf Channel Project under Consideration by Russia and Caspian States   By the end of 2016, Iran intends to begin construction of a navigable water channel of approximately 600 km in length that will link the

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Singapore to assist Baku in introducing new technologies in Free Trade Zone Baku International Sea Trade Port and Singapore’s SMRT International and Ectivise Solutions signed a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation on April 25. The document, which was inked by

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Iran to Launch Shipping Line to South America Managing Director of Iran’s Shipping Lines Mohammad Saeedi said the country plans to launch a shipping line to South American countries, as sanctions against the shipping

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Iran ready to be bridge between South Africa,Europe Iran has expressed its readiness to be a bridge between South Africa and the countries in Central Asia, Caucasus and Russia, as well as Eastern Europe. President of the Islamic Republic Hassan Rouhani

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Iran emphasizes regional, int'l cooperation to protect marine environment Marine Environment Deputy of the Environmental Protection Organization said that Iran emphasizes regional and international cooperation to protect marine environment of the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. Parvin Farshchi

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Iranian DM to attend 5th Moscow Intl. Security Conf. Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan heading a delegation will arrive in Russia Tue. to participate in the 5th Moscow International Security Conference slated for April 26-28. Brig. Gen.

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Whodunit? Mystery Lines Show Up in Satellite Image of Caspian Sea  From 438 miles (705 kilometers) up, the floor of the north Caspian Sea looks like someone's just scoured it with a Brillo Pad. What could these bizarre marks be? Trawling

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Caviar exports from Iran up 183% yr/yr Tehran- Iran’s exports of caviar rose to worth $1.7 million showing 183.3 percent increase in the past Iranian calendar year of 1394 (ended March 19, 2016), the ISNA news agency reported on

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Tehran, Moscow to run water exploration program Deputy energy minister has said exploration of deep waters in Iran will be carried out in partnership with Russia. Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Sattar Mahmoudi made the remarks noting “on the basis of studies

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Iran, Azerbaijan to step up ICT coop In a meeting between Iran's ICT minister and Azeri counterpart in Baku, the two sides stressed cooperation in the fields of communication, satellites, post and post bank. Mahmoud Vaezi, who is

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Time ripe for Iran-Russia trade: Official An Iranian parliamentarian says ground is apt for promoting trade between Iran and Russia.   Member

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Over $20m agricultural products exported from Astara   The Agricultural Jihad Director of Astara Iraj Shiarkar said that agricultural products worth $20,561,450 were exported abroad in the first month of current Iranian year. Shiarkar told IRNA on Tuesday that

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Turkey imports 700m cmd gas from Iran in April Turkey imported close to 700 million cubic meters of gas from Iran in February. Turkey's annual gas imports from Iran, as the second major gas supplier worldwide, is 10 billion cubic meters.

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  Energy: what was once a largely single-resource/two-state controlled industry has given way to other resources of significance. In turn, this has also given rise to other states as major players in the arena. Given the increased need for energy among

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“Baku International Sea Trade Port” CJSC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on technical cooperation in Singapore with SMRT International Pte Ltd and Ectivise Solutions Pte Ltd to enhance the operational effectiveness of the new Port of Baku in Azerbaijan.

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Dubai: When Iran took delivery of the first parts of an advanced Russian air defence system this month, it paraded the anti-aircraft missile launchers sent by Moscow to mark Army Day. Tehran had cause to celebrate: the Kremlin`s decision

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Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehghan who is visiting Moscow met with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on the sidelines of Moscow International Conference on Security to discuss latest developments in the region as well as bilateral matters of interest. Both defense ministers

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Top German MEP joins foes of controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline The head of the largest party in the European Parliament has launched a scathing attack on the $11bn Nord Stream 2 project to pipe more Russian gas into Germany. Manfred Weber,

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Central Asia reviving old cooperation schemes with Iran LONDON (TCA) — With the recent removal of the sanctions on Iran, Europe and the former Soviet republics have jumped on the platform to announce “breakthrough” deals on the occasion. Today

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110 foreign companies to participate in Iran rail transportation expo   Head of Iranian Rail Industry Association Mohammad Hossein Qanbari announced that 110 foreign companies will attend the upcoming International Exhibition on Rail Transportation to be held in mid-May.  

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Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. ., a major South Korean builder, announced on May 4 that it had meetings with officials at major Iranian contractors and won two tentative deals worth US$11.5 billion (13.29 trillion won) in Tehran on the

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Iran better to engage with West using structures consistent with its heritage, culture A British energy consultant warned that Western financial approach is either to attempt to gain ownership of Iran's sovereign resources or to place Iran into

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NDFI, KEXIM ink MoU National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) and the Export–Import Bank of Korea, also commonly known as the Korea Eximbank (KEXIM) have signed a memorandum of cooperation. During the visit of South Korean president

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35 Russian writers attending TIBF Russian delegation comprising 35 Russian writers, three officials and six executive staff are participating in the current Tehran International Book Fair in Shahr-e Aftab (Sun City) Exhibition. The Iranian delegation

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Iran Oil Show 2016 kicks off The 21st International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition started work here Thursday for four days. Near 2,000 companies from Iran and 38 world countries have attended Iran Oil Show this year.

