Head of the Bourse Organization and Tehran Stock Exchange, Ali Salehabadi, added he had seriously followed up the issue despite the fact that his organization is not responsible for setting up the country’s oil stock exchange.

The High Council of Bourse had earlier notified the Oil Ministry of its approval of the proposal to establish an oil bourse, Mehr quoted him as saying.

“Given the importance of establishing oil bourse, particularly for the current administration, we have been following up the case with all means, although we are only duty-bound to set preliminary conditions for the task,“ he said.

Salehabadi said that a company, called ’Oil Bourse’ has been established in Kish Free Trade Zone, adding that 80 percent of its shares belong to the Oil Ministry’s Retirees Fund.

“We have proposed to the Oil Ministry to set up the oil stock exchange within the framework of this company the shares of which will be floated later,“ he said, noting that other organizations should be assigned with the executive tasks associated with the project.

The establishment of the oil bourse was delegated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance last year.

Experts say the success of an Iranian oil bourse would largely depend on the cooperation of other OPEC members as well as a consensus with Arab Persian Gulf states.