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* British-Iranian ties ease path for UK oil firms
* Iran oil reform plan worries foreign oil firms
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* UK, Iran raise ties after Rushdie agreement
* Opec may cut output again says oil minister
* 77,000 Iranians bought stocks in past six months
* Iran foundation to invest in C.Asia-Gulf railway
* Iran leader calls for U.S. funding
* More U.S.-Iran energy investment seen still far off
* Iranian official in London for talks
* U.K. oil independents see opportunities in Iran
* Non-oil export slump reviewed
* Car prices
* Key Iran official survives gunmen attack-IRNA
* Iran Risks Much With Threat To Taliban
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Friday,
Sept 25, 1998
* British-Iranian ties ease path for UK oil firms
LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Britain's resumption of full diplomatic
relations with Iran will smooth the way for British companies to compete
for business in Iran's coveted oil and gas sector, analysts said on Friday.
Iranian hydrocarbon reserves, under-exploited since the 1979 Islamic revolution,
are among the world's largest... FULL
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* Iran oil reform plan worries foreign oil firms
LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Iran is considering a restructuring of its
giant onshore oil industry even as it negotiates an ambitious wave of foreign
petroleum investment, an official and an economic newsletter said on Friday.
While a reshuffle might pose short-term hiccups for potential foreign
investors, it would be unlikely to produce long-term delays for Iran's
largest energy tender since the 1979 Islamic revolution, the official said
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Thursday
Sept 24, 1998
* UK, Iran raise ties after Rushdie agreement
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain and Iran sealed a landmark agreement
to restore full diplomatic relations on Thursday after Tehran formally
dissociated itself from a death edict against British writer Salman Rushdie.
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook described the deal with Iranian Foreign
Minister Kamal Kharrazi as historic. It was reached more than nine years
after the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini condemned
the author of ``The Satanic Verses'' to death for blaspheming Islam...
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* Opec may cut output again says oil minister
LONDON, (Daily Telegraph) - Persian Gulf oil producers yesterday held
out the prospect of a further cut in Opec production as the recent rally
in prices was maintained amid a flurry of excitement about "oil summits".
Sheikh Saud Nasser al-Sabah, Kuwait's oil minister, said after a meeting
of oil ministers from Iran, Algeria, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Oman
that Opec producers might approve more output cuts ahead of the next meeting
of the cartel on November 25... FULL
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* 77,000 Iranians bought stocks in past six months
TEHRAN (Hamshahri) - More than 77,000 people have purchased shares at
the Tehran Stock Exchange in the past six months... FULL
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Wednesday
Sept 23, 1998
* Iran foundation to invest in C.Asia-Gulf railway
TEHRAN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iran's largest state-affiliated foundation
has agreed to finance and build a 480-km (300-mile) section of a railway
connecting Central Asia to the Gulf, Tehran radio reported on Tuesday.
It said the Bonyad-e Mostazafan va Janbazan (Foundation for the Disinherited
and the War Disabled) reached an accord with the Roads and Transport Ministry
to build the section of the 780-km Mashhad-Bafq railway with an unspecified
amount of its own funds. The radio gave no further details of the project...
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Tuesday
Sept 22, 1998
* Iran leader calls for U.S. funding
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Iran's leader called for increased U.S. investments
Tuesday but Mohammad Khatami said his government remains cautious about
improving ties with Washington. Khatami, who addressed the U.N. General
Assembly on Monday, told reporters he sensed a more positive U.S. tone
toward his country, but that was not enough to improve formal ties ...
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* More U.S.-Iran energy investment seen still far off
WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - U.S. energy companies should not get
their hopes up that Monday's meeting in New York involving top U.S. and
Iranian officials will lead to a better business climate between the two
nations anytime soon. ``All of that is a possible evolution, but I think
it's probably more years, than months, before the doors are open for flooding
Iran with American investments,'' a U.S. State Department official told
Reuters. Still, Monday's participation by U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine
Albright and Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi in an eight-nation
meeting about Afghanistan's civil war could be viewed as a step in the
long road to normalising relations ... FULL
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Monday
Sept 14, 1998
* Key Iran official survives gunmen attack-IRNA
TEHRAN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The head of a powerful Iranian state foundation
survived an assassination attempt on Sunday, the official news agency IRNA
reported. It said unknown gunmen opened fire on Mohsen Rafiqdoust from
hills overlooking his office in north Tehran. Rafiqdoust, 58, heads the
Bonyad-e Mostazafan va Janbazan (Foundation of the Deprived and War Disabled)
which is Iran's top economic powerhouse. It controls most hotels and hundreds
of firms, including many industrial plants ... FULL
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* Iran Risks Much With Threat To Taliban
Boston, 14 September 1998 (Radio Free Europe) - While Central Asia watches
and worries, Iran may be risking its chance for business and investment
as it threatens military action against Afghanistan's Taliban. If fighting
erupts with the Taliban, the chance for stable routes through Iran could
go by the boards. Iran has frequently cited its stability in competing
for Caspian Sea pipeline routes, drawing comparisons to the troubled Caucasus.
That advantage could fade quickly in the event of a war. Some foreign companies
that have voiced interest in Iran's oil projects could also have second
thoughts... FULL
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