News in Brief
Iran’s exports to Africa up 100%
TASNIM – The vice president of the Iran and Africa Business Club said that trade exchanges between Iran and African countries have registered a 100% growth since the current administration assumed office in August 2021.
Rouhollah Latifi made the remarks on Monday ahead of a visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to the three African countries of Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
The vice president reported that Iran exported more than 128 tons of goods, valued at $73,781,000, to these three African countries in 2022.
Baghdad:
Tehran halted gas exports
MEHR – Speaking on television, the spokesman of Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity Ahmed Musa announced that Iran has cut gas exports to this country due to overdue debts.
Musa added that the move has caused the gas distribution stations in Al-Mansouriyeh, Baghdad, Sadr, and some other regions to be limited or completely stopped. According to a report from the UK-based Energy Institute, Iran exported 9.4 billion cubic meters of gas to Iraq in 2022.
Oil refinery fire injures eight in southern Iran
AP – Fire erupted at an oil refinery in southern Iran and injured eight firefighters Monday.
The cause of the fire has not been announced, but evidently, the firefighters were hurt while trying to put out the blaze burning in two of the five tanks at an oil depot near Iran’s port of Banda Abbas.