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How to Judge the New Generation of Caviar Have a hankering for caviar? A decade ago, buying the black pearls was straightforward. Whether Russian or Iranian, almost all sturgeon eggs came from the Caspian Sea, and even novices knew that beluga

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and Turkmenistan need to strengthen cooperation in a bid to help establish regional peace and stability and fight terrorism, extremism and drugs trafficking. “The Islamic Republic of Iran always stands by Turkmenistan’s nation and government

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A grand but faulty vision for Iran's water problems A grand vision of eliminating water scarcity looks attractive for tens of millions of people in the desert cities of central Iran worried about drought. Ambitious water transfer projects

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Turkmenistan and Iran seek wider cooperation TEHRAN (TCA) — Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says Iran and Turkmenistan need to strengthen cooperation in establishing regional peace and stability and fighting terrorism, extremism and drugs trafficking, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported.

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No Way Out The fate of the Caspian seal may have been decided five million years ago. The smallest earless seal on Earth, Pusa caspica, is the only mammal in the Caspian Sea. It is atop the aquatic food chain in this

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Iran launches talks with 4 states over oil swap Deputy oil minister has reported on negotiations with Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia on oil swap resumption. Speaking at the conference on development of Iran-China economic trade cooperation

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Rouhani urges multilateralism in Caspian Sea Iran’s Hassan Rouhani has told Turkmenistan foreign minister multilateral cooperation of other countries along with Iran and Turkmenistan would improve regional stability. President Rouhani received Mr. Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow, Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister

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Gazprom executives to visit Tehran A 30-strong delegation of Russia’s Gazprom Company, the world’s largest gas exporter, will soon travel to Tehran to launch fresh round of talks with Iran. Headed by Deputy Chairman of Gazprom's Board

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Iran-Turkmenistan daily truck traffic to soar Road minister has voiced Tehran’s readiness to provide grounds for promotion of daily truck traffic between Iran and Turkmenistan. Speaking at a meeting in Tehran with Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Raşit Öwezgeldiýewiç Meredow,

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Tatarstan interested in trade with Iran A Chamber of Commerce official of Tatarstan, a republic of Russian Federation has voiced the republic’s interest in trade with Iran. This official is the first deputy-head of the Chamber of

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Moscow to host Confab on Iran-Russia Economic Opportunities Conference on Iran-Russia Economic Opportunities will be held in Moscow as part of programs to promote cooperation between the two countries' private sectors and raise economic exchanges from the current

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110 foreign companies to attend 4th Railway Transportation Exhibition in Tehran   Secretary of the 4th International Railroad Transport Exhibition Ali Mohtasham Amiri said that more than 350 domestic companies as well as 110 foreign firms will attend the exhibition in

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Russia eases tariffs on Iranian products Russia is paying due attention to imports of commodities from Iran and have eased tariffs on Iranian products by 25%, an official said. Hassan Mortaji, the director of Iran-Russia

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George Koo: Notes from a Chinese American tourist in Iran A 17-day tour of Iran does not a country expert make, but it’s certainly enough to form some meaningful impressions of a country that has been virtually blacked out from Americans’

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<header class="entry-header"> US to switch on European missile shield The United States’ European missile defence shield is to go live almost a decade after Washington proposed protecting NATO from Iranian rockets and despite Russian warnings that the West is threatening the

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SOCAR to purchase gas from Russia Natural resource rich Azerbaijan decided to purchase gas from neighboring Russia in order to maintain oil production. Azerbaijan's state-owned energy company SOCAR submitted a proposal to Russian Gazprom to purchase from 3 to 5 billion

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Moscow eyes more economic ties with Tehran Iranian and Russian officials discussed the ways to develop bilateral economic ties in a meeting on the sideline of Iran’s industry exhibition in Moscow. “It is the best time

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Zarif, Lavrov confer on Syria ceasefire Iranian FM Zarif and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in a telephone call on Tue. exchanged views on the current situation in the Middle East, particularly the Syrian crisis and ways to

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EU eyes Turkmenistan as potential gas supplier European countries view hydrocarbon-rich Turkmenistan as one of the main suppliers of natural gas. The remark was made by Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat Ivo Petrov during the meeting with Turkmen President

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Exports to Russia rapidly increasing: Official Governor General of Gilan province Mohammad Ali Najafi said exports to Russia is rapidly increasing. He made the remarks while talking to reporters in this northern province on Saturday. He said thanks

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Minister: Iran can replace Turkey as Russia's trade partner Iran can replace Turkey as Russia's trade partner, Iranian head of Iran-Russia joint economic commission Mahmoud Vaezi said on Saturday. Speaking in a meeting with East Azerbaijan businessmen, the

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Defense min: Iran not demand S-400 air defense system from Russia Defense Minister Brigadier-General Hossein Dehqan said on Saturday that Iran does not demand S-400 air defense system from Russia. Dehqan made the remarks in response to a question posed by

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Iran, Russia stress broadening of cultural ties Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee in a meeting with Head of Moscow's Foreign Literature Library here agreed on the expansion of cultural cooperation.   'Iranian envoy lauded Moscow's Foreign

