VOL. XXXI

NO. 1

12-OCTOBER-1987

IRAN

Aghazedeh to Visit Moscow as Iran-Soviet Cooperation Increases

An announcement from the Oil Ministry in Tehran last week revealed that theIranian Oil Minister, Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, will visit Moscow on 15 Octoberto discuss a Soviet request to purchase Iranian oil and plans to export gas andoil to the USSR. The two countries are currently studying proposals to convertthe existing IGAT-l gas pipeline to Astara on the Soviet frontier into a crudeoil pipeline,...