Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh
"I have no problem with a production cut. The main challenge to OPEC is unilateralism. The members need to discuss and decide together," Zanganeh told reporters.
"It hasn't been OPEC's norm that two people decide outside OPEC and then the organization approves the decision. This is the biggest threat to OPEC."
His comments come after Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend that Russia had agreed with Saudi Arabia to extend by six to nine months a deal with OPEC on reducing oil output.
The real problem for these countries is a common one of being a supplier of basic goods and not a consumer.... the industries and power reside in other countries, the best thing to do is self develop your own economy to become the destination, not the source of cheap input goods. Chavez should've done this by bringing that refinery in the States back to his country and ship in the finished product. The mullahs in Persia have been working with the British then American intel agencies for many decades.... first in support, then in opposition to the system.. helping take out SHah2 when he started to think for himself and speak out against some of our practices in the region.... suddenly getting very sick, same with Chavez, a fate Castro evaded himself, one of the few that was smarter than those setting him up to take out Batista, 'our guy' game again.
Iran needs to stick to the script and help setup Syrian air defenses to take out the Israeli intrusions.... it only takes one to send the message, but that won't stop the attacks, as long as the Axis of Evil marches on... and it will until the lessons end. I doubt Iran wants to talk about how their religious leaders worked with the Western intel agencies, right? How the current state's leader was in exile in those NATO countries, from Turkey to France before being 'recalled' to duty as we disposed of our guy Shah 2? It's all a game played in house at the SG level.... Russia was setup with the Bolshviks, later the Nazi to oppose them when the West lost control.... CHina has been 'assisted' since Deng for the current round of the game... but back in Shanghai, Mao was a Guaido type in his own way.... all groomed like Macron, Trump, Clinton, Bush's... for later 'success'.
From Iran, we don't hear the background which neither side cares to admit.