Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas (UNU, 1998, 203 pages): Part III: The Caspian Sea: 9. Iranian perspectives on the Caspian Sea and Central Asia: Notes

Central Eurasian Water Crisis: Caspian, Aral, and Dead Seas (UNU, 1998, 203 pages)

Part III: The Caspian Sea

9. Iranian perspectives on the Caspian Sea and Central Asia

		(introductory text...)
		Introduction
		Iran's northern geopolitical interests
		The issue of lake Hamun and the Hirmand River
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References

Notes

1. Private notes sent to me by Mahmud Forughi, Iran's Ambassador in Afghanistan in the late 1960s and early 1970s, who negotiated the 1973 agreement.

2. Statements made to me on Saturday, 4 April 1992, by Dr. Alinaghi Alikhani, a former Minister of Economy and a high-level official of the government of Imperial Iran between 1965 and 1971.