VOL. XXXII

NO. 2

17-OCTOBER-1988

IRAN

Japanese Inspect Damage to IJPC

The seemingly interminable saga of the Iran Japan Petrochemical Company (IJPC)- the 50-50 joint venture between Iran's National Petrochemical Company and aJapanese consortium led by Mitsui - is still not over, despite the fact that theJapanese partner regards the unfinished IJPC petrochemical complex at BandarKhomeini on Iran's Gulf coast as irreparably damaged by air attacks andcorrosion (MEES, 5 September). Construction of the...