PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) -
France has proposed offering
Iran about $15 billion in credit lines until year-end if Tehran comes fully back into compliance with its 2015
nuclear deal, a move that hinges on
Washington not blocking it, Western and Iranian sources said.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves le Drian said talks on the credit arrangement, which would be guaranteed by Iranian oil revenues, were continuing, but U.S. approval would be crucial.
The idea is "to exchange a credit line guaranteed by oil in return for, one, a return to the JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal) ...and two, security in the Gulf and the opening of negotiations on regional security and a post-2025 (nuclear program)," Le Drian told reporters.