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Iranian Oil Minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh defends his nomination for the cabinet of President Hassan Rowhani during a parliament session in Tehran on August 15, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)


Iran to create new oil export organization

Iran to create new oil export organization

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, has been tasked with creating a new organization to boost sales of Iranian oil and counter Western sanctions on Iranian oil exports, according to reports in the Iranian media. Zanganeh approved...
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Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi (right) walks with India’s Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily after a meeting in New Delhi May 27, 2013. (Reuters/Mansi Thapliyal)


India reduces oil imports from Iran

India reduces oil imports from Iran

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iranian oil exports face further setbacks after the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) announced plans to reduce its imports from the heavily sanctioned Islamic republic by 23 percent, according to Veerappa Moily, the Indian minister of petroleum and...
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) meets with Iran’s new President Hasan Rouhani (R) at his office in Tehran on August 5, 2013. Moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani assumed Iran’s presidency promising to work to lift punishing international sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear program. (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)


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Outgoing president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is interviewed on Iranian TV on July 28, 2013 (Office of the President of Iran)


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Iranian president-elect Hassan Rowhani (C) attends the weekly Friday prayer with Shi’ite Muslim worshippers during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan on July 12, 2013 at the university of the Iranian capital, Tehran (AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE)