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2019-04-28 22:23
Foreign Policy: Trump’s ‘hollow triumph’ on Iran will come at exceedingly high cost
In a commentary on its website on April 26, the Foreign Policy said Donald Trump’s new Iran sanctions will hurt the United States in the long term.
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2019-04-27 23:01
Russia won't immediately raise oil output after Iran waivers end
Russia will not immediately raise oil output after the United States ends sanctions waivers for buyers of Iranian crude in May, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
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2019-04-22 22:18
Turkey says U.S. move to end sanctions waivers on Iran oil threatens ‘regional peace’
TEHRAN – A few hours after the United States announced that it will not extend sanctions waivers for buyers of the Iranian oil, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said this action will threaten “regional peace and stability”.
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2019-04-22 17:04
Beijing vows to defend business amid U.S.' reported plans to end Iran oil waivers
Beijing stands against the United States’ unilateral restrictions against Iran and will take every effort to defend interests of national companies doing legal business with the Islamic republic, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Monday, commenting on Washington’s reported plans to scrap oil sanctions waivers.
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2019-03-13 21:07
Iran will respond firmly to any act against oil shipment: Hatami
TEHRAN – Defense Minister Amir Hatami warned on Wednesday that Iran will respond firmly to any action against its oil shipment.
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2019-02-25 20:26
Iran-EU non-oil trade at $8.57b in 10 months
TEHRAN- The value of non-oil trade between Iran and European Union countries stood at $8.57 billion in the first ten months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2018 – January 20, 2019), Eghtesad online news website reported.
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2019-02-24 21:44
NIDC completes digging operation of 123 oil, gas wells in 11 months
TEHRAN- National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) dug and completed digging operation of 123 oil and gas wells during the 11-month period from March 21, 2018 to February 19, 2019, according to an official with the NIDC.
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2019-02-23 21:43
Oil to be offered at IRENEX every week: Zanganeh
TEHRAN- National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) will offer crude oil at Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX) every week, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA).
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2019-02-23 21:36
Iran well able to block oil sales but hopes it won’t come to that, Shamkhani says
TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, says Iran has multiple methods at its disposal for blocking the region’s oil exports but “we hope we wouldn’t be pressed into using them.”
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2019-02-19 21:52
Japan to continue oil imports from Iran: envoy
TEHRAN- Japan’s new ambassador to Tehran said his country will continue importing oil from Iran, the portal of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) published on Tuesday.
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2019-02-19 10:03
India to continue oil imports from Venezuela
TEHRAN _ Showing disdain to the warnings of U.S., India is looking into commercial considerations and related factors to determine the value of oil imports from any country, including Venezuela.
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2019-02-15 21:26
South Korea imports nearly 3m barrels of Iranian oil in January
TEHRAN- South Korea imported 12.46 million tons or 2.94 million barrels of crude oil from Iran in January, data from the country’s customs office showed.
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2019-02-13 22:39
Amid U.S. sanctions, Venezuela turns to India for oil exports
TEHRAN - With the political tensions between Venezuela and the U.S. escalating rapidly, the country has shifted focus towards India to keep its oil exports running.
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2019-02-04 20:28
Japan's JXTG set for 1st loading of Iranian crude oil after U.S. sanctions waiver
Japan's largest refiner JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy is set to resume loading of Iranian crude oil as early as Monday, almost three months after the U.S. sanctions waiver was granted.
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2019-01-28 20:51
4th round of offering oil at IRENEX on Feb. 4
TEHRAN- National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) will offer one million barrels of light crude oil at Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX) for the fourth time on February 4, Shana reported on Monday.
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2019-01-14 21:12
India’s monthly oil imports from Iran up 9.4% in Dec.
TEHRAN- India imported 302,000 barrel per day (bpd) of oil from Iran in December 2018, an increase of 9.4 percent from November, ship tracking data reviewed by Reuters showed.
