IRAN EMPHASIZES PRIMACY OF PRICE DEFENSE 

Iran's Oil Minister, Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, has made it clear that Iran opposes the use of price war tactics to defend OPEC's market share and still considers that maintenance of prices should remain the Organization's number one priority. In an interview with MEES Executive Editor Ian Seymour in Geneva on 9 December, Mr. Aghazadeh explained Iran's position in the following terms: "We said at this meeting of the...