VOL. XLV

No 16

22-April-2002

IRAN

Former PetroparsChairman In Court To Defend Against Fraud Charges

Behzad Nabavi, the former chairman of Petropars, the Iraniancompany responsible for overseeing the development of the giant South Parsoffshore gasfield, appeared in a Tehran court on 17 April to answer chargesof fraud. The summons of Mr Nabavi is the latest step in a series ofaccusations by the Iran judiciary, following claims by aconservative cleric opposed to the buybacks program that he had...