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Empresas y finanzas

Iran says lifting sanctions will help foreigners take part in privatisations


    VIENNA (Reuters) - Lifting sanctions from Iran after an agreement on its nuclear programme will make it easier for foreign companies to take part in privatisations of state-owned Iranian companies, the country's industry minister said on Friday.

    Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh told a conference in Vienna that the national oil company would not be privatised but petrochemical and refining companies may be partly sold off.

    (Reporting by Shadia Nasralla, editing by Larry King and Robin Pomeroy)