A OPEC flag is seen during the presentation of OPEC’s 2013 World Oil Outlook in Vienna , November 7, 2013. Oil producers including Gulf OPEC members support holding a meeting next month to discuss a deal to freeze output even without Iran, OPEC sources said, as political pressure to prop up prices increases. On Monday, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said after talks in Tehran that a deal could be signed in April and exclude Iran, which he said has the right to boost output after years of sanctions. Kuwait, for one, has argued that all major producers need to be part of the output freeze. While an exemption for Iran is not ideal, it is not a deal breaker, OPEC sources said. “It’s a setback but it will not necessarily change the positive atmosphere that has already started,” said one OPEC source from a major producer, referring to […]