So, my understanding is that there are US sanctions in place to prevent companies investing and operating within Iran.
No matter - just set up an offshore subsiduary, and nominally conduct your Iran operations through that!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3908753.stm
Hurrah for Halliburton, throwing of the shackles of offical US policy through lawyerly sidestepping.
What I'd like to know is:
i) Were these contracts in place during Cheney's tenure?
ii) What has Cheney said about sanctions against Iran?
I think a juxtaposition of these two things could be interesting, especially now the Bush Admin are starting to heat up a little on Iran.