Forget the collapse in global oil prices — this is Iran on the verge of breaking the energy sanctions stranglehold, and decades of international isolation.
Oil officials in Tehran have recently been gearing up for a series of international conferences leading up to the Iran Oil Summit in Tehran later this month, and a roadshow in London in late February.
The conferences come amid what seems a constant flow of European officials and company representatives in recent weeks, giving the impression that the whole world is courting Iran.
However,