OIL AGREEMENTS IN IRAN – Encyclopaedia Iranica
OIL AGREEMENTS IN IRAN (1901-1978): their history and evolution.. Introduction. The history of Iranian oil agreements began with an unprecedented concession granted by Nāṣer-al-Din Shah in 1872 to Baron Julius de Reuter, a British subject of German origin (see CONCESSIONS ii).The concession, which covered the entire territory of Persia, gave Reuter the exclusive rights and monopoly, for ...
