France’s Total bets big on Iran’s gas fields. American rivals are left watching from afar.

France wasted no time in rebuilding its economic ties with Iran since international sanctions were lifted as part of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers. In early 2016 — just after the sanctions began to roll back — France made deals with Iran to sell Airbus commercial jets, return carmaker Peugeot and have energy giant Total […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/07/03/frances-total-bets-big-on-irans-gas-fields-american-rivals-are-left-watching-from-afar/