Iran’s energy minister says Tehran and Damascus are working on a framework for long-term cooperation in the electricity sector, including a plan to export Iran's power to the Arab country through Iraq.

Iran and Iraq have connected their national electricity grids in a ceremony with the participation of the Islamic Republic’s energy minister and the Iraqi deputy minister of electricity.

Researchers at the University of Tehran have managed to identify and introduce native plants that can be used in refining the contaminated soil of oil-rich Gachsaran County in southern Iran.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has held talks on a wide range of issues with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku.

Iran’s energy minister says the country’s electricity export to the neighbouring countries especially Iraq has reached a record-high level.

Iran has discovered a new gas field, called Eram, in the southern part of Fars province.

Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science and Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Petroleum for the purpose of using nanotechnology-based products and services in the country’s petroleum industry in order to meet the needs of the industry.

Iran says that its oil tanker hit by two missiles on Friday morning in the Red Sea near the Saudi port city of Jeddah is on the way back home and would arrive in Iran within 9 or 10 days.

Iran’s top security official has slammed as “piracy” the recent attack on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea, saying evil acts in international waters will not go unanswered.

Iran’s Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei says Tehran is carefully looking into the recent tanker accident in the Red Sea without any haste.