An Iranian ship is seen floating on the Caspian Sea. (AFP) October 20, 2018 Iran's official IRNA news agency says three seamen have died from an unspecified toxic substance that poisoned all 11 crew members of an Iranian cargo ship on the Caspian Sea. Friday's report says the crew of the vessel, Nazmehr, was [...]
Leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan attend the signing ceremony of the 5th Caspian Summit. (AFP) By Amir Taheri August 18, 2018 The storm raised last week over the signature by Iran of the Russian-sponsored Caspian Sea Convention may or may not subside anytime soon. But, whatever happens, it has opened [...]
Kazakhstan - Summit of the Caspian states. Aktau, 12 August, 2018. (RFE/RL) August 16, 2018 President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members lined up on Wednesday to defend a Convention signed by the littoral states of the Caspian Sea. Responding to reports and speculations that question the possible benefits and advantages of the [...]
Leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan attend the signing ceremony of the 5th Caspian Summit. (AFP) August 14, 2018 Having resisted relinquishing its historic rights in the Caspian Sea for more almost 20 years, the Iranian government on Sunday succumbed to pressure from Russia by signing a document that opens the [...]
BP's agreement last year to sell the field to Serica Energy was contingent on receiving a US exemption from Iran sanctions. (Supplied) By Meghan Gordon August 9, 2018 The Southern Gas Corridor has received a waiver from US sanctions against Iran's energy customers, an expected win for the project, designed to transport 16 Bcm/year [...]
Iranian Presdent Hassan Rouhani (R) meets Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. (IRNA) February 20, 2018 Over the past few months, Iran has been attempting to improve ties with Azerbaijan and there have been some modest improvements in economic ties. This will likely cause concern for Turkey and the US, who are both enemies of Iran and [...]
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev (left) meets with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran in November 2017. Baku is growing increasingly concerned about what it sees as growing Iranian manipulation of Azerbaijan’s Shia Muslim believers. (Getty) By Huda al-Husseini January 29, 2018 Azerbaijan’s government and many intellectual Iraqis feel deeply worried by what [...]
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev (left) meets with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran in November 2017. (Getty) By Zaur Shiriyev December 29, 2017 Azerbaijan’s government is growing increasingly concerned about what it sees as growing Iranian manipulation of the country’s Shia Muslim believers. Azerbaijan’s security services recently presented senior government officials with [...]
Apr 9, 2017 “There is no historical evidence on a state called ‘Azerbaijan’ in the north of Araks,” Foreign high-ranking military of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Mansour Haghighatpour said according to the report of Iranian news agency Azariha.org. As the Iranian source notes, Mansour Haghighatpour, turning to the expediency of recognizing the [...]
Apr 2, 2017 In Azerbaijan, an Iranian citizen, who was involved in the illegal drug trafficking, was detained. As a result of the operational measures taken by the Bilasuvar law enforcement officers, 5 kilograms and 75 grams of opium were confiscated from the Masally resident, previously convicted Vusal Mammadov, and Iranian citizen Nasirpanah Ala Altefat, the [...]