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2018-12-28 23:42
‘Turkey expects extension of waiver for importing oil from Iran’
TEHRAN- Turkey expects the U.S. to extend its sanctions waiver on importing Iranian oil, Bloomberg reported on Thursday quoting Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan.
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2018-12-09 09:46
In a rebuff to U.S., India, Iran agree on rupee payment mechanism for oil trade
TEHRAN - In a significant development that is likely to boost trade ties between India and Iran, the two regional allies have reached an agreement to switch to rupee payment mechanism to pay for Iranian crude imports.
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2018-11-27 09:28
China replaces France in Iran gas project
TEHRAN _ In what is likely to give a significant boost to Iran-China trade, China's state-owned CNPC has replaced France's Total in Iran's multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh announced.
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2018-11-13 09:53
India-Russia deal under sanctions cloud
TEHRAN _ Although India has managed to get a waiver from U.S. sanctions for purchase of Iranian crude oil, there is still no word from the Trump administration on similar waiver for India’s ambitious deal with Moscow to purchase S-400 missile system worth $5.4 billion.
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2018-11-12 23:42
Exemption of Chabahar project from U.S. sanctions win-win for India, Iran
TEHRAN _ In a significant development that augurs well for Iran-India relations, New Delhi has managed to keep the strategic Chabahar Port project outside the ambit of U.S. sanctions against Iran that came into effect on November 5.
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2018-10-19 12:23
By Javad Heirannia
U.S. has buried its moral compass in the Trump-Kushner-MBS disaster: Askari
TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, believes that Jamal Khashoggi was tortured and murdered.
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2018-10-18 08:36
OPEC says it hasn't failed India
TEHRAN- A day after India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced concerns about high crude prices, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Tuesday said it has not failed India and other major consuming countries as it restored stability in the market after four years of downturn.
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2018-10-17 20:48
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
'India may be willing to decide in a more strategic manner on oil purchases from Iran'
TEHRAN - Iran and India have shared age-old historical, commercial and cultural ties. The two countries have inked many bilateral agreements in recent years. Iran has been the main supplier of crude oil to India even at the peak of Western sanctions between 2012 and 2016. Now, with sanctions imposed against Iran by the Trump administration, it remains to be seen which course of action New Delhi takes.
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2018-10-14 21:11
We have new customers for our oil, Iran says
TEHRAN – Iran’s First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri said on Sunday new customers have stepped in for buying crude oil from Iran, IRNA reported.
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2018-10-13 22:07
India engages with allies over U.S. threats on Iranian oil imports
TEHRAN - While the suspense continues over whether India will import oil from Iran after November, according to reports India has been engaging with allies in European Union (EU) over the issue.
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2018-10-09 03:00
‘India to continue with Iranian oil imports despite U.S. sanctions’
TEHRAN - In a significant development that is likely to raise eyebrows in Washington, two major Indian oil companies have placed orders to import Iranian crude next month, in defiance of U.S. sanctions.
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2018-10-08 15:33
India Will Buy Weapons from Russia and Oil from Iran, Ignoring U.S. Warnings
India was set to enter lucrative bids for Russian weapons and Iranian oil, despite warnings and potential sanctions from Washington.
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2018-10-06 22:00
India mulls dumping dollar in oil trade with Iran, Russia, Venezuela
TEHRAN - The Reserve Bank of India and Ministry of Finance have been tasked with exploring the viability of rupee and barter-based trade agreements with crude oil producing nations such as Russia, Iran and Venezuela, a report in Economic Times said, citing a government official familiar with the situation.
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2018-10-06 20:14
By: Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘India-Pakistan relationship is held hostage by many structural impediments’
TEHRAN - India and Pakistan, the two estranged neighbors, made some significant overtures since the formation of new government in Islamabad, which rekindled hopes of peaceniks in both the countries. But the parleys proved short-lived. The battle lines are drawn again as accusations and counter-accusations fly thick and fast. This week, the foreign ministers of the two countries took their war of words to the UN General Assembly.
