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Speaker departs for BRICS forum
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf left Tehran on Wednesday for Russia to participate in the 10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum in St. Petersburg. This is the first forum since Iran became a member state of BRICS.
Before departing, Qalibaf said that bilateral meetings will also be held with other member states, referring to BRICS’s separate financial mechanisms.
“More than 250 meetings will be held in economic, commercial, and political fields, which is a good opportunity for Iran to improve relations with BRICS members,” the speaker announced.
Iran, Russia sign MoU
on catalysts
SHANA – The Iranian knowledge-based company of Pishro Catalyst Almas and the Russian company Antarx signed a memorandum of understanding on technology transfer and local production of catalysts used in the oil industry.
Per the MoU, the technical knowledge of four groups of catalysts including isomerization, reforming, hydrotreating, and superclass will be transferred.
Currently, the production of 92 types of catalysts has been localized in Iran except for five catalysts, four of which will be produced locally in fulfillment of the MoU. The Mou was signed on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Technology Transfer and Local Production of Refining, Petrochemical, and Gas Catalysts Conference in Tehran.
The Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Jalil Salari told the conference on Tuesday that after successfully producing a great part of oil industry catalysts at home, Iran now enjoys the potential to export the catalysts to meet the neighboring countries’ needs.
He added that the country is currently reliant on domestically made catalysts, noting that the country’s need for catalysts is estimated at 26 thousand tons even though the need is on the rise.