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Minister of Agricultural Jihad to visit Azerbaijan Republic Minister of Agricultural Jihad Mahmoud Hojjati is to depart for Azerbaijan Republic on Sunday on an official visit at the invitation of his Azeri counterpart Haydar Asadov. In addition to

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Head of ICRO discusses issues of mutual interest with Azeri minister Head of Islamic Cultural and Relations Organization (ICRO) Abuzar Ebrahimi Turkaman in a meeting with Minister of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan Republic Abulfas Garayev discussed issues of

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Former Dagestan Deputy Prime Minister Imprisoned Over Energy Scandal At the start of May, an unusual trial concluded in Dagestan. Regional authorities charged the republic’s former deputy prime minister, Magomedgusen Nasrutdinov, with fraud and sentenced him to five years in prison

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Iran to build 50MW wind farm in Kazakhstan Iran has signed an agreement with Kazakhstan towards building a 50-megawatt wind power plant in the west of Kazakhstan on the Caspian Sea coast within 18 months, a report said. The agreement with

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Iran to up internet speed to 20Mbps for each user Deputy ICT minister said the ministry is currently working on a broadband development plan to increase the average internet speed for each user up to 20Mbps in a

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Iran to export agricultural products to Russia Deputy agriculture minister said Iran’s agricultural and fishery products will be deployed to Russia via Tehran-Astrakhan direct flights. Iranian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hassan Salehi announced the launch of direct

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Zarif to set off for Vienna talks on Syria Iran’s FM Zarif accompanied by a delegation will depart for the Austrian capital Mon. night to attend Vienna talks on Syria. Mohammad Javad Zarif will be accompanied on

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Iran, Russia's cultural ties go much deeper than you think With the 29th Tehran Intl. Book Fair just wrapped up, Mehr News conducted an interview with Sergey Kaykin, head of Russia's International Book Exhibitions and Fairs, who represented Russia stand

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Russia, Iran to attract extra cargos for North-South corridor JSC Russian Railways and Iran have agreed on attraction of railway cargos' additional volume within the North-South transportation corridor project, said the message of Russian Railways. The meetings of the President of

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Intl. rail expo, conference kick off   The 4th International Exhibition of Rail Transportation, Related Industries and Equipment of Iran, dubbed RAILEXPO 2016, and the first international conference titled “Rail-Ports and Rail-Oil” opened in Tehran on Sunday. Representatives

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Norway in talks on Iran oil field development, report claims TEHRAN, Iran – Khazar Exploration and Production Co. (KEPCO) is discussing potential investments with Norwegian companies in the Sardar-e Jangal oil field in the Iranian sector of

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Next Big Travel Destination: Iran? Global hotel companies are establishing new beachheads in Iran, betting that lifted sanctions against the Middle East nation will spark a jump in tourism and business travel after decades of economic isolation. Spanish operator Melia

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Russia and Iran cooperate on rail infrastructure development in Caspian Sea region JSC Russian Railways and the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways have met to discuss future cooperation on rail infrastructure development in the Caspian Sea region. Oleg Belozerov, President of JSC

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Iran has the largest world oil tankers company   Managing Director of National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) Ali Akbar Safaei said on Monday that Iran has the largest world oil tanker company with a capacity of more than 15.5 million tons.

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Iran, Russia agree to form trade arbitration, advisory center Iran and Russia agreed on forming arbitration and advisory center in trade affairs based on which both countries would be able to expand cooperation in post-JCPOA era.

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Iran, Russia discuss Syria, Mideast issues Iran Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei on Tuesday discussed the Middle East issues, especially Syria, with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and special envoy of President Putin on the Mideast affairs Mikhail Bogdanov.

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Iran to export 90k tons fisheries An official at Iran Fisheries Organization has estimated that export volume of fishery products will reach 90 thousand tons in the current Iranian year (began March 20). Isa Golshahi, Iran Fisheries

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29th TIBF: ‘Stop Stalling, Start Reading!’ The 29th edition of Tehran International Book Fair with the slogan “Tomorrow Is Too Late to Read” ran from May 4 to 14, 2016 at the Shahr-e Aftab International Exhibition Complex. 

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Baku to the future   NEXT month around two dozen Formula One racecars will speed through the gleaming centre of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. They will zoom along the shore of the oil-rich Caspian Sea, past five-star hotels and

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Int’l gas congress opens in Turkmenistan   Opening of the 7th international Turkmenistan Gas Congress 2016 (TGC 2016) has been held at the congress center of Turkmenistan's Avaza. The organizers of the event are Turkmengaz state concern and the British Summit Trade

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Russia is building network of ties with disgruntled US allies in Asia Imperceptibly though, Russia is certainly on course to building a chain of positive relations, if not strategic alliances, in the region surrounding it. While the West and its strong

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Caspian Sea Yard to Build Persian Gulf Jack Ups   The Red Barricades shipyard in Astrakhan, Russia, has finalized a contract for the construction of five $200 million jack up rigs for Iranian firm SADID Industrial Group.  SADID and Red Barricades said that

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Caspian states to gather in Astana for sea status Caspian states will come together once again to discuss the legal status of the sea next summer in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana. Special Representative of the President of Russia on the delimitation and

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Zero tariff for 8 Iranian export products   Based on an agreement between Tehran and Eurasian Economic Union, the exports tariff for Iran to export eight products to EEU members was eliminated. EEU includes Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and

