	iran soviet union to swap  refined products the soviet union has agreed to supply iran with refined oil products in exchange for barrels per day of  iran s national news agency irna said irna monitored in nicosia quoted oil minister gholamreza aqazadeh as saying on his return to tehran from moscow that the agreement was part of a protocol on economic cooperation signed during his visit the amount of  delivered to the soviet union might double to bpd later he said aqazadeh said the two sides agreed to conduct feasibility studies for a pipeline to take iranian  from fields in southern iran to the black sea through the soviet union iran is pursuing the pipeline project to protect part of its oil exports from iraqi air attacks in the gulf irna made no mention of natural gas exports to the soviet union which aqazadeh had said would be discussed before he left for moscow iran lost most of its refining capacity early in the gulf war and now imports several hundred thousand bpd of refined products aqazadeh said soviet refined products would be delivered at the caspian sea ports of anzali and nowshahr at neka near the caspian and at jolfa in north west iran reuter 
