Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 8

21-February-2005

IRAN

Oil Ministry Probe Ordered By Majlis

The Iranian parliament on 15 February ratified a bill calling for a probe into the operations of the Ministry of Petroleum. The IRNA news agency quoted Nasser Moussavi, Deputy Head of the Majlis Energy Commission, as saying that the occasion of the next OPEC ministerial meeting, scheduled for Isfahan on 16 March, presented an opportunity to strengthen the operations of the ministry. The report...