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Government spokesman Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht said in this northern province on Saturday Iran has attracted $3.4 81billion foreign investment after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) inked between Tehran and P5+1. Speaking in a local gathering in

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Russia Builds 'Strategic Alliances' With US Partners in Asia Russia is steadily building positive ties, if not to say strategic alliances, with its Asian neighbors which are discontent with Washington’s policy, an article in Asia Times read. "While the West and its

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Azerbaijan and China: Greater integration Rapidly expanding trade and nascent investment promise stronger links between China, the world’s second largest economy, and Azerbaijan, an energy rich country on the Caspian basin. Economic ties between Azerbaijan and China play a large role

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Iranian, Kazakh provinces opt for expansion of bilateral ties A Mazandaran provincial official said that the province is ready to expand trade ties with Kazakhstan. Deputy Caretaker of Mazandaran Governor's Office for Coordination of Economic and Development Affairs

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Iran bridge role for india and russia relation Iran’s President Rouhani and the Indian PM Modi have emphasized on boosting ties between the two countries. Speaking at a joint press conference with the visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra

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Free trade zone to start working in Azerbaijan from 2017   Registration of residents of the free trade zone in the territory of Azerbaijan's Baku International Sea Trade Port will begin from January 2017, Taleh Ziyadov, director general of the port,

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Russian oil exports to China hit record high in April   Beijing has ramped up imports of Russian oil by 52.4 percent last month compared to a year earlier. China's General Administration of Customs calculated a record 4.81

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Beware what you wish for: Russia is ready for war o foreign ministers from the 28 NATO member-nations met in Brussels for a two-day summit, while mighty military power Montenegro was inducted as a new member.

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Moscow urges boosting academic ties with Tehran Iranian and Russian academic teams can help each other in further development of technology and research studies through joint undertakings, deputy head of Russian Department for Science and Technology Park Nikolai Grachev said

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Ambassador: Iran, Russian presidents support enhanced relations Iran's Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanaei said on Tuesday that presidents of Iran and Russia are determined to broaden all-out relations and cooperation between the two countries. He made the remarks

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IRGC Firm Says Ready to Carry Out Caspian Water Transfer Project Khatam al-Anbia Construction Base, a conglomerate belonging to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), expressed readiness to embark on a project on channeling water from the Caspian Sea

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INOTEX 2016 presents IT and ICT achievements Iran, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Greece introduced their achievements in a meeting on IT and ICT technology exchange held on the sidelines of 2016 INOTEX Exhibition.   Speaking on the sidelines of

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Ashgabat believes Turkmen gas supplies will reach Europe Turkmenistan has great potential for the partnership with the European Union regarding its gas supplies to Europe, said Myratgeldi Meredov, Turkmen Minister of Oil and Gas during the International Gas Congress held

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Iran-Azeri ministers hope for completion of 'friendship railway'   Minister of Communications and Information Technology said on Thursday that construction of the railway linking Iran and Azerbaijan gain momentum and soon become operational. Mahmoud Vaezi, made the remarks

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Turkmenistan concerned over Caspian Sea ecological state Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, during his visit to Avaza tourist zone located in the east side of the Caspian Sea, mentioned that the environmental conditions of the Caspian Sea and protection of its

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Scientists finally know what stopped Mongol hordes from conquering Europe In 1206, Genghis Khan, a fierce tribal chieftain from northern Mongolia, began to take over the world. The khan's ruthless tactics and loyal horde swept across Asia. One territory after another

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Hotel investors look to Iran Global hotel companies are betting that lifted sanctions against Iran will bring waves of tourists and business travel to the Middle East Nation. For example, the Spanish operator Melia Hotels International plans to open a 319-room hotel

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Russian President Vladimir Putin Aims to Renew Ties During Visit to Greece In his first visit to a European Union member nation in six months, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Greece on Friday to discuss energy and privatization

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ICD interested in rendering consulting services for free trade zone in Azerbaijan Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) is interested in rendering consulting services within the framework of a free trade zone type special economic area

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Iran to attend high commission on tech. coop. with Russia Sattari, Iran’s VP for science and technology, heading a delegation will visit Moscow Mon. to attend the third meeting of Iran-Russia high commission on technological cooperation. The commission

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Iran, UNEP sign joint action plan for regional cooperation Iran and the United Nations Environment Program on Friday signed a joint action plan to thwart degradation of environment and disposal of chemical wastes. The document was signed by

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Iran, Eurasia Economic Union hold first meeting on free trade At the first round of negotiation between Trade Promotion Organization of Iran led by Ziaei Bigdeli and officials of Eurasian Economic Union in Moscow, the two parties reviewed feasibility studies

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Official says easy, inexpensive tranportation allure of trade with Russia A Tehran province trade official referred to easy and inexpensive transit routes as the allure of Russian markets for the Iranian businessmen. Talking to IRNA on

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The fascinating land of Dagestan   The Republic of Dagestan set on the Caspian Sea between the staggering Greater Caucasus mountains is a wonderland of ethnic and cultural diversity. Dagestan surrounded by the Caucasus mountains on one

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Traces of extinction Tigers used to occur across Asia as far west as Turkey. Isolated populations of tigers developed into eight different subspecies. Three generations ago, the tiger ranged from the Caucasus and Turkey through the southern Caspian region

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The New Great Game: the Caspian Sea There are two aspects of the New Great Game. The first aspect is to control hydrocarbon resources around the coasts of the Caspian Sea, and second is to grasp the transit of hydrocarbon

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Science VP in Moscow to discuss 40 joint projects Iran's VP for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari is visiting Moscow to attend the third meeting of the High Commission of Technologic Cooperation between Iran and Russia.

