EghtesadOnline: Iran's energy industry has been on an upward path since the lifting of sanctions, but financial constraints could keep in check some of the country's biggest oil and gas development projects, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said.

EghtesadOnline: Top-level Iranian and German officials gathered in a meeting on Tuesday to explore opportunities in the energy industry in a move that signaled the two countries, unmoved by Washington's efforts to undermine Tehran's nuclear deal, seek to improve economic ties.

EghtesadOnline: Iran's state operator of thermal power plants is on pace to divest a spate of power stations to reduce the government's footprint in the key energy industry.

EghtesadOnline: Iran is readying its first round of oil and gas exploration tenders since the easing of economic sanctions in Jan. 2016, hoping to attract the likes of BP and Gazprom, an Iranian energy official said on the sidelines of an energy industry conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday.

EghtesadOnline: Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian on Saturday called for incentives to encourage private investment in water and power projects in a bid to reduce the government footprint over the two key industries.

EghtesadOnline: A slew of measures are being taken to develop Iran's power industry, from promoting renewable energy to adopting emerging technologies to curb electricity consumption, according to the chief executive officer of Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir).