Iran is ready to crash "Pipelineistan" | Pepe Escobar

``For years, I've heard the same mantra in Brussels: If only we could buy loads of oil and gas from Iran to escape the grip of Russia's Gazprom -- but the Americans won't let us.The time is now. Euro Big Energy is dying to hit the road to do business with Tehran. The figure from eight years ago, given to me by an Iranian energy analyst, hasn't changed much. IIran needs roughly $200 billion to upgrade its energy industry and start re-exporting oil en masse.''