Tag: Iran

India supplies mobile harbor cranes to Iran for development of Chabahar port
31Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
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India supplies mobile harbor cranes to Iran for development of Chabahar port

The first tranche of equipment consisting of two 140-ton mobile harbor cranes was shipped by India on Sunday for the development of phase 1 of Shahid Beheshti Port in Iran’s Chabahar.“J P Singh, JS(PAI) MEA India handed over two 140-ton mobile harbor cranes, the first shipment of equipment being supplied by India, for the development of phase-I of Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar,” India in Iran wrote in a tweet.According to the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, India had supplied a consignment of two mobile harbor cranes to Iran’s Chabahar port with a total contract value of over USD 25 million, under a contract agreement for the supply of six MHCs.The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of India signed the bilateral contract on May 23 2016 with a total value of USD 85 mil...
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Iran to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign soon: Rouhani
23Jan By Mike TrudellNo Comments
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Iran to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaign soon: Rouhani

Iran will launch its COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the near future and the use of foreign-made vaccines will be necessary, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday.According to Rouhani, the use of foreign vaccines is a necessity until locally-made ones become available. No further information about what vaccines may be used during the inoculation campaign was provided.Earlier in January, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared a ban on imports of COVID-19 vaccines from the United Kingdom and the United States.Meanwhile, Iranian officials have confirmed that Tehran held negotiations on the potential procurement of vaccines with Moscow, Beijing, and New Delhi.Iran began the human trials of its first domestic coronavirus vaccine in late December and said that no...
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