IRAN

Oil Deals with Bulgaria and Thailand 

Iran has signed agreements for the export of crude oil to Bulgaria and Thailand. Bulgaria will purchase 1.25mn tons of Iranian crude (25,000 b/d) in 1985 under a contract signed in Tehran on 23 January, while Thailand will barter some 800,000 tons of rice - worth $150-200mn, depending on quality - for an unspecified volume of oil. A government spokesman was quoted as saying in Bangkok on 15 January that the price of the crude is $28/B for...