**IRAN DAILY
--Iran reports major jump in exports to Saudi Arabia
It said, however, that resumption of efforts by Iraq to mediate a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia has helped ease the situation between the two countries while allowing bilateral trade to grow.
Diplomats from Iran and Saudi Arabia have attended six rounds of talks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad since 2021. That comes as foreign ministers of the two countries also met on the sidelines of a regional conference in Jordan last month in a bid to expedite efforts to restore diplomatic ties between the two influential Muslim nations. IRICA figures showed that Iranian exports to Saudi Arabia had jumped over the past 40 days with a major steel shipment worth $14.207 million.
It said that iron and steel ingots had accounted for 96.5% of all Iranian exports to Saudi Arabia between March and October last year.
-- Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran may engage in Türkiye gas hub project: Minister
Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran may participate in gas hub project in Türkiye, said Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez.
“Two pipelines of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline were put into operation. The first line is intended for gas supplies to Turkish consumers, and the second for gas supply to Europe through Bulgaria. Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran can be participants here,” he noted.
-- Maragheh Observatory revives advanced scientific studies
The Maragheh Observatory in East Azarbaijan Province has a unique place in the history of medieval astronomy.
It represents a new wave of scientific activities in the Islamic world in the mid-13th century; it had a key role in the development of some sophisticated pre-Copernican non-Ptolemaic systems for explaining the planetary motions, and it was the model for several observatories that were built in Persia, Transoxiana, and Asia Minor up to the 17th century.
**KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
--Algeria, Iran Discuss Desecration of Islamic Sanctities
Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian has called for an international mechanism aimed at stopping measures that desecrate religious values and holy sites.
The top Iranian diplomat made the call during a phone conversation with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra, in the wake of the recent insulting cartoons published by French magazine Charlie Hebdo and the visit by an Israeli far-right minister to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Al-Quds.
-- Iran Eyes 1.5 bcm/d Gas Output by 2030
The Deputy Petroleum Minister for Planning Hoshang Fallahtian has said that Iran must invest $ 80 billion to increase its gas production within the next eight years to 1.5 billion cubic meters per day.
Iran is one of the oil-rich and gas-rich countries in the world and ranks first in the world in terms of the capacity of underground gas and oil resources. With the efforts of our colleagues in the oil, gas and petrochemical industry, we have the ability to produce 4.1 million barrels of crude oil per day by 2030. The refining sector has a processing capacity of 2.2 mbd, he said.
-- Iran Beat UAE at Asian WTTC Continental Stage
Iran table tennis double team has defeated the UAE 4-1 at the Asian WTTC Continental Stage. Iran’s Amir Hussein Hodaei and Amin Ahmadian defeated Emirati team Abdulla Al Balooshi and Jassem Mohammed 4-1 (11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-9).
Iran are scheduled to meet India in Round of 16 on Monday.
The competition is being held at the Lusail Sports Complex in Doha, Qatar, from January 7 to 13.
** TEHRAN TIMES
-- Shiraz hosts Fajr Intl. Poetry Festival in memory of ISIS terrorist attack victims
The 17th edition of the Fajr International Poetry Festival opened in Shiraz on Saturday with a tribute to the victims of the Shah Cheragh terrorist attack. Several pilgrims visiting Shah Cheragh, the shrine of Ahmad ibn Musa (AS) in the southern Iranian city, were killed in the attack carried out by ISIS last October.
Speaking during the opening ceremony, Ali Ramezani, the director of the Iran Book and Literature House, an organizer of the festival, expressed his happiness over the choice of Shiraz to host the event.
-- Iran’s LPG exports increase 86%
The value of Iran’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export rose 86 percent from the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022) up to December 31, as compared to the same period of time in the past year, data released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) show. Iran exported $6.783 billion worth of LPG in the mentioned period to register a new record in the country’s gas exports, Fars News Agency reported.
The Islamic Republic had exported $3.651 billion worth of LPG in the same period of the previous Iranian calendar year.
-- Ancient astronomy inscription discovered in Marvdasht
An ancient inscription has recently been found in Marvdasht, southern Fars province, ILNA reported on Sunday. Astronomy and chronology are mentioned in a historical inscription found at Naqsh-e Rostam, a must-see travel destination embracing majestic treasures from the Achaemenid and Sassanid eras, researcher Abolhassan Atabaki said.
Other inscriptions have also been found in this region, but this stone inscription is about astronomy and chronology, written in two short lines on the smooth rocks of the mountains in the Pahlavi script, he added.
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