Iran Oil Exports to the World Resumes
Iran is getting ready to resume exporting oil to the West, once sanctions are lifted
With sanctions about to be lifted, Iran is preparing to start exporting oil to the world again. And Iran is going to get some other boosts too - though there are a few wrinkles along the way. But for other oil-producing countries, still more extra-low prices are very bad news indeed.
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(Photo: Iranian oil workers prepare ground at a gas refinery in Asalouyeh. Credit: AP)
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