New large-scale oil and gas fields are found in Iran, IRNA reported quoting deputy head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Gholam-Reza Manouchehri.

According to him, Iran's oil minister will provide full information on new oil and gas fields in the nearest future.

Manouchehri also added that the Iranian resources of oil and gas take the fourth and first place in the world, respectively.

“From the point of view of the total amount of reserves of oil and gas, the country takes the first place in the world,” he noted.