Caspian Sea
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Iran, Azerbaijan hold rescue and relief exercises in Caspian Sea
Rasht, IRNA – Iran and the Azerbaijan Republic have begun combined rescue and relief exercises in the Caspian Sea.
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Iran to host rescue and relief exercise in Caspian Sea
Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Navy is slated to host the Caspian Sea combined rescue and relief exercise.
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Fishing season in Caspian Sea
Fishermen in the littoral northern province of Mazandaran have laid their nets to catch fish in the Caspian Sea as the fishing season starts at the beginning of autumn.
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Caspian Sea media agree to create Caspian Alliance of News Agencies
Moscow, IRNA - The Caspian Sea news agencies in a joint statement reached an agreement to create the Caspian Alliance of News Agencies.
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Iran highlights Caspian Sea countries' responsibility against pollution
Tehran, IRNA –Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Turkmenistan, Ali Mojtaba Roozbahani, has said that industrial activities, cabling, creating safe transportation corridors in and extracting hydrocarbon resources from the Caspian Sea are effective in the economic development and social welfare of its littoral states, but not fulfilling the commitments against pollution towards this sea threatens the life cycle in this area.
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Maritime search, rescue, security exercise kicks off in Iran’s Bandar Anzali
Rasht, IRNA – The spokesperson of the 2024 Hybrid Maritime Search, Rescue and Security Exercise said on Monday that the exercise was carried out for the first time in the Caspian Sea by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy and all maritime organizations active in the Caspian Sea.
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Iran exports first freight from Caspian Port via sea-rail combined transport
Tehran, IRNA — The first cargo using sea-rail combined transport has been exported from Caspian Port to the Caspian Sea littoral countries.
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Photo: Mehdi Mohebi pour
Last days of catching boy fishes in Iran’s Mazandaran
Fishers start catching bony fishes in the Caspian Sea in Iran’s northern province of Mazandaran between October and April. The catch of bony fishes in Mazandaran reached some 3,420 metric tons between early October and early March, an increase of 20% compared to the same previous period.
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Iran calls for final demarcation of Caspian Sea borders
Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Deputy President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan has said that the country is trying to reach a final demarcation deal with Caspian Sea littoral states so that its share of the Sea can be determined for good.
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Photo: Ehsan Fazli Osanlou
Catching bony fish in Caspian Sea
54 fishing cooperative companies with 4,200 fishermen are active in the Caspian Sea. The season for catching bony fish usually starts in autumn and lasts until spring, depending on the weather conditions.
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Meeting of FMs of Caspian Sea littoral states
The meeting of the foreign ministers of the Caspian Sea’s littoral countries kicked off in Moscow on December 5, 2023. (IRNA photos/Hamed Qaemi)
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Iran after forming union of countries subject to sanctions
Moscow, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that the Islamic Republic is pursuing the formation of a union between the countries that are under the West unjust unilateral sanctions.
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Iran’s foreign minister due in Moscow for Caspian summit
Tehran, IRNA - Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has highlighted the special status of the Caspian Sea in Iran’s neighboring policy as he prepares for a trip to Moscow to attend the annual summit of foreign ministers from Caspian littoral states.
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Revival of birds paradise in northern Iran
Miankaleh, a wetland in the north of Iran, is a place with an area of 44,000 hectares, 24,000 hectares of which is dried due to drought during the recent decade's low rainfall. Meanwhile, the place is a heaven for birds and a wildlife refuge. (IRNA photos/Mehdi Mohebbipour/October 20, 2023)
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Fish hunting in Caspian Sea
The season of hunting and catching fish has started in northern Iranian province of Mazandaran which is located in south of Caspian Sea. The fish hunters will continue catching till the end of March, 2024. (IRNA photo on October 22, 2023/Mehdi Mohebbipour)
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Fishing season underway in Caspian Sea
Fishing season in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran is underway, as fishermen have started catching Black and Caspian Sea sprat (Clupeonella cultriventris) in the Caspian Sea. Every year, the season begins in April and runs through March the following year. (IRNA photos/ October 10, 2023/Mehdi Mohebi Pour)
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Decline of water level surges dredging operation in Caspian Sea
Tehran, IRNA – The dredging operation in ports of northern Iran has increased by 13% per year because of the decrease in the Caspian Sea water level, and long-term and short-term measures have been initiated to secure the existing structures in the sea, an official has said.
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Russia ready to cooperate with Iran on Caspian Sea water level
Tehran, IRNA – The head of Russia’s Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, Igor Shumakov, has announced that Moscow is ready to work with Tehran to monitor the water levels of the Caspian Sea.
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Iran envoy warns Caspian Sea is at risk
Baku, IRNA - Iran’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Abbas Mousavi has warned that the Caspian Sea is at risk because its water level is diminishing, a phenomenon he says would lead to an environmental disaster in the future.
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ISA confirms Caspian Sea water reduction
Tehran, IRNA – The Iranian Space Agency (ISA) has used satellite imagery to assess the status of the Caspian Sea as the world's largest lake and confirmed diminishing water levels in the Caspian Sea.
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Iran FM appoints advisor on Caspian Sea affairs
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has appointed his new advisor on Caspian Sea affairs.
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Transit through INSTC more than quadruples
Tehran, IRNA – The International North-South Transit Corridor (INSTC) has witnessed a whopping surge in cargo transit after its marine route via the Caspian Sea became operational by Khazar Sea Shipping Lines Company (KSSLC), according to the company's managing director.
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Iran seeking to increase activity in key northern port
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian authorities are planning to increase activity in a major northern port on the Caspian Sea coast amid efforts to boost trade ties with Russia through the INSTC, an international corridor that passes through Iran.
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Northern Iranian province to take over Caspian Sea export markets
Sari, IRNA – Mazandaran, the northern Iranian province, is now ready to take over the export markets of the Caspian Sea as the government has made all-out efforts to extend due support to the province during the past year, a provincial official announced on Monday.
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Iran offers using national currencies between Caspian littoral states
Tehran, IRNA – Iran floated the idea that the Caspian Sea littoral states can use national currencies and banking mechanisms independent from SWIFT and the dollar and the euro in their trades in the Caspian Economic Forum (CEF), a senior trade official said.
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Iran VP to take part in Caspian Economic Forum
Tehran, IRNA – First Vice President of Iran Mohammad Mokhber plans to participate in the second Caspian Economic Forum.
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Sustainable security naval drill ends in Caspian Sea
Tehran, IRNA - The Iranian naval forces ended their annual drill dubbed "Sustainable Security 2022" in the Caspian Sea on Saturday.
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President Raisi: Let's preserve Caspian Sea as region of peace, friendship
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that the littoral states should do their best to protect the Caspian Sea as a region of friendship and peace.
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Pres. Raisi: Iran is ready to further direct Turkmen gas swaps to Azerbaijan
Tehran, IRNA - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a meeting with his Turkmen counterpart Serdar Berdimuhamedow on Wednesday said that the Islamic Republic is ready to further direct Turkmen gas swaps to Azerbaijan via Iran.
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Sixth Caspian Summit opens in Ashgabat
Tehran, IRNA – The Sixth summit meeting of the Caspian Sea littoral countries kicked off in Turkmenistan’s capital city of Ashgabat on Wednesday afternoon.