Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Sheikholeslam said his country needs nuclear energy as a substitute for its oil resources.
“Iran will have oil for over 100 years but once its energy resources is depleted, nuclear energy will be the only logical substitute,” the Islamic republic news agency quoted Sheikholeslam as saying.
Iran is in a row [...]
By Lisa Bryant
Paris
27 November 2008
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency expressed frustration Thursday that neither Iran nor Syria been completely transparent about their alleged nuclear activities. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more on the agency’s findings from Paris.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is holding a two-day meeting to examine reports on the [...]
TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) — Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Mohsen Delaviz Sunday announced that an exclusive exhibition of nuclear industry achievements is to open at Tehran University on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
This is the first time that Iran decided to publicize the achievements of its nuclear program [...]
Iran’s member of parliament Seied Mohammad Reza Tajeddini said here on Sunday that Iran has lost billions of dollars by a gas deal with a Gulf firm, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Tajeddini regarded the contract between the two sides as illegal, adding that it was against the constitution and the interest of the [...]
Iran called on OPEC Saturday to cut production by a further 1 million to 1.5 million barrels per day when it meets in Cairo later this month, state television’s Web site reported Saturday.
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press Writer
TEHRAN, Iran —
Iran called on OPEC Saturday to cut production by a further 1 million to 1.5 million [...]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Three weeks ago, a hard-line cleric close to Iran’s president gloated publicly that the world financial crisis was God’s punishment on the United States. The laughter, however, was short-lived.
Iran plunged this week into a bitter storm of political recrimination, largely directed at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as officials and ordinary Iranians realized [...]
TEHRAN, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Iran is being hurt by the financial crisis because of falling oil prices and a world downturn that will damage non-oil exports, an official said on Sunday, even though Iran’s economy was relatively isolated.
Iranian officials are voicing more concern about the impact of the international financial turmoil after initially brushing [...]
Reuters, The Associated Press
TEHRAN: Russia, Iran and Qatar made the first serious moves Tuesday toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns that Moscow could boost its influence over energy markets spanning from Europe to South Asia.
The Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom said it had agreed with Iran and Qatar to form a [...]
Qatar’s Energy Minister Abdallah bin Hamad al-Attiyah said on Tuesday that the “best price” for oil was 80 to 90 dollars a barrel.
“In the current situation, the best price is between 80 and 90 dollars,” he said at a press conference in Tehran.
Attiyah also said OPEC “might be obliged to reduce production to balance supply [...]
TEHRAN (IRNA) — Venezuelan Minister of Planning and Development Haiman El Troudi on Sunday quoted President Hugo Chavez as proposing establishment of world oil bank.
Following a meeting with Iran’s Industries and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian, he further added that Iran, Russia and Venezuela have so far announced their preparedness to set up the [...]
