IRAN, SOVIETS TO HOLD TALKS ON OIL EXCHANGE DEAL Iran and the Soviet Union have provisionally agreed to hold talks on a possible exchange of Iranian crude oil for finished Soviet oil products, an official spokesman said Tuesday. Gennady Gerasimov, chief of the Soviet Foreign Ministry's Information Directorate, told reporters the agreement had been reached during a visit to Moscow last week by Iran's Oil Minister Gholamreza Aqazadeh. Gerasimov said no date had been set for the talks, which would also study the possibility of Soviet technical assistance for Iran's oil industry.