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The Algiers Accords of January 19, 1981 was a set of obligations and commitments undertaken independently by the United States and Iran to resolve the Iran hostage crisis, brokered by the Algerian government and signed in Algiers on January 19, 1981. [1]
Iran has the world's second largest reserves after Russia. Iran possesses 10% of the world's proven oil reserves and 15% of its gas reserves. [28] Domestic oil and gas along with hydroelectric power facilities provide power. [28] Energy wastage in Iran amounts to six or seven billion dollars per year, [248] much higher than the international ...
[3] [4] [5] Almost $2 billion of Iran's assets are frozen in the United States. [6] According to the Congressional Research Service, in addition to the money locked up in foreign bank accounts, Iran's frozen assets include real estate and other property. The estimated value of Iran's real estate in the U.S. and their accumulated rent is $50 ...
The Accords also created the Iran – United States Claims Tribunal, and Iran deposited $1 billion in an escrow account to satisfy claims adjudicated by the tribunal in favor of American claimants. The Tribunal received approximately 4,700 private US claims. The tribunal has ordered payments by Iran to US nationals totaling over $2.5 billion.
[18] [19] The reform plan will also save money for the Iranian people because it will end a multibillion-dollar-a-year contraband (17% percent of fuel production in Iran is smuggled abroad daily). [20] [21] Due to subsidies, Iran had long had one of the cheapest gas prices in the world, 10 cents per liter or 40 cents per gallon. [citation needed]
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on Iran in a fair and accurate manner. The project also serves as a centralized point of discussion for issues pertaining to Iran in Wikipedia. Scope & Statistics As of 21 December 2024, there are 73,614 articles within the scope of WikiProject Iran, of which 23 are featured and 177 are good articles ...
After the war, the United States began giving large amounts of aid to Greece and Turkey under the Truman Doctrine. Both countries were experiencing civil strife between communist and anti-communist factions, and the President and his advisors feared that their efforts to keep European countries from adopting communism might be about to suffer a ...