Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Iran�s daily production of oil and condensate has risen to 2.4 million barrels.�

Since the lifting of sanctions in January under a nuclear agreement,�Iran has been ramping out oil production to claw back lost�market share.

�During sanctions, exports of oil and gas condensates combined stood at 1.35 million barrels per day; those exports�have now risen to 2.4 million barrels,� Zangeneh told the opening of an international oil and gas exhibition in Tehran Saturday.

On Friday, another senior official said Iran had raised its oil production�to the level it desired, indicating that the country was ready to join a possible output freeze proposed by key producers.

By Press TV