Can Iranian oil substitute Russian crude supplies in Europe?
By DW
24 May 2022 |
1:25 pm
Where do you get oil and gas if you want to end dependence on Russia? Germany imported more than 500,000 barrels of crude oil from Russia every day in 2020. In theory, Iran could step in. But it's complicated.
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