VOL. XXXII

NO. 24

20-MARCH-1989

IRAN

USSR Expresses Interest in Barter

Arrangements for Iranian Gas Supplies The Soviet Union has expressed interestin purchasing around 3bn cu. ms./yr. of Iranian gas supplies, following a visitto Tehran late last month of Mr. S. S. Kashirov, Soviet Deputy Minister for Gas.However, no agreement has yet been reached between the two countries, pendingfurther talks on prices. Mr. Kashirov told the Soviet weekly Sovietskaya Rossiyathat the final terms for the gas...