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TOKYO (AP) - A senior Japanese trade official said Thursday that Japanese and Iranian oil companies were still in discussions over a $2 billion project to develop Iran's Azadegan oil field.
Talks over tapping one of the world's largest oil fields have reportedly stalled because the U.S. has urged Tokyo to freeze the project over Iran's suspected development of nuclear weapons.
Early Thursday, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency quoted the head of the National Iranian Oil Company as expressing the view that Japan's Inpex Corp., a state-designated oil development company, had lost its right to develop the field due to failed negotiations between the two companies, Kyodo News agency reported.
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