from the original on 19 April 2016 Carlos claimed that Saudi Arabia paid ransom on behalf of Iran, but that the money was "diverted en route and lost by the Revolution"
The restricted national budget also encouraged the use of oil in barter deals Both Yamani and OPEC became well known in the West, with Yamani described as "the man of the moment" in 's 24 December 1973 cover article

أحمد زكي يماني وزير البترول السعودي الذي دفع الغرب للركوع

from the original on 31 October 2013.

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أحمد زكي يماني
from the original on 24 May 2015
رحيل مهندس أحمد زكي يماني
65 level, opposed by other OPEC members
في حرب 73... وفاة أحمد زكي يماني مهندس السياسة النفطية للسعودية
The self-named "Arm of the Arab Revolution" group called for the liberation of
[ ] The production cutbacks, increased to 25 percent in November, affected the economic health of all Western powers Studer, Margaret 15 September 1999
This increasingly came to be seen as a pro-American stance by the other producers, although defended by Yamani as a safer option for the world economy " However, the quote may have been wrongly attributed by this and other sources

اختطفه وكان أول أمين عام وفاة السعودي أحمد زكي يماني

Yamani was fluent in Arabic, English, and French.

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أحمد زكي يماني.. أول أمين عام لأوبك والوزير السعودي الذي تحدى أمريكا (فيديو وصور)
With the help of an NYU professor, Yamani spent the next year at earning his second master's in 1956
أحمد زكي يماني.. وزير البترول السعودي الذي ركّع الغرب
Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States
رحيل مهندس أحمد زكي يماني
Voorhoeve, Critical survey of studies on the language of Sumatra, The Hague , 1955 , p