SHANA � Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said his ministry would support domestic manufacturing by observing international standards in the oil industry.

Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony to offer the first certificate of oil industry goods and equipment, Zangeneh told reporters on Monday that issuance of equipment quality certification is an important step for the development of national technology and support for domestic manufacturing in accordance with international standards.

He said: �Today the first certificate of quality of goods and equipment of the oil industry was awarded to Iran Quality Certification Foundation. This will be an important step to develop domestic technology and support for domestic manufacturing in accordance with international standards.�?

The Iranian Minister of Petroleum said that the issuance of quality certificates for equipment and goods will open the way for the use of Iranian equipment, adding: �Iranian companies had many problems to obtain equipment quality certificates after the sanctions were imposed.