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Agricultural products of Iran's Alborz to be exported to Russia Head of Chamber of Commerce of Alborz said this northen Iranian province will export foodstuff and agricultural products to Russia. Rahim Bana Molaei said the products

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Rouhani: Post-JCPOA era unique opportunity for foreign investment President Hassan Rouhani on Monday hailed the post-JCPOA era as opening up unique opportunity for Iran to attract foreign investment. Speaking in a meeting with the businessmen and investors in

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Iran exports 10b kWh power to regional countries Deputy energy minister announced that Iran has exported ten billion kWh of electricity to regional countries during the past Iranian calendar year that ended on March 19. Houshang Falahatian made

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Chatter Surrounds Turkmenistan’s Gas Export Plans Earlier this week, Crossroads Asia took a look at the current, and declining, state of affairs within the China-Central Asia gas pipeline network. As the recent news out of Kyrgyz media indicated, the

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Kazakhstan’s Kuryk will be similar to Baku port   Kazakhstan is currently engaged in the construction of a new Kuryk port on the Caspian shore, which will be similar to Azerbaijan's Baku International Sea Trade Port. Gosman Amrin, deputy chairman of the

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Science VP Sattari meets Russian Deputy PM Rogozin in Moscow   Iran's VP for Science and Technology, Sattari, and Russian Deputy PM in Charge of Defense and Space Industry, Rogozin, co-chaired the third meeting of the High Commission of

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Number of Iranian students to increase at NUST MISIS NUST MISIS has hosted for first time a meeting with a delegation from the Iranian leading university, K. N. Toosi University of Technology. The parties gathered earlier this

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Iran ready to join European power grid   Iran’s Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian has announced the country’s readiness to join the electricity grid of Europe. Speaking at a meeting with Energy Charter Secretary General Urban Rusnák in Tehran,

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Iran resumes crude oil swap Head of North Oil Terminal Hamid Reza Shahdoust said on Wednesday that National Iranian Oil Company has obliged Nikoo Company to fulfill preparatory works for resuming crude oil swap in shortest possible time.

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Russian hopes for Iran trade boom run aground at Caspian port   Trade to Iran down at Russian port after end of sanctions. The value of goods shipped from the Astrakhan region to Iran in the first four months of

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Iranian transport minister to embark for Ashgabat today Iranian Transport and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi, leading a high ranking politico-economic delegation, will leave Tehran for the Turkmen capital Ashgabat today. As Shana news agency quoted Iran’s ambassador to

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Zarif, Nalbandian highlight economic ties   Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has told his Armenian counterpart Iran would help solve Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Republic of Azerbaijan. Mohammad Javad Zarif and Edward Nalbandian met and discussed bilateral and regional issues

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In Iran, Modi projects Vajpayee’s vision The quantum leap for Indian diplomacy that was the Chabahar agreement, was seeded by NDA1 and nurtured by NDA2, while the two UPA administrations in between failed to make much progress The recent agreement between

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Moscow to host meeting of working group on Caspian Sea’s legal status Moscow will on June 8-10 host a meeting of the ad hoc working group, tasked to develop a convention on the Caspian Sea's legal status, Hikmet Hajiyev, Azerbaijani

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Turkmenistan seeks to expand export area of its energy resources Export of energy resources to European countries is among the issues of top priority for the Turkmen state. The country continuously studies the opportunities for entering the European market. Talking to

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Iran, Italy hold talks to send Mesbah satellite into orbit   Head of Iran's Space Agency Mohsen Bahrami announced that efforts are underway to take back Mesbah satellite seized by Italy. Iran is in the process of reclaiming

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Russia to provide Iran with €2.5 billion infrastructure loan   According to the minister, the allocation of the funds depends on contracts between Russian and Iranian companies. “Not all the risk can be calculated at the development stage. Building railways is

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Terrorism aims to safeguard Zionists   SNSC Secretary Ali Shamkhani said terrorism is being advocated to destabilize the regions in order to enhance security of the Zionist regime. Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian met and talked

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Iran, Russia planning to set joint bureau on scientific cooperation   Chancellor of Shahid Beheshti University Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi announced planning to set up a joint bureau for scientific and technology cooperation between Iran and Russia. He

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Countdown to resumption of oil swap from north of Iran Director of Iran's North Oil Station said the terminal is fully ready to begin the plan for oil swap.  

