VOL. XLIV

No 49

3-December-2001

IRAN

IranianConservatives Targeting Of Zanganeh And Petropars Threatens Buyback Progress

IranianOil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has reportedly been summoned before a special courtfor state employees, in a move which has been linked to investigations by theIranian judiciary into allegations of corruption in the award of buybackcontracts. According to the Financial Times of 27 November, Mr Zanganehwas requested to appear before the court on 25 November, but the case was...