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According to latest data provided by Abdolmehdi Bakhshandeh, Deputy Agriculture Minister for Planning and Economic Affairs, milk and other dairy products worth $325.9mn were exported from the Islamic Republic during the first nine months of the current Persian calendar year (March 21-December 21 of 2019).
On January 27, bne Intellinews reported how Armenia had awarded a three-year licence to an Iranian-owned firm, Duster Marianne LLC.
“It is envisaged that within three years, 12,000 tonnes of cream will be imported from Iran, with a total value of 11 billion drams [Armenian dram (AMD) 11bn = $23.0mn], for use in the production of butter,” Armenian Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan said after the deal was announced.
In the previous Persian year, Iran produced around 10mn tonnes of milk. Much of that was processed and sold in dairy products exported to regional markets.
9.1.9​ Construction & property sector news
The sale of several properties owned by the Iranian state in Albania, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan has been proposed in a letter sent to the Rouhani cabinet by Iran’s foreign ministry, according to details published by​ Cabinetoffice.ir​.
The properties include apartments, embassy buildings and land. Some of the properties are said to be in the way of redevelopment plans drawn up by the host cities. Unofficially, however, social media users are pointing to the empty coffers of the foreign ministry as the real reason for the sales appetite, with Iran struggling economically given the US sanctions throttling its economy. According to the foreign ministry, two buildings belonging to the Iranian embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan are within the scope of the city’s ‘urban development plan’. Also, a piece of land belonging to the Iranian embassy in Tirana, Albania, initially purchased for the construction of the embassy's residence, is said to be unsuitable for the purpose, while five apartments owned by Iran’s mission in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, are on the ministry's for sale list.
Iran has dozens of embassies globally, with the vast majority of prime properties purchased during the time of the last Shah prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
In recent years, Iran has sought to offload properties including valuable assets in London's Kensington district, where a proposed futuristic-looking Iranian embassy was rejected by planners and objected to by Prince Charles. Americans claiming to be victims of Iranian state-sponsored terrorism—with such claims typically made in the US courts even when the terrorist atrocity has no provable direct relation to Iran—have also sought to achieve the sale of Iranian state-owned properties abroad. US plaintiffs have attempted to obtain legal orders making them cashable assets from which compensation payments can be drawn.
A contract on the construction of a joint Iranian-Azerbaijani industrial park in Iran’s northwestern Ardabil province has been signed, province Governor Akbar Behnamcu said, Trend reported on January 29.
The contract was signed by the Iran Small Industrial and Industrial Parks Organisation (ISIPO) and Ardabil province local authorities. The two sides will reportedly help finance the building of the park. The signing follows a formal agreement between Iran and Azerbaijan to create a joint industrial park in Ardabil's Parsabad county.
The matter was discussed by Iran's Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade
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