Country currently producing 3.89 million barrels a day Iran doesn’t accept OPEC secondary-source output estimates Iran, OPEC’s third-biggest member, plans to boost its oil output to a level of 4 million barrels a day this year, potentially complicating the producer group’s plan to cut supply in an effort to prop up prices. The Persian Gulf nation will raise production from 3.89 million barrels a day currently, Ali Kardor, managing director of National Iranian Oil Co., said Monday at a conference in Tehran. Amir Hossein Zamaninia, deputy oil minister for international affairs, told reporters the country pumped 4.085 million barrels a day before sanctions were imposed on its economy. “We need to reach pre-sanctions production levels,” he said. Iran currently exports more than 2.2 million barrels a day, Zamaninia said. The country is seeking to recover the share of crude markets it held before sanctions, which were eased in January. […]