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 | | The facility, which could be availed by any of the seven Iranian banks - Bank Mellat, Bank Melli Iran, Bank Sepah, Bank Sedarat Iran, Bank Tejarat, Bank of Industry and Mine and Export Development Bank - has a credit period of up to eight years, a bank release said in New Delhi. |
 | | The bank said that a number of Indian companies were engaged in negotiations with their Iranian counterparts for export of equipment and technology to Iran in the sectors like power, railways, port, hydrocarbons, automobiles, cement and pharma. |
 | | Highlighting the hydrocarbon resource base of Iran, the bank said it included 90-95 billion barrels of crude oil, which was around 10 percent of the world's known oil reserves and 17 trillion cubic meter of gas. |
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