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Friday,
January 7, 2000
* Russia close to three billion dollar aviation deal with Iran
MOSCOW, Jan 6 (AFP) - Russia is preparing to sign a three billion dollar
deal with Iran to provide Tupolev 334 planes, Sergei Ivanov, secretary
of Russia's Security Council, announced Thursday >>>
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Thursday
January 6, 2000
* Turkey to seek postponement of Iranian natural gas exports
ANKARA, Jan 6 (AFP) - A Turkish delegation will go to Iran on Monday
in a bid to postpone the delivery of Iranian natural gas until next year
because the pipeline to carry the gas is not yet complete, an official
from Turkey's state-run oil company BOTAS said Thursday. "BOTAS general
director Gokhan Yardim and his delegation will try to sign an agreement
for Iran to start exporting gas to Turkey in 2001," the official said
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Wednesday
January 5, 2000
* German MPs to visit Iran head of businessman's new trial
TEHRAN, Jan 5 (AFP) - Mmebers of the German parliament are to visit
Iran next week, ahead of a new trial facing German businessman Helmut Hofer,
jailed in Iran for most of the past two years, the official news agency
IRNA said Wednesday. The Bundestag delegation, led by the chairman of the
parliamentary foreign policy committee, Hans Ulrich Klose, will meet Iranian
parliamentary speaker Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri, his deputy Hassan Ruhani and
Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi, IRNA said >>>
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Tuesday
January 4, 1999
* Government adopts action plan to fight pollution
TEHRAN, Jan 3 (AFP) - The Iranian government has adopted an action plan
laying down various practical solutions for fighting air pollution in Tehran,
which include regular car inspections, the official IRNA agency reported
Monday. The action plan was considered Sunday by a meeting of the council
of ministers, chaired by President Mohammad Khatami >>>
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* Iran seeks to revive tourism industry after 20-year lull
TEHRAN, Jan 4 (AFP) - Iran wants to revive its tourism industry, attracting
visitors to such scenic sites as Isfahan and Persepolis after 20 years
of neglect since the Islamic revolution, an official said Tuesday. "We
are 20 years behind in this field, but we are determined to re-launch the
tourism industry for Iranians and for foreigners," Mohammad Reza Yazdanpanah,
head of the free-trade zone on the Gulf island of Kish, told a press conference
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* Iran stocks up 30 percent in 1999 on oil, economy
TEHRAN, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Iranian stocks gained nearly 30 percent in
1999, reversing two years of losses thanks to a surge in oil prices and
renewed optimism about the economy, traders said on Sunday. The Tehran
Stock Exchange all-share index closed at 1,989.73 points on Wednesday,
the final trading day of the year, up 30 percent from the start of 1999
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* Non-oil exports up 10 percent in last nine months
TEHRAN, Jan 3 (AFP) - Iran's non-oil exports rose 10.7 percent in the
last nine months to 2.3 billion dollars, compared to the same period the
previous year, according to official customs statistics published Monday.
Carpets as usual were the main non-oil export item, contributing 544 million
dollars in the period, followed by petrochemicals (301 million dollars),
pistachio nuts (243 million dollars), steel (144 million dollars), copper
(76 million dollars) and clothing (37 million dollars), the official IRNA
agency reported >>>
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January 3, 1999
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