VOL. XXXII

NO. 9

5-DECEMBER-1988

IRAN

France Lifts Embargo on Iranian Oil

The French Ministry of Industry decided last week to lift the embargo onIranian oil imparts. "The Industry Ministry has informed oil companies thatimports of Iranian crude oil are from now on subject to normal rules applying totheir trade," according to a ministry statement issued on 2 December.

The embargo was imposed in July 1987 after the two countries severeddiplomatic relations over the alleged involvement of an Iranian...