Iranian president Hassan Rouhani (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R).
Iran and Russia are negotiating an oil-for-goods swap that would let Iran lift oil exports substantially, in defiance of the Western sanctions that helped force Tehran in November to agree a preliminary deal to end its nuclear programme.
Three Russian and Iranian sources close to the negotiations s
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