EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the French oil major Total will develop Phase 11 of the South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf step-by-step because of the nature of the initiative and "that is why the whole $5 billion investment will not be transferred to the country all at once".

EghtesadOnline: Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says signing of a gas deal with French Total is outcome of the JCPOA and the May 19 Presidential Elections.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s envoy to Britain Hamid Baeidinejad‏ in a message said signing a major gas deal between Iran and the French giant Total Company signals an important message.

EghtesadOnline: Iran says it expects France’s Total to finalize an agreement over the development of a key natural gas project in the country’s south in less than a month.