04.02.2012, 19:56
Zitat:Iran gives India's ONGC ultimatum to sign gas deal<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/224856.html">http://www.presstv.ir/detail/224856.html</a><!-- m -->
Sat Feb 4, 2012 4:18PM GMT
Iran has given India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) a one-month deadline to sign the contract for the development of Iran's offshore Farzad-B gas field in the Persian Gulf.
Two informed sources speaking to Dow Jones on condition of anonymity said a team from the ONGC would visit Iran later this month to continue talks for signing the service contract to develop the gas field, which lies in the Farsi block to the north of Qatar.
"ONGC wants to keep Iran engaged. It plans to continue talks and seek more time for decision-making," one of the sources said, adding, "Under the current political climate, there's no way ONGC can do anything more than that."
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Zitat:Guardian Council approves over 3,000 Majlis hopefuls<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/224818.html">http://www.presstv.ir/detail/224818.html</a><!-- m -->
The Guardian Council, Iran's election watchdog, has approved the competence of more than 3,000 candidates, who registered in late last December to participate in the upcoming ninth Majlis elections.
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Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced on December 30, 2011 that 5,395 hopefuls, including 4,967 men and 428 women, had registered their candidacy
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