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Visa requirements for Iran-Russia trips made easy
2016/Jan/27
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Iranian and Russian citizens will from early February travel more easily between the two countries under new visa rules.
Beginning on February 6, Russian and Iranian business people, tourists, scientists and students will receive visas with further ease for mutual trips, Moscow has announced.
A Russian-Iranian intergovernmental agreement, signed last year, on easier conditions for mutual trips by some categories of citizens from the two countries will go into effect on February 6, Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"An easier procedure of receiving Russian and Iranian visas is envisioned for representatives of business circles, for people who are involved in scientific, cultural and creative activity, students and teachers, tourists and other categories of citizens," the ministry said in a statement on its website on Monday, according to Interfax.
The Foreign Ministry said that "the agreement will contribute to further strengthening of Russian-Iranian ties in all directions of mutual cooperation."
The document was signed in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 23, 2015.
Russia acted swiftly to boost ties with Iran after an international nuclear accord was reached with the Islamic Republic last July, paving the way for the lifting of sanctions on Tehran in January of this year.
Back in December, Russian Minister of Trade and Industry Denis Manturov said during a visit to Tehran that “Russia is interested in dialog with Iran about potentials of cooperation in aviation, shipbuilding, energy, agriculture and transportation, metallurgy, pharmaceutical and other industries.”
The two countries are working to take their alliance to a new level, with Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Tehran for the first time in eight years last November.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has described Tehran as Moscow”s "most important economic and trade partner," saying the two countries have devised a package of projects worth $35 billion to $40 billion.
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2016/Jan/27 |
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Canada says will normalize relations with Iran ‘in a speedy fashion’
2016/Jan/27
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Canada says it will move to quickly normalize relations with Iran and lift the sanctions it has imposed against Tehran in order not to miss the business opportunities that have arisen following the recent implementation of Tehran”s landmark nuclear agreement with six world powers.
Addressing the parliament on Tuesday, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion said Ottawa would act “in a speedy fashion” to normalize ties and remove economic sanctions against Iran, but he did not provide a timeline.
Dion also said Canada will reopen its embassy in the Iranian capital, Tehran; the diplomatic mission had been closed by the previous Canadian government in 2012. The administration of former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper severed diplomatic ties with Iran in September 2012, citing, among other pretexts, what it described as continued threats from Iran to its ally, Israel.
Criticizing the move, Dion said Harper”s administration was wrong to cut off diplomatic relations with such an important player in the Middle East, according to The Globe and Mail.
“With the misleading approach of the former government, Canada is not in Iran,” the Canadian foreign minister said, adding, “It is good for nobody. We will change this policy.”
The announcement came less than two weeks after the enforcement of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
Iran and the P5+1 – the US, Britain, France, China, and Russia plus Germany – had reached the JCPOA in July 2015. The deal went into force on January 16, its “Implementation Day.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Dion said the removal of the sanctions would allow Canadian companies, including its aircraft maker Bombardier Inc, to join American and European firms now rushing to grab business opportunities in Iran.
Earlier in January, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who had assumed office in November 2015, expressed openness to reviving diplomatic relations with Iran.
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2016/Jan/27 |
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SWIFT to restart services to Iran by Jan. 31
2016/Jan/26
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TEHRAN– The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) would restore its services to Iranian financial institutions by January 31, said Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Valiollah Seif.
Seif said there are only some technical issues to be resolved before SWIFT system comes on stream on January 31.
He said, “During the period that west-engineered sanctions were imposed on Iran, SWIFT had not stopped its services to Iran completely, and only some banks had been blocked.”
For Iran to resume business with the global banking world - for the first time since 2012 - its banks need to be linked to overseas lenders on SWIFT.
SWIFT lifted bans on the Iranian banks as the implementation day of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) formally started on January 16.
SWIFT is a global supplier of secure messaging services and interface software to wholesale financial entities. It is a secure private network used by nearly every bank around the world to send payment messages that lead to the transfer of money across international borders.
In early 2012, SWIFT said it had been instructed by the European Council to discontinue its communications services to Iranian financial institutions that are subject to European sanctions. Accordingly, it blocked 30 Iranian banks from using its service thus literally cutting off Iran from the global banking system
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2016/Jan/26 |
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Iran, Italy sign 14 cooperation agreements
2016/Jan/26
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Iran and Italy signed 14 Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited the European country.
The documents would pave the way for the further expansion of bilateral ties between Tehran and Rome.
The agreements were inked in presence of Rouhani and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and by senior officials of the two countries.
The documents include cooperation in transportation, railroad, education, medicine, trade, safety, ports, agriculture and plant protection.
They also issued a joint statement to design a general roadmap for expanding cooperation and interactions between the two countries.
(isna)
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2016/Jan/26 |
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115 domestic, foreign firms to attend Kish MCMEX 2016
2016/Jan/25
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The organizer of International Exhibition of Investment Opportunities in Mining, Cement, Metallurgy and Related Industries (MCMEX 2016) announced that 100 domestic and 15 foreign companies will take part in the event which will be held on Kish Island from January 26-29.
Mahmoud Bandarchi told IRNA on Sunday that companies from China, Turkey, Italy, Canada, Australia, Russia, United Kingdom, Afghanistan, Germany, Denmark, Slovenia and South Africa will participate in the expo.
He noted that developing international specialized exhibitions is undoubtedly one of the appropriate solutions for introducing advanced and modern technologies in the scientific, industrial and commercial fields as well as investment to achieve optimum application to reach development.
In view of Iran”s investment potentials in the mining, cement and metallurgy sectors as well as easy trading in Kish Island as the most active free zone in Iran, the exhibition provides a desirable opportunity for participants to invest in industrial and mine sectors of Iran.
The exhibition is developed to achieve sub-structural objectives of these industries, providing interaction between managers, agencies, university professors, public and private companies” director, national and international companies and foreign active agencies in this field.
Objectives of the event are: Introduction to investment in mines, mining industries, cement and metallurgy fields
Directing domestic and foreign capitals to mines, mining industries, cement and metallurgy sectors
Presenting information for investment in fields relevant to exhibition in the Middle East and markets of Iran
Proposing the necessity of developing metallurgical and mine industries-centered free zone by public and private active sectors to form investment special zone, emphasizing on projects on mines, cement and metallurgy
Developing Iranian Investment Free Zone with Persian Gulf Countries
Joint venture with other countries
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2016/Jan/25 |
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