Word: iranians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ancient Iranian Moslem shrine city of Qum, oilmen gathered from all over the world last week. Their objective was to survey and if possible get a concession on a new oilfield which the Iranian government hopes will surpass the oil output of all the rest of the Middle East...
Front-Runner. The state-owned National Iranian Oil Co. is sinking another well near the sealed-off gusher, plans to put down five more during the next 18 months to outline the field. The new holes will tell whether Iran struck an isolated pocket of oil under extremely high pressure or whether Qum is one huge continuous field. If it is the field that Iranians-and some U.S. oilmen-believe it is, then it will take enormous amounts of cash and special know-how, more than the Iranians possess, to control the mighty gas pressures and extract...
...three kings seemed to have cut loose from Nasser on East-West issues, they appeared bent on making it up to their brother Arab by re-emphasizing their solidarity against Israel. After the U.S. flag tanker Kern Hills, on Israeli charter, sailed through the Gulf of Aqaba to unload Iranian oil at the Israeli port of Elath, the Saudis informed U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold that they considered the gulf a closed Arab sea, and that if Israeli ships tried to pass they would "oppose" them. In rapid succession Iran, Iraq, Syria, and even the West's staunch friend...
...ITALIAN-IRANIAN OIL pact will make Italy's state-owned ENI company a major operator in Middle East, give it drilling rights in Iran's rich new fields (potential production: 35 million bbl. a year) at Qum. Combine of U.S., British, Dutch and French companies already operating in Iran was refused permission to exploit Qum, fears that terms of deal giving Iran 70% to 75% share of profits will upset traditional fifty-fifty split...
...Wife of Iranian Bandit Found Dead...