"Iran's oil minister confirmed on Saturday that French energy giant Total has dropped out of a multi-billion-dollar gas investment in the Islamic republic, the state broadcaster reported."

"The French firm's chief Christophe de Margerie said in an interview published on Thursday that it was too politically risky to invest in Iran at present."

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