TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company said Tehran would not extend the deadline it has specified for Japan’s Inpex Company for commencing the project for the extension of Azadegan Oil Field.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Iran is keen on developing relations with independent European states.

Outgoing Omani Ambassador to Tehran Abdullah bin Salem bin al-Shanfari here Sunday called on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss issues of mutual interest.