Iran won’t 'confirm nor deny' Russian oil-for-goods deal - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Arash Karami

Arash Karami

Apr 10, 2014

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh talks to journalists before a meeting of OPEC oil ministers at OPEC's headquarters in Vienna December 4, 2013. Zanganeh said on Wednesday he expected Iranian oil output to reach 4 million barrels per day at the end of next year. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS ENERGY) - RTX1635R — Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh talks to journalists before a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna, Dec. 4, 2013. — REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader

Will Iran, Russia step up energy cooperation to blunt US sanctions?

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Iranian oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh answers journalists' questions as he arrives in a hotel in Vienna January 29, 2005. OPEC oil ministers gather in Vienna for a meeting on January 30. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader HPB/AA - RTRLRCL

Iran's Petroleum Industry Welcomes Zanganeh's Return as Minister

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) (R) and ranking member Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) (L) hold a news conference after a Senate vote on an aid package for Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol in Washington March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3IVO6

Congress to press administration on Iran nuclear deal

Julian Pecquet

A Russian supertanker is anchored by Neka oil terminal, 300 km north-east of [Tehran], during an inauguration ceremony of the first phase of an oil swap project with Iran's Caspian neighbours, April 29, 2004. [ Under the project Iran will take crude from Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan and transfer them through pipelines to refineries in the cities of Tehran and Tabriz.] - RTXMLA4

Russia can't lose in oil deal with Iran

Tatiana Mitrova

Tatiana Mitrova