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Caspian Sea littoral states meeting kicks off in Moscow   The 3-day meeting of deputy foreign ministers of five Caspian Sea littoral states kicked off on Wednesday at Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow. Participants from Iran, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and

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Iran ready to launch Persian Gulf-Black Sea corridor through Armenia Iranian President Hassan Rouhani expressed Iran's readiness to implement a project to link the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea through Armenia. He made the remarks during a meeting with Armenia's

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How China’s Silk Road Will Transform Eurasian Infrastructure The scope of investments and further possibilities within the Chinese imitative of the New Silk Road is considered the largest in Eurasia. The project is more than just a group of new transportation corridors

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Iran to attend St. Petersburg Intl. Economic Forum   High-ranking Iranian delegation led by Industry Minister will participate in the biggest international economic forum in Russia (SPIEF) with a focus on Iran’s plans for the post-sanction era. In

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Tehran to host Iran-Russia-Syria defense ministers meeting Thu.   Defense ministers of Iran, Russia and Syria will come together for a trilateral meeting on the latest regional developments in Tehran on Thursday. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and

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“Iran, post-sanctions” seminar to be held in Petersburg   A ranking Iranian economic delegation is to attend a seminar in Petersburg, Russia, which will explore Iran’s special programs for the post-sanctions period. The meeting is to open in

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Caspian Sea Working Group Wraps Up Meeting in Moscow   The 45th meeting of the special working group of the Caspian Sea concluded in Russia’s capital of Moscow on Friday with a communiqué. Deputy foreign ministers of the five Caspian

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Iran at the Crossroads of The Eurasian Land-Bridge May 27—With the recent historic visit to Tehran of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, for the first time in nearly 40 years, Iran has the opportunity to resume

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Caspian Sea littoral states meeting ends in Moscow   Deputy Foreign Ministers of five littoral states of Caspian Sea by signing final statement of the 45th meeting of special working group to compile context of legal regime convention of

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Iran, Russia DyFMs meet in Moscow Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour and his Russian counterpart Igor Morgulov met in Moscow on Friday and discussed bilateral ties and regional issues. In the meeting, the two sides

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Tehran, Baku discuss completion of north-south transport corridor   Managing Director at Iran's Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company Ali Noorzad and Head of Azerbaijan Railway Company Javid Qorbanov reviewed the operations for completing the transportation corridor of north-south.

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Iran, Russia, Syria to activate political capacity for ending bloodshed   Iran’s SNSC Secretary said with further military cooperation between Iran, Russia and Syria against terrorism, the three countries can also activate their political capacities to achieve a comprehensive

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Turkmenistan to host 3rd Iran-Project expo   Turkmenistan is to host the 3rd edition of Iran's exclusive exhibition of oil, gas and petrochemicals, water and electricity, construction industry as well as engineering and technical services, known as “Iran Project-2016”,

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Azerbaijan realizes profitable railway projects   Azerbaijan and Iran are considering three options for financing construction of the Rasht-Astara (Iran) railway section, Head of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov said while talking to ANS TV channel. Being a part of the North-South

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In Iran, Modi projects Vajpayee’s vision   The recent agreement between Iran, Afghanistan and India to build the Chabahar port on the Iranian coast and link it with the existing rail and road network and related industrial corridor into

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Iran, Russia to ramp up nano cooperation   INIC head Saeid Sarkar said Sun. Iran and Russia reached agreement on 16 cases for nano cooperation in the 3rd Iran-Russia High Commission on Nanotechnology Cooperation held in Moscow earlier this

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Shifting Conflict and Security Dynamics in the Caucasus: The Role of Regional Powers By Neil J Melvin, Ekaterina Klimenko for Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) As Neil Melvin and Ekaterina Klimenko see it, the problem of Nagorno-Karabakh is arguably

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Russia to Build 2 More Energy Blocks at Iran’s Bushehr Power Plant   The head of Russia’s Rosatom confirmed that the nuclear energy corporation plans to set up two additional energy blocks at Iran’s southern Bushehr nuclear power plant this

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Russian-Iranian alliance in Syria at crossroads   The meeting of the defense ministers of Iran, Russia and Syria at Tehran last Thursday raises more questions than answers. Why did Iran think it necessary to take such an initiative at

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‘Iran, Russia, Syria resolute in fighting terror’   Iran’s top security chief says a trilateral meeting of defense ministers in Tehran indicates that Russia, Syria and Iran are determined in countering Takfiri terrorists.  Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani met

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Five states appeal for SCO membership The Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Rashid Alimov, announced today that another five States of Euro-Asian region requested to enter as full members of the bilateral dialogue. Without

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Port Of Call The Chabahar port in Iran will help India get direct access to Central Asian markets. For India Inc, it is a huge business opportunity. On September 1, 2014, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his maiden visit

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Azerbaijan – Oriental Express Hub?    With the first Mumbai-to-Moscow train scheduled to chug through Azerbaijan this August, railways seem set to become the new oil for the Caspian Sea nation.   Better known for a wealth of energy and

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Russia, Iran might soon implement projects for $40 bln — minister Russia and Iran mighy soon implement projects for $40 bln, Russian Energy Ministry Alexander Novak said on Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2016). ‘Currently the total volume of

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Iran, Russia May Agree to Trade in Local Currencies 'Very Soon' Tehran and Moscow may reach an official agreement on carrying out transactions in national currencies "very soon," Hossein Yaghoubi Miab, the director general of the international affairs department of Iran's

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Defense Ministers of Syria, Iran, Russia May Hold New Meeting - Ambassador Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad said on Thursday he does not rule out that Syrian, Iranian and Russian defense ministers will hold new meetings. "Allied states hold such meetings

