SHANA -- Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh left Tehran for Vienna on Wednesday to attend the 175th general meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Reducing at least a million barrels per day of the group�s production in a bid to prevent further drops in oil prices is top on the meeting�s agenda in Vienna on December 6.

On November 30, 2016, OPEC members agreed to cut their overall output by 1.2 mbd to bring the group�s production to 32.5 mbd.

Ten days after the decision, OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed to totally cut their output by 1.8 mbd; an agreement which was extended until the end of 2018.