VOL. XLI

No. 12

23-March-1998

IRAN

Iran's Majlis Questions Oil Minister On OPEC Decision At Jakarta

Conservative members of the Iranian Majlis (parliament) questioned Oil Minister BijanNamdar Zanganeh on 17 March on his stance during the OPEC ministers' conference in Jakartalast November, when it was agreed to increase production quotas from 25.033mn b/d to27.5mn b/d (MEES, 8 December 1997). Majlis deputy Ali Movahhedi Savaji, aconservative Muslim cleric critical of the government, claimed that...