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Iranian Culture Minister Ali Jannati (R) looks at US artist Jackson Pollock's "Mural on Indian Red Ground" (1950) during the opening ceremony of an exhibition of modern art at Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art (TMOCA) in the capital, on November 20, 2015. Some of the world's most expensive and rarely seen modern art, including works by the Americans Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, which are part of a collection bought in the 1970s by dealers acting for Farah, the — Iranian Culture Minister Ali Jannati (R) looks at US artist Jackson Pollock's "Mural on Indian Red Ground" during the opening ceremony of an exhibition of modern art at Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art, Nov. 20, 2015. — ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

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The front of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company building is seen in Tehran November 17, 2009. Iran temporarily boosted gasoline production by about 30 percent on Tuesday to show the West it can cope with any sanctions targeting its fuel imports. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN POLITICS ENERGY BUSINESS) - GM1E5BH1FIK01

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