VOL. XXXII

NO. 14

9-JANUARY-1989

IRAN

No Decision Yet on Gas Deliveries to the USSR, Says Aghazadeh

Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the Iranian Petroleum Minister, has now confirmedearlier reports (MEES, 23 November 1987 and 5 December 1988) that talksregarding gas exports to the Soviet Union are still at a preliminary stage -basically the technical level - and that negotiations on prices have not evenbegun as yet. In an interview on Iranian TV on 6 December 1988, Mr. Aghazadehfurther stated that no gas...