According to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran has to come back to global oil and gas trade mar and to return to its place .

BAKU (Sputnik)�� Iran has to�return its place on�the global oil and gas markets, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday.

"Iran must regain its place on�the market in�cooperation with�other [oil] producing countries," Zarif said during�a press conference following�a meeting with�Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov in�Baku.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on�Monday the Islamic Republic�s export volume, including the oil trade, has exceeded imports for�the first time since�the 1979 revolution.

In February, the head of�the National Iranian Oil Company said that the country aims to�raise its daily oil exports to�4.7 million barrels. The Organization of�the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) estimates Iran�s oil production at�around 3.1 million barrels per day.

Despite recently emerging out�of energy-related sanctions eased after�the verification of�Iran�s compliance with�last summer�s landmark nuclear deal, Tehran has agreed to�freeze oil output to�offset declining prices once its production reached 4 million bpd.

By Sputnik News