VOL. XLV

No 15

15-April-2002

IRAN

Irans Judiciary Has No Plans To Summon Zanganeh

Irans conservative judiciary has denied local press reportsthat Oil Minister Bijan Zanganehhad been summoned to face corruption charges. Reports appeared in the Iranianpress last week and also last December saying that MrZangeneh was to be summoned and charged with misuseof $800mn in oil revenues and the mishandling of awards of contracts to thedomestic firm Petropars, which is involved in thedevelopment of Irans...