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Iran wants to start joint aircraft production with Russia — minister Negotiations are under way for concluding a Sukhoi Superjet deal Iran wants to start joint aircraft production with Russia, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Iran’s minister of industry, mines and trade, told journalists

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Iran, Russia in talks over electricity exchange   A new report says Iran and Russia are in final talks over electricity exchange during high seasons. Payam Baqeri, head of Export Committee of the Iranian Power Industry Union, has told the Azerbaijan

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Shana: Iran Says Production of Oil from Caspian Sea Not Priority   Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said on Tuesday that production of oil from Caspian Sea is not priority. Speaking in the Majlis(parliament) public meeting, he said that oil recovery

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Caspian Overview: Azerbaijan Talks with Gazprom Azerbaijan’s energy monpoly Socar produced 5.4% less gas in the first five months of the year than in the same period of 2015. Output stood at 2.65bn m3, according to Socar’s latest figures, of

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Tehran-Astrakhan direct flight starts operation Deputy-minister of industry, mines and trade has said beginning from early June, flights has been operated directly between Tehran and Russian Caspian port city of Astrakhan. Valiollah Afkhamizadeh told reporters on Saturday

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Tehran-Moscow trade value increases by 69%   Russian energy minister said Iran-Russia value of trade has increased this year compared to the same period in 2015. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced on Saturday that due to the

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‘Iran next to join emerging power SCO’   Iran is next to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which will officially have India and Pakistan on its roster next week, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said.  Leaders of the regional security group,

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Iran-Russia Relations' Development Requires Closer Scientific Ties - Envoy Improvement of economic and political cooperation between Russia and Iran requires developing scientific ties between the two countries, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said Monday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia

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Focus on Caucasian pit viper   Vipers are the most efficient poisonous snakes of all. Their long fangs can inject venom deep into a victim. The venom acts mainly on the blood and muscles of the prey. Vipers usually have

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Iran in talks with China, Russia lenders on finance hub plan   Iran plans to set up a financial centre on the free zone at Qeshm island as it seeks to attract financial institutions to a market of

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Iran, Azerbaijan discuss cultural ties   The Republic of Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Iran Bunyad Huseynov met Iran’s Minister of Culture Ali Jannati to discuss bilateral issues of concern. There are several cultural points that the two countries share, such as the poems

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Azerbaijan`s Ambassador meets Justice Minister of Iran Azerbaijan`s Ambassador to Iran Bunyad Huseynov has met Justice Minister of Iran Moustafa Pour-Mohammadi. The diplomat highlighted the development of relations between the two countries in overall fields. Bunyad Huseynov spoke about the

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Karabakh conflict is not similar to Palestinian conflict: Iranian ambassador   Azerbaijan’s parliament in general welcomes the country’s relations with Iran, Mohsen Pak Ayeen, the Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan, told reporters on June 16. He was commenting on

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Navy planning to extend presence to Atlantic waters   Islamic Republic of Iran's Navy commander said the presence in the Atlantic Ocean, according to international laws and regulations, is naval forces’ agenda this year. Speaking among reporters on

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Tehran, Kiev after closer trade ties   Deputy industry minister, at a meeting with Ukraine’s ambassador to Iran, called for expansion of trade exchanges between Tehran and Kiev. Valiollah Afkhamirad, who heads Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO), voiced

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Iran, Russia discuss easing visa requirements In talks on the sidelines of an international economic conference in St. Petersburg, Iran and Russia discussed easing visa requirements for Iranian and Russian tourists visiting the two countries. Saeed Shirkavand, the

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Indian journalist: Iran’s membership in SCO will enhance regional security   A senior Indian journalist believes that Iran’s full flagged membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will enhance the security and stability in the region. In an exclusive

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Iran's Shanghai Cooperation Organization inclusion to bolster strategic ties: Russian professor   Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is going to make more strategic, ties between Tehran and Moscow, says an associate member of the Russian Academy of

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Kazakhstan discussing measures for conservation of Caspian Sea bioresources The 36th meeting of the commission for biological resources of the Caspian Sea, which includes representatives of five Caspian countries, is being held in Kazakhstan June 21-23, according to a message

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Commander: Iranian Navy to unveil new destroyers, submarines this year   Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari announced plans to unveil new destroyers and submarines in the current Iranian year (started on March 20). "We hope to unveil

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Turkey needs to reduce gas dependence from Russia   After the relations between Turkey and Russia worsened due to the incident with Russian SU-24 bomber in 2015, some say Turkey needs to decrease its reliance on Russian gas and diversify further

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India and SCO India Has More Hoops to Jump for SCO Membership   “I convey our deep sense of gratitude to the members of the SCO for accepting India as a full member,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi told leaders of the Shanghai

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Iran Signs Protocol to Import Russian Beef: Rosselkhoznadzor   Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said Tehran and Moscow have signed a protocol whereby Iran allows import of frozen Russian beef to the Islamic Republic. In a statement on Tuesday, Rosselkhoznadzor

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Iran to send its trucks to Europe through Azerbaijan, not Turkey due to PKK threat   Iran is seeking alternative route to Turkey after PKK attacked its trucks in the east of Turkey. APA-Economics reports citing to

