Anglo-Persian Agreement

Anglo-Persian Agreement

The Anglo-Persian Agreement was a document involving Great Britain and Persia (Iran) and centered around drilling rights of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. It was never ratified by the Majlis. The "agreement" was issued by British Foreign Secretary Earl Curzon to the Persian government in August of 1919. It stated a guarantee of British access to Iranian oil fields (including five northern provinces formerly under the Russian sphere of influence). In return the British would:

*Supply munitions and equipment for a British-trained army
*Provide a 2 million sterling loan for "necessary reforms"
*Revise the Customs tariff
*Survey and build railroads

The document was denounced worldwide as hegemonic, especially in the United States, which also had designs on accessing Iranian oil fields. Eventually, the Anglo-Persian agreement was formally denounced by the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) on June 22, 1921.

ee also

*Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907

External links

* [http://www.khazar.org/jas/text/politics.html The Anglo-American Oil Controversy In Iran 1919-1924]
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