EghtesadOnline: Iran, or any other member of the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries, can unilaterally thwart efforts to reach an agreement to raise the group’s oil production, as it requires a 100% consensus to secure a new pact, a prominent Iranian energy analyst from London University said.

EghtesadOnline: So long as Tehran is grappling with the unending and hostile US economic sanctions, criticizing the government, especially the Oil Ministry and its subsidiaries, is not called for because it will harm not help, says a prominent Iranian energy analyst from London University.