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Zolfaqari: Security cooperation between Iran and Azerbaijan is at high level "There is no problem along Iranian-Azerbaijani border, the security cooperation between the two countries is at the high level." The due statement came from Iranian Deputy Interior Minister for Security

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Azerbaijan and Iran agree on further transport cooperation   Chairman of CJSC Azerbaijani Railways (ADY) Javid Gurbanov has received Ali Nurzad, Deputy Minister of Roads & Urban Development of Iran. ADY reports that in the course of the meeting the parties covered

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SOCAR activates talks with Iran on trade operations with oil & oil products The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has intensified negotiations with Iran on trade operations with oil and petroleum products on the threshold of the planned visit

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Cargo flow from Ukraine to Kazakhstan through Azerbaijan may increase since July   The Ministry of Investments of Kazakhstan recommends from 1 July 2016 the carriers, engaged in international transportation from the territory of Ukraine to Kazakhstan, to organize their delivery

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Where additional volumes of newly discovered Turkmen gas head for? Turkmenistan has discovered new commercial flows of natural gas as a result of lately conducted 3D seismic survey, particularly in the area where the country’s largest gas field Galkynysh is

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From Tatarstan to Persia and back: how descendants of a Tatar Sheikh turned out in Iran   Saga about a history of five generations of Magfuri-Bulgari's dynasty told by a ‘100% Tatar man’ from Iran A descendant of an ancient dynasty of

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Russia supports Iran’s SCO membership Russian officials have reiterated support for Iran’s membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and have emphasized that the process for Iran’s membership in the Organization need to be expedited.   Bakhtiyer Khakimov, Russia’s presidential

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Welcome to Hell! Turkmenistan eyes turning infernal gas pit into tourist attraction   An ominous gas crater that has been burning in a Turkmen desert for more than 40 years is a perfect site for boosting tourism in the country, local

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Russia’s Lukoil plans to resume Iranian oil refining at Sicily plant Russian oil giant Lukoil plans to resume refining of Iranian oil at the company's ISAB refinery located at the Italian island of Sicily to replace Russian Urals

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Transporting Turkmen Energy to Europe: a New Approach   The importance of the launch of the Caspian Energy Grid initiative at the Research Institute for Energy Management & Planning of Tehran University (RIEMP) on June 20 should not be

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Iran's top security official in Russia for talks on Syria   Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has arrived in Moscow to hold talks with senior Russian officials on major regional developments. The SNSC secretary plans to

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Iran, Russia security officials discuss Syria, bilateral ties   A senior Iranian security official has met with high-ranking Russian authorities in Moscow, discussing developments in Syria and the Middle East as well as bilateral cooperation. Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme

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Russia to Sign 4-Year Service Contract for Iran's Bushehr NPP This Year Russia’s Rusatom Service expects to sign Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant four-year contract by the end of 2016. Russia’s Rusatom Service, a subsidiary of the Rosatom atomic energy

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Iran Sends Commercial Attaché to Russia to Promote Bilateral Trade Head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) Valiollah Afkhami Rad said the country’s commercial attaché has been stationed in the Russian capital to help boost economic relations

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An Iranian Petroleum Ministry official says Iran and Turkmenistan have envisioned a $30bn barter deal in their economic exchange. The deal allows for Iranian goods and services to be bartered for Turkmenistan’s natural gas, the official IRNA news agency quoted

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By Fatma Babayeva As Turkey’s relations with its biggest gas supplier – Russia worsened, many thought that the country needs to reduce dependence on Russia and diversify away from Russian gas. “It is the right time for Turkey to diversify gas import

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By Elena Kosolapova – Trend: Turkey now has an appropriate moment to diversify its gas sources, senior fellow in Energy Policy at the Center for Eastern Studies in Warsaw, Agata Loskot-Strachota believes. “Currently it is quite a good moment to look for

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Baku, Fineko/abc.az. Russian state-governed company Rosneft can begin supplying petrol and diesel fuel to Iran through the territory of Georgia and Azerbaijan. Vano Nakaidze, CEO of Petrocas Energy Group (Rosneft: 49%) informs that by this time Petrocas plans to build a

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The Kremlin has successfully made itself the most powerful party to this war. The best the White House can do now is to make them own it. Earlier this month, 51 mid-level officers at the U.S. State Department wrote a

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TEHRAN (TCA) — An Iranian Petroleum Ministry official says Iran and Turkmenistan are pursuing a $30 billion goods-for-energy barter deal to take place in the course of the next 10 years, Iran’s PressTV news agency reported.   The deal

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Iran will import gas worth $30bn from Turkmenistan over the next ten years in exchange for engineering goods and services of the same value. Oil ministry representative Mohammad Taqi Amanpour said June 27 that the two countries had finalized $2.5bn of

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Azerbaijan’s State energy company SOCAR has not received any official request from Petrocas, which is partially owned by Russian oil giant Rosneft, over its plans to send minimum 1 million tons of gasoline Iran via Azerbaijan and Georgia. A source at

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Golestan, green paradise of Iran Golestan province, located in northern Iran on coastlines of Caspian Sea, enjoys green and beautiful nature and pleasant weather which make it a heaven for tourists.  

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