date:Dec 16, 2013
cial, who advises companies on sanctions.
CREDIT LINES FROM IRAN
The tender specified that funds would come from the Export Development Bank of Iran, a trader said.
EU and U.S. officials dealing with sanctions could not be immediately reached for comment.
Relaxed banking sanctions on Iran could allow the country to undertake more normal financial transactions with ally Syria, where the United Nations has said evidence implicates Assad in war crimes against his own people.
Syria has struggle