Tue Oct 7, 2008
Oct 7 (Reuters) - The world's fourth-largest oil exporter Iran is under U.S.and United Nations sanctions for its nuclear activity and the U.N. Security Council last month ordered Iran to comply without delay to demands to stop uranium enrichment.
Iran has increasingly turned to Asia for partners in its energy sector as European firms face political pressure to stay out. U.S. investors have the least to lose from any disruption to Iran's energy industry as Washington's sanctions have barred them investing since 1995.
Around 1.6 million bpd of Iranian crude exports go to Asia, the remaining 0.9 million to 1 million bpd to Europe.
The following details Tehran's principal energy partners and joint projects: http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSL58284720081007?sp=true