Iran backs OPEC…so long as it safeguards Tehran’s interests, official says

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Tehran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as long as it protects Iranian interests alongside other members, Iran’s OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday.

“We support OPEC as far as the Islamic Republic of Iran’s interests are safeguarded in a balanced form with fellow member states,” he said, as cited by the oil ministry’s news agency SHANA. “Otherwise, membership in no international organization is mandatory,” the official added.

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