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Plan to Increase Greenhouse Cultivation Area
The government plans to increase the area under greenhouse cultivation in Iran to 48,000 hectares within the next 10 years, a deputy agriculture minister said. “Around 16,760 hectares of the total sum are planned to be constructed by the end of the sixth five-year development plan (March 2022). At present, greenhouse area across the country a ...
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Iran’s auto sector to rise GDP share by 70%
The share of Iran’s auto industry in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to rise by 70 percent in the current Iranian calendar yea ...
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Iran’s 2016 oil exports up over 77%: OPEC
Iran’s oil exports in 2016 reached 1.921 million barrels per day (bpd), a 77.6 percent rise compared to 2015, according to OPEC’s latest Annual Statis ...
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Iran Plans Direct Shipping Route to Qatar
Iran’s Valfajr Shipping Company is planning to establish a direct marine route from the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr to Qatar in the next two weeks. A ...
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Major book center opens in Tehran
A major center for publications named the Tehran Book Garden, covering an area of 110,000 square meters on Abbasabad Hills in the northeast of the cit ...
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Iran produces 80k tons of honey
Deputy agriculture minister said over 80,000 tons of honey are produced annually in Iran two percent of which is exported to global markets. Deputy ...
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Oscar organization invites nine Iranians
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited nine Iranians to join the organization. The list includes Iranian actresses Leila Hatami, Gols ...
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Iran sets sights on 6.5m foreign tourist arrivals
Iran aims to draw some 6.5 million foreign travelers by the end of the current calendar year 1396 (March 20, 2018), though the country’s tourism infra ...
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‘Release from Heaven’ nominated for Best Animation at SICAF
Iranian animated piece ‘Release from Heaven’ by Ali Noori Oskouei has been nominated for Best Animation Award at SICAF film festival in South Korea. ...
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Total, CNPC seal $5b gas deal with Iran
Iran signed a deal with France’s Total and China’s state-owned National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for development of phase 11 of its South Pars gas ...