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Iran-Kenya 7th Joint Economic Committee meeting opened in Nairobi
TEHRAN – Iran and Kenya have launched their seventh joint Economic Committee meeting in Nairobi aimed at deepening economic ties, with both sides setting a target to boost annual trade to $1.0 billion from the current $150 million, Iran’s agriculture minister said.
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Solar power projects totaling 400MW capacity launched in 4 provinces
TEHRAN – Iran has begun construction and opened operations for solar power projects totaling the capacity of nearly 400 megawatts across four provinces, the Energy Ministry said on Tuesday, coinciding with the country’s Small Industries Support Day.
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Iran, Turkmenistan agree to build 2 new rail lines at Sarakhs border
TEHRAN – Iran and Turkmenistan have agreed to construct two new railway lines at the Sarakhs border crossing to ease freight congestion and boost rail trade, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said after meeting Turkmenistan’s railway minister.
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Petrochemical industry needs $24b investment to meet targets
TEHRAN – Iran’s petrochemical sector will require an estimated $24 billion in investment to achieve its goals under the Seventh National Development Plan, which aims to raise nominal production capacity to 131.5 million tons by the plan’s end, a senior Oil Ministry official said.
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Iran-Kenya 7th Joint Economic Committee meeting opened in Nairobi
TEHRAN – Iran and Kenya have launched their seventh joint Economic Committee meeting in Nairobi aimed at deepening economic ties, with both sides setting a target to boost annual trade to $1.0 billion from the current $150 million, Iran’s agriculture minister said.
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Iran, Turkmenistan agree to build 2 new rail lines at Sarakhs border
TEHRAN – Iran and Turkmenistan have agreed to construct two new railway lines at the Sarakhs border crossing to ease freight congestion and boost rail trade, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said after meeting Turkmenistan’s railway minister.
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‘Maritime-based economy is a national mission’
TEHRAN- Iranian deputy oil minister for engineering, research, and technology stressed that maritime-based economy is a national mission.
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Solar power projects totaling 400MW capacity launched in 4 provinces
TEHRAN – Iran has begun construction and opened operations for solar power projects totaling the capacity of nearly 400 megawatts across four provinces, the Energy Ministry said on Tuesday, coinciding with the country’s Small Industries Support Day.
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11 wastewater treatment plants to be inaugurated during Government Week
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Ministry will put 11 wastewater treatment plants into operation during Government Week (August 24-30), the head of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company said, as part of efforts to expand industrial use of reclaimed water.
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Foreign investors in Iran’s stock market rise to 5,100
TEHRAN – The number of active foreign investors in Iran’s stock market reached 5,100 by the end of the fourth Iranian calendar month of Tir (July 22), up from 4,839 a year earlier, data from the Research, Development and Islamic Studies Department of the Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO) showed.
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Business environment index shows improvement in spring: ICCIMA
TEHRAN – Iran’s national business environment index improved marginally in the spring to 5.95 from 6.01 in the winter, on a scale where 10 is the worst score, the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture’s (ICCIMA) research center said.
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Iran’s iron, steel exports up 13% in 4 months on year
TEHRAN – Iran’s iron and steel exports rose 13 percent in the first four months of the current Iranian year (starting March 21), equivalent to an additional 469,000 tons, the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) said.
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Tehran, Nairobi to hold 7th joint economic committee meeting
TEHRAN – Iran and Kenya will hold their seventh Joint Economic Committee meeting from Tuesday for two days in the Kenyan capital, chaired on the Iranian side by the agriculture minister.
