VOL. XLI

No. 16

20-April-1998

IRAN

Shaikh Yamani Clarifies "Misquotations" In Der Spiegel Interview

MEES learns that the former Saudi Arabian Oil Minister, Shaikh Ahmad ZakiYamani, has written to a senior Iranian oil official to clarify "seriousmisquotations" wrongly attributed to him in a recent interview published in theGerman magazine Der Spiegel.

The Iranian official - Mr. Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, who is a Senior Advisor to theIranian Minister of Petroleum and Iran's Governor for OPEC -...