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Iran's Arak inaugurates biggest solar power station

Iran's Arak inaugurates biggest solar power station

Iran inaugurated its largest solar power station in the Central city of Arak on Sunday, the Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said. A sum of four solar energy units with a capacity of 250 kilowatts each are …

Tabiat bridge wins Aga Khan award for architecture

Tabiat bridge wins Aga Khan award for architecture

The Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge, a huge infrastructure that connects two parks separated by a highway in northern Tehran, has won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture worth $1 million, Tehran Times reported. The winners of the Aga Khan …

Iran, Iraq agree to connect oil pipelines

Iran, Iraq agree to connect oil pipelines

Iran and Iraq have agreed to connect their oil pipelines, Trend reported citing Fars. According to the report, the agreement was achieved between Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and his Iraqi counterpart …

Iran to launch production of Russian 'Ansat' helicopters

Iran to launch production of Russian 'Ansat' helicopters

'Helicopters of Russia' company held negotiations with Iran's Iran Helicopter Support and Renewal Company (PANHA) on the deliveries and establishment of production of 'Ansat' helicopters in the country. "Iran is …

Turkmenistan to carry out modernization of railways

Turkmenistan to carry out modernization of railways

Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov gave a number of recommendations on improvement of the developed program of development and reformation of the country’s railway industry in 2017-2030. The …

174 jails to be built in Turkey

174 jails to be built in Turkey

More than 170 jails will be built over the next five years in Turkey, according to a statement from the Justice Ministry. The ministry’s move comes after the overcrowding in jails caused by the arrests linked to the July 15 failed coup …

German company to develop solar plant in Iran

German company to develop solar plant in Iran

German company SOLARWATT GmbH, one of the pioneers of the solar industry, has plans to start projects in Iran by constructing a 30 megawatt solar power plant, Tasnim News Agency reports. Speaking to Tasnim, Abolfazl Mousavi …

Dubai out to create the "future" city

Dubai out to create the "future" city

Dubai is creating the mini-city of the future. Located off Shaikh Zayed Road, Jumeirah Central — with a gross floor area of 47 million square feet (4.36 million square metres) assigned to it — will be home to 35,000 residents, feature …

Iran to start building two reactors at Bushehr NPP on September 8

Iran to start building two reactors at Bushehr NPP on September 8

Iran will start the Russia-assisted construction of two new nuclear reactors at the site of the Bushehr nuclear power plant (NPP) in southern Iran, known as the Bushehr-2 project, on September 8, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of …

Tehran and Baku to build power plants in Ordubad and Marazad

Tehran and Baku to build power plants in Ordubad and Marazad

Iranian lawmakers have approved a bill on joint construction of two hydropower plants with Azerbaijan.  The bill authorizes the construction of the plants near the Aras River borderline in the Iranian town Marazad and …

Third Bosphorus Bridge to open on August 26

Third Bosphorus Bridge to open on August 26

The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul will open on August 26 along with its access roads. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held on May 29, 2013, the construction was completed on March 7, 2016. The 59 m wide bridge …