Bijan Namdar Zanganeh

Iran’s oil minister says the status of phase 11 of the South Pars Gas Field as well as Farzad B Gas field will be settled this year.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh hailed a Tuesday meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as “good” and said the Islamic Republic was again exempted from the oil output restrictions.

The oil minister of Iran quashed rumors about a slump in the country’s oil sales.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has said that the European states have not still guaranteed the purchase of Iranian oil amid the US sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s oil industry.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh says today's conditions are harder than those of the wartime, because at the time of war Iran did not have problem in oil exports.

Iran’s oil minister has disagreed with a plan to postpone an upcoming meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), saying Iran would prefer July 10-12 if a new date is to be set for the gathering.

Iran’s oil minister says Tehran is going to remain a member of the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) even though some members have joined the United States in using oil as a weapon to put pressure on Iran as one of the founders of the organization.

Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo says it is not possible to exclude Iran from the oil market.

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says a US bid to cut Iran’s oil exports to zero is a “pious hope,” warning countries using oil as a weapon about repercussions of further volatility in the global market.

Iran’s oil minister says the country’s gas production at the biggest gas field worldwide, South Pars, is now exceeding that of Qatar.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the US sustained another defeat after the member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reached consensus on new cuts.

The Iranian oil minister has lashed out at US special representative for Iran Brian Hook over his “meddlesome” meetings with members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna, asserting that OPEC is an independent body that does not take orders from the US.

Iran’s oil minister has denied reports that Tehran is selling its petroleum through Russia in a bid to bypass the US sanctions.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says the US cannot stop the oil price rise and tackle the current shortage in the world’s oil market by bullying other oil producers.

Iran’s petroleum minister, in an unannounced visit to Moscow, reached a deal with the Russian energy minister on a 1-million-bpd increase in oil output through joint efforts.

Iran's Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh dismisses the rhetoric by the Saudi crown prince about Riyadh's capability to replace sanctions-hit Iranian oil, saying that the global market will never believe such claims.

Iran’s oil minister has rejected US President Donald Trump’s remarks that OPEC is to blame for the rise in oil prices, urging Washington to stop trying to hamper Iran’s oil trade if it really wants a drop in global oil prices.

Iranian minister of petroleum has welcomed OPEC's decision effectively rebuffing President Donald Trump’s calls for a hike in oil output, saying US dream to zero Iran's oil exports would not realize.

Iran’s Petroleum Minister Bijan Zanganeh says French energy giant Total has officially left the country, ending speculations over whether it would stay to finish a gas project following the return of US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh says the member states of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have unanimously decided to stick to their earlier agreement on oil output.

Iran’s petroleum minister says the country sees no need for the OPEC member states to boost their oil production, as Tehran believes the recent hike in global oil prices has its roots in political tensions and not any imbalance in the market.  

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to resist calls from Washington to change its output policies, saying that OPEC is not a subordinate of the White House.

Iran is investing efforts to maintain its oil production and exports at current levels following the US pull-out from the nuclear pact that is to restore US anti-Iran sanctions, the petroleum minister said.

Iran’s oil minister says the Islamic Republic is a country which cannot be ignored on the global energy market.

Iran's oil minister has spoken of the Islamic Republic’s contract with Russia to export 3 million barrels of crude oil to that country.