Iran refuses increasing the petroleum production averages

Iran refused yesterday increasing the current averages for petroleum production.

Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh denied that Iran will take any decision concerning increasing its petroleum production, saying during a visit to Oman that Iran will wait for OPEC meetings that will be held in Vienna at the end of this month.

He said that the decision on whether to increase production that will be made during the meetings, refusing to agree on any unilateral decision by any of the producing countries. He said that some OPEC countries oppose increasing production.