VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 43

24-JULY-1995

Iran

French Government Rebuffs US Protest Over Total/Iran Oil Deal

The French Government has firmly rebuffed a US protest against the conclusionby the French company Total of an agreement with Iran to develop the Sirri-E andSirri-A offshore oilfields in the lower Gulf. A similar deal for the developmentof these fields was signed between Iran's NIOC and the US company Conoco lastMarch, but the US firm was obliged to withdraw after President Clinton issuedexecutive...