DISADVANTAGE/PROLIFERATION

IRAN SCENARIO: LINK: END OF SANCTIONS AND OIL REVENUE INCREASE

OIL REVENUES MAKE IRANIAN PURSUIT OF WMD POSSIBLE

Mansour Kashfi, April 16, 2001 Oil & Gas Journal; Pg. 12 HEADLINE: A new Iran is only a matter of time //VT2002acsln

The regime of Iran is one of few governments that the US has accused of promoting international terrorism, abusing human rights, and storing weapons of mass destruction. Critics believe that oil revenues are making these programs possible. Therefore, even those European oil firms that are presently active in Iran should put maximum distance between their monetary interests and the totalitarian regime of the Islamic Republic.