Business Insider | France Takes The Lead In Protecting Iran Oil Trade From US Sanctions OilPrice.com France aims to lead the European Union (EU) efforts in defying U.S. sanctions on Iran, by supporting the creation of a payment mechanism to keep trade with Iran and making the euro more powerful, France's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said in an ... Oil dips amid well-supplied market, Iran sanction waivers Oil plunges to a 7-month low US warns nations not to allow Iranian oil tankers |