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Call to make pals with Iran.


THE UK needs to build a better relationship with oil-rich Iran, says an academic.

President Barack Oba-ma has already announced the USA will look at improving relationships with the Middle East county.

Dr Reza Molavi, of Durham University, said: "We need to make Iran part of the solution.

"Importantly Iran has vast reserves of oil and gas which could help meet the world's energy needs.

"If the European Union wants to reduce its reliance on Russian energy then it must approach the issue pragmatically prag·mat·ic  
adj.
1. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.

2. Philosophy Of or relating to pragmatism.

3.
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"If future energy demands are to be met we need to increase investment. We cannot rely on aged oil fields This list of oil fields includes major fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete; there are more than 40,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world[1]. .

"Investment needs to extend to Iran's oil and gas resources."

This Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution This article is about the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. For the political movement in Iran 13 years prior, see White Revolution.

The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution,[1][2][3][4]
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Dr Molavi said Iran had gone through turbulent times in the last three decades but it is now becoming increasingly important both to the Middle East and the world.
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Publication:Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Date:Jan 30, 2009
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