A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEICriticalThreats Project Iran AnalystWill Fulton and Iran Intern Amir Toumaj.   Politics According to Deputy Head of the National Trust party, Rasoul Montakeb Nia,measures are underway to free 2009 Presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubi,...

[caption id="attachment_34705" align="alignright" width="210"] This file photo shows installations at Lavan Oil Refinery.[/caption] Iran is fully prepared to build small oil refineries in other countries should they show interest, Oil Ministry spokesman says. Alireza Nikzad Rahbar said on Tuesday that Tehran has already signed agreements with Baghdad ...

An Iranian Oil Ministry official has dismissed media reports that Tehran is engaged in negotiations with Moscow to launch a south-north reverse oil swap project. On Wednesday, Iranian Oil Ministry Spokesman Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar stated that there have been no negotiations or arrangements between Iran and Russia concerning the sale of Iranian crude ...

[caption id="attachment_30726" align="alignright" width="300"] The headquarters the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Vienna, Austria[/caption] Iran's oil minister says the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to maintain the current production ceiling of 30 million barrels per day (bpd). The agreement ...

[caption id="attachment_24755" align="alignright" width="300"] Iranians work on a section of a pipeline linking Iran and Pakistan after the project was launched during a ceremony in the Iranian border city of Chah Bahar on March 11, 2013. (AFP Photo / Atta Kenare)[/caption] ISLAMABAD: Iran Oil Ministry spokesman says New Delhi is in talks with Tehran ...

Iran Oil Ministry spokesman says Tehran is discussing falling crude oil prices with all OPEC member states particularly Saudi Arabia, reiterating that prices below USD 100 a barrel would be unreasonable. Negotiations and consultations have begun with OPEC members and it is likely that an agreement could be reached between the members without holding ...

Iran Oil Ministry spokesman says New Delhi is in talks with Tehran to join the multi-billion-dollar pipeline which Iran is building to export natural gas to the neighboring Pakistan. Since India has been motivated by Pakistans seriousness in building the [Iran-Pakistan] peace pipeline, New Delhi is negotiating to join the project, Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar ...

An Iranian Oil Ministry spokesman says Tehran is open to the idea of having Russian firms develop oil and gas fields in the country. Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar said on Wednesday that in negotiations with the Russians, the Iranian side has indicated that it would be ready to have Russian companies invest in Irans hydrocarbon reservoirs. His remarks came ...

Iran news headlines on Sunday includeIran's oil ministryspokesman remarks over country ban ofoil and gas exports to EU; Iran inaugurating 'Ya Zahra'short-range missile production line; pressure ofsanctions on Iranian students abroad; Iran denial of huge explosion atIran's Fordo enrichment plant; protest of Employees of Iran's Entekhab Industrial Group ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's oil ministry spokesman says all crude oil and gas exports have been banned to the 27-nation European Union, which has already imposed its own boycott on Iranian energy imports as part of sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program. It is unclear what practical effect the Iranian decision would have. But Sunday's announcement ...

The Iranian Oil Ministry spokesman says Iran faces no problem selling its oil despite tough US-engineered sanctions against the Islamic Republic. We do not have even one crude oil barrel without customer in the Persian Gulf region at present, Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar said on Saturday, adding that there is no Iranian crude oil saved in oil tankers. The ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (UPI) --The Iranian and Iraqi governments have taken steps for the construction of a natural gas pipeline that could eventually reach Syria, an official said. Iran said it plans to build a 56-inch diameter natural gas pipeline from ports near the South Pars natural gas field in the Persian Gulf. Petroleum Ministry spokesman Alireza ...

Spokesman for the Iranian Oil Ministry Alireza Nikzad Rahbar today slammed the recent report that Iran has experienced a 40-percent drop in oil exports, Mehr agency reported. He has also denied the 45-percent drop in oil revenues, something that previously spokesman of Iran's parliamentary budget commission Gholam-Reza Kateb said. Kateb earlier ...

By Xinhua TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Oil Ministry Spokesman Alireza Nikzad-Rahbar has said that the Islamic republic plans to appear in new oil markets, Tehran Times daily reported on Saturday. Nikzad-Rahbar dismissed the reports that Iran's current oil exports had declined due to the Western sanctions. On Oct. 12, the International ...

By UPI TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (UPI) --An Iranian official said his country was ready to make up for any natural gas shortages in Turkey following a pipeline explosion near the border. Turkish officials last week blamed militants for an attack on the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum natural gas pipeline. BP Azerbaijan, a subsidiary operating in theShah Deniznatural ...