EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says the ministry's top priority is to accelerate the proceedings to sign new oil and gas agreements with international contractors as a policy to defuse US pressures against the country.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has made no major concession to French energy giant Total S.A. for developing Phase 11 of the giant South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, the deputy head of National Iranian Oil Company said.