VOL. XXXVII

NO. 25

21-MARCH-1994

OPEC

Saudi Arabia/Iran Exchange Tough Words On Eve Of OPEC Meeting

Iranian-Saudi relations have taken a significant turn for the worse amid awar of words on the eve of the OPEC ministerial meeting scheduled for 25 Marchin Geneva (see also political analysis on pages C3-4). The principal points indispute are the perennially contentious issue of the annual pilgrimage to Meccaand the sore problem of oil production and prices.

For its part, on 17 March the Tehran Times...