VOL. XXXIX

No. 47

19-August-1996

IRAN

Turkey-Iran Gas Supply Deal Seen As Challenge To US Anti- Iran Sanctions Policy

Even though its status vis-a-vis recent US sanctions legislation remains far from clear, there is no doubt that the $20bn gas supply deal signed between Turkey and Iran in Tehran last week during an official visit by Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, has whipped up an international political storm of no mean dimensions. Whatever its actual significance in...