VOL. XLI

No. 12

23-March-1998

IRAN

ENI's Bernabe Calls For End Of Sanctions On Iran, Iraq And Libya

The managing director of Italy's ENI, Mr. Franco Bernabe, has come out strongly againsteconomic sanctions on Iran, Iraq and Libya, calling upon the west to reconsider itsposition. Mr. Bernabe told the Financial Times on 18 March that sanctions areharmful and dangerous for the long-term interests of the west. "Consider whathappened in Italy in the 1930s," he said. "In 1935, Italy was sanctioned by...