Unrest spread to Bandar Emam Khomeini
SMCCDI (Information Service)
Aug 18, 2003
Iran's new wave of unrests has spread to the southern cities and especially to the City-Port of Bandar Emam Khomeini (formerly known as Bandar Shahpoor).
Residents of Shahid Sabaghian area came into the streets and clashed with the regime's forces sent to repress their peaceful protest action.
Tires and barricades were set ablaze in order to slow the regime's forces move using Tear gas and clubs which have resulted in several injured and arrested among the residents.
The situation came back under the regime control by the begining of the evning but it has reported as being very tense in town.
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Japan Quits Iran's oil project ?
Nikolai Terekhov
Aug 18, 2003
Japan intends to quit a development project for the Azadegan, Iran's largest oilfield, say non-confirmed reports, which Hamid Reza Asefi, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, has dismissed.
As far as he knows, the Japanese government stays true to available understandings, and talks on Japan's contribution to the project are going on, Mr. Asefi said to the media.
Certain media outlets assume, however, that Japan is giving up the project under US pressure. Suggestively, Nezhad Hoseiniyan, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, has recently complained of related bilateral negotiations procrastinated. If they proceed at their present pace, Iran's current obligations may become invalidated, he warned.
Iran may seek overseas partners elsewhere. Russian-based petroleum companies are among its options.
The Azadegan oilfield, recently prospected in the country's southwest, is estimated at 26 billion barrels, and its development costs US$2.8 billion.
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