This is a puppet government, my friends. It has no legitimacy to give away Iranian assets - and sign a binding long-term agreement for the Caspian Sea.
In any case, the solution (a regional union) would require as a pretext, establishment of legitimate (democratic) governments and thus enable the formation of a representative and legitimate regional political union (this for example is a pre-condition for joining the European Union). The Mullahs would have to take a back seat...and allow real democracy to flourish in Iran before something like this could happen. But this is a long way off, and can not be a pretext for an agreement today.
This whole situation is a sham. It has been reported that for example, these oil companies has gone to great lengths to make lucrative deals with these puppet post-soviet governments. Doesn't all this sound reminiscent of the Anglo-Iranian oil deal with the Brits stealing Iranian oil for some 40 years (before it was nationalized)? It was recently reported for example, by a former BP employee that the deal-making with the Azeris often entailed - sex, spying and briefcases full of hard currency... [he] has told how he threw champagne-fuelled sex parties to help secure lucrative international oil contracts.
This is robbery. No agreement should be signed. No memorandums should be exchanged. We can not allow this to go forward as planned.
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