“The important point now is that the leader (Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) has given his blessing to the programme... so that means there should not be any further serious political problems or delays,” said a source in Tehran.

Sources said that public statements reported by the local media in recent days may have created confusion, including the apparently wrong impression that limitations have been imposed on the key Iran Petroleum Contract (IPC) model developed over the past two years.

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