Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 6   

8-Feb-2010

IRAN

International Companies Abandon Iranian Plans

Italy’s Eni, Russia’s Gazprom and Germany’s Siemens have all announced that they would abandon plans for investment in Iranian projects. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, on an official visit to Israel, told reporters in Tel Aviv on 2 February that state-owned Eni has decided to opt out of its obligation to develop Phase 3 of the Darquain...