VOL. XXX1

NO. 47

29-AUGUST-1988

IRAN

France to Ease Ban on Iranian Oil Imports to Permit Oil-for Food BarterTrade

France is preparing to ease its year-long ban on oil imports from Iran witha view to permitting certain types of barter trade involving Iranian oil forFrench foodstuffs. An announcement to this effect was made by a French ForeignMinistry spokesman on 23 August.

This follows an Iranian initiative in July when an Iranian delegationvisiting Paris proposed a partial lifting of the oil...