Highlights Extension runs to June 24 Iran pumped 2.43 mil b/d in April: S&P Global Platts OPEC survey Fifth round of JCPOA talks set for this week Negotiations between Iran Continue Reading
A number of peculiar things have happened in the Middle East in the past few weeks involving the U.S., Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, all with some sort of focus Continue Reading
Highlights President Rouhani says nuclear talks will continue China-Iran bilateral deal secures trade despite sanctions Oil-for-railroads barter deal proposed The International Atomic Energy Agency could get a one-month extension of Continue Reading
Oil at $70/b was ‘temporary’: HPCL Iranian crude grades meet India refinery specs India discovered Farzad B in 2008 India is still hopeful it can participate in the Farzad B Continue Reading
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s hard-line parliament speaker said Sunday a temporary deal between Tehran and international inspectors to preserve surveillance images taken at nuclear sites had ended, escalating tensions Continue Reading
Global powers taking part in the indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on a return to the nuclear agreement have accepted that the U.S. sanctions on Iran, including on its oil exports, will Continue Reading
US, Iranian and European negotiators will convene next week for a fifth – and what they hope will be final – round of talks over reinstating the nuclear deal. Iran’s Continue Reading
Iran looks to begin as soon as next month crude oil exports from the Jask terminal on the Sea of Oman, without the need to have tankers travel through the Continue Reading
Iran is preparing to boost production and exports of crude oil as talks on the nuclear deal with the United States continue to progress, government officials said, as quoted by Continue Reading
Tehran — Iran will ship the first cargo of crude oil from its new terminal at Jask on the Oman Sea Coast in June, following completion of a key oil Continue Reading
Veteran Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh has said he will not continue in his role once a new president is inaugurated after elections scheduled next month, ministry-run news service Shana Continue Reading
The U.S. and Iran have been engaged in on-off talks about the resuscitation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the ‘nuclear deal’ – for some months now Continue Reading
The National Iranian Oil Co. is set to sign a $1.78 billion deal with a domestic company to develop the Farzad B gas field in the Persian Gulf, oil ministry Continue Reading
Iran’s Petropars Ltd. will be awarded a $1.78 billion contract by the National Iranian Oil Co. to develop the giant Farzad-B gas field that was previously intended to be tapped Continue Reading
Iran is preparing to ramp up global oil sales as talks to lift U.S. sanctions show signs of progress . But even if a deal is struck, the flow of Continue Reading
Four rounds of indirect talks between the US and Iran have so far failed to achieve a breakthrough in negotiations to revive the nuclear deal, but rival producers and traders Continue Reading
Iran is looking to persuade its regional rival Saudi Arabia to help it to sell Iranian crude oil on international markets in exchange for limiting attacks from the Iran-aligned Houthi Continue Reading
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria, September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger “Fluctuations” at Iran’s Natanz plant pushed the purity Continue Reading
Iran’s hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday registered to run again in an election in June which is being seen as a test of the legitimacy of the country’s Continue Reading
Following talks in Vienna this month, the U.S. could announce a deal with Iran as early as the end of May, which could lead to the lifting of oil and Continue Reading
Candidates began signing up on Tuesday for Iran’s June 18 presidential polls with the clerical establishment hoping for a high turnout in a vote seen as a referendum on the Continue Reading
President Biden and Iran’s leaders say they share a common goal: They both want to re-enter the nuclear deal that President Donald J. Trump scrapped three years ago, restoring the bargain that Continue Reading
Russia, China, and the European signatories to the so-called Iran nuclear deal agreed on Friday to intensify talks on bringing the United States and Iran back into the Joint Comprehensive Continue Reading
As the indirect talks between the United States and Iran are making some progress but not major breakthroughs, diplomatic shuttles of U.S. officials and senators in the Middle East in Continue Reading
As the indirect talks between the United States and Iran are making some progress but not major breakthroughs, diplomatic shuttles of U.S. officials and senators in the Middle East in Continue Reading
Iran has banned the use of air conditioning at Tehran’s state agencies as the country looks to save electricity consumption amid low power generation and prioritize electricity supply to homes Continue Reading
Iran will be able to raise its crude oil exports to 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) after the U.S. sanctions on its oil industry are lifted, a top Iranian Continue Reading
Iran expects to export as much as 2.5 million b/d of crude after the removal of US sanctions as the third round of talks between Tehran and some signatories to Continue Reading
Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday criticised its foreign minister, who said in a leaked interview that the elite Revolutionary Guards had more influence in foreign affairs and Tehran’s nuclear dossier Continue Reading
White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan delivers remarks during a press briefing inside the White House in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Indirect negotiations between the United Continue Reading
OPEC likely raised its total oil production in April, driven by another supply increase from Iran, one of the three OPEC members exempted from the OPEC+ production cuts, according to Continue Reading
French energy major Total said it is too early to consider a return to Iran even as negotiations for the US to return to the Iran nuclear deal start to Continue Reading
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said Saudi Arabia wants to resolve its differences with rival Iran, a marked shift in tone in the wake of the election of US Continue Reading
Iran on Tuesday renewed a call for a prisoner exchange with the United States as the longtime foes continue talks with world powers over a possible U.S. return to Tehran’s Continue Reading
A major threat is brewing for international oil and commodity markets in the coming months. There has been an increase in the amount of drone and missile attacks on Saudi Continue Reading
A recording of Iran’s foreign minister offering a blunt appraisal of diplomacy and the limits of power within the Islamic Republic has leaked out publicly, providing a rare look inside Continue Reading
In a leaked audiotape that offers a glimpse into the behind-the scenes power struggles of Iranian leaders, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the Revolutionary Guards Corps call the shots, Continue Reading
Iran’s crude oil exports since the start of the month have averaged around 500,000 bpd, according to a Reuters report that cites estimates from tanker tracking companies. This is lower Continue Reading
Iran needs at least three months to flow back its crude in the global oil market as much as it was under the 2015 nuclear deal, former oil minister Rostam Continue Reading
The United States has provided Iran with examples of three categories of existing sanctions — those it would need to lift to return to compliance with the Iran nuclear deal, Continue Reading
Diplomats working in Vienna on a solution to bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran and world powers are taking a break from talks to consult Continue Reading
In less than nine months, an assassin on a motorbike fatally shot an Al Qaeda commander given refuge in Tehran, Iran’s chief nuclear scientist was machine-gunned on a country road, Continue Reading
High-level talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are moving ahead with experts working on drafting proposals this week, but Continue Reading
Iran welcomed on Monday the idea of talks with its regional rival Saudi Arabia, amid reports that the two Gulf powers were directly talking about bilateral relations and hopes that Continue Reading
Even before the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ‘nuclear deal’ was agreed in 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 (U.S., U.K., France, China, Russia plus Germany), the issue of Continue Reading
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake in southern Iran partially has damaged a critical oil facility and disrupted production, state television reported April 18. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes Continue Reading
Iran on Friday has announced its latest nuclear fait accompli , saying that it’s obtained for the first time ever 60% enriched uranium overnight . This marks the highest level Continue Reading
Iran’s state television on Saturday identified a man it said was behind a recent explosion at its main Natanz nuclear plant. “Reza Karimi, the perpetrator of this sabotage…, has been Continue Reading
Iran said Friday it had enriched uranium at 60% purity for the first time, a move that comes in response to an attack on its main nuclear facility, and which Continue Reading
Negotiators for the U.S. and Iran, working to revive an international deal aimed at restricting Tehran’s atomic ambitions, are looking for ways to untangle a knot of interlocking American sanctions Continue Reading
