Iran Announced New Gas Project While Turkey Is Still Thinking
June 24th, 2023
Via New Eastern Outlook, a report on Tehran’s efforts to create a gas hub in the industrial district of Asaluyeh in Bushehr Province on the Persian Gulf coast with the participation of Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan and Qatar while Turkey still considers its strategy: Following the undermining of Russian gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 […]
Read more »Iran, Uzbekistan Reach Agreement on Developing Transportation Corridor
June 20th, 2023
Via The Financial Tribune, a report on an agreement on the development of the multimodal “Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Iran” transport corridor: Uzbekistan’s Transport Minister Ilkhom Mahkamov met with the Iran’s Roads and Urban Development Minister Mehrdad Bazrpash on June 18. At the meeting, the parties discussed the strengthening of mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of transport, the […]
Read more »Pakistan, Iran Seal Energy Deal to Power Gwadar
June 9th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on joint Pakistani and Iranian efforts to provide electricity to Gwadar: In May, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated a border marketplace and a power transmission line at the Mand-Pishin border crossing. The new transmission line is expected to provide an additional 100 MW of […]
Read more »Efforts Underway To Turn Iran Into Regional Gas Hub
June 7th, 2023
Via Tasnim News, a report on Iran’s plans to create a natural gas hub in the south along the Persian Gulf coast. Russia, Qatar and Turkmenistan are also involved in the project in the Asalouyeh industrial area in Bushehr province. The gas hub will provide an alternative route for exports of Russian and Turkmen gas, […]
Read more »Afghanistan-Iran Complete First Trial Run of Khaf-Herat Railway
June 2nd, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on how Afghanistan and Iran – two countries faced with sanctions and political isolation – are working together to avoid becoming completely isolated from global networks: Despite their current estrangement from the West, Iran and Afghanistan have test run a roundabout rail link that aims to connect with the rail […]
Read more »The Railway Route From St. Petersburg To The Shores of The Persian Gulf
May 27th, 2023
Via Modern Diplomacy, an article on the new railway route from St. Petersburg to the shores of the Persian Gulf: The construction of the Astara-Rasht transport corridor indicates the realization of Russia’s historical aspirations, Iranian ‘Akharin Khabar’ writes. The project received not only economic, but also strategic importance. The adviser to the ex-president of the […]
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