VOL. XXXVII

NO. 32

9-MAY-1994

Iran

Khamenei Attacks Treachery Of Big Oil Producers

Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has attacked countrieswith large oil reserves for helping "international thieves" toundermine oil prices. In a speech on Tehran radio broadcast on 4 May, AyatollahKhamenei said "because of the treachery of some oil producing countriesand their collusion with international plundering thieves, oil, instead ofbeing an instrument in the hands of the producers for their...