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(1)
Knowing hard times are ahead, #Iran is preparing to sellout anything from the Caspian Sea in return for political support from Russia in the face of the U.S.
independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
(2)
Caspian Sea control

1921
Iran: 50%
Soviet Union: 50%

2003
Iran & Turkmenistan: 31%
Russia, Azerbaijan & Kyrgyzstan: 68%
cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?r…

2018
Mullahs selling out the Iranian people's God-given wealth...
(3)
And China:

"China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has replaced Total of France with a 80.1 percent stake in the phase 11 of the South Pars (gas field)..."

What country provides 80.1% share of their own wealth to another country?

sputniknews.com/business/20180…
(4)
More on China:

While Iran's regime denies Chinese fishermen are in its waters
irna.ir/en/News/829922…

Other reports depict a different story...
azernews.az/region/136035.…
(5)
And while Iranians are suffering from water shortages, #Iran's regime sends water to Iraq.
The regime denies this, but here is a video of Iraqis expressing their gratitude for Iranian water...
(6)
And I'm hearing from many angry Iranians about the regime selling the country's soil to the UAE...

All in all, the regime is sensing tough times ahead.
And it is welling to provide anything & everything to remain in power, as long as the Iranian people are the ones paying...
(7)
Iranians are sharing this map of #Iran to show how much of the Caspian Sea (in the north) the mullahs' are forfeiting at the 5th #CaspianSummit.

To the world: Iranians do not recognize any such disgraceful deals signed by the mullahs' regime.

#CaspianSeaSellOut
(8)
With Russian President Vladimir Putin making such remarks at the #CaspianSummit, I'm left with no doubt that #Iran's nation is the main loser of the disgraceful accord signed at this event.
ft.com/content/93c521…

#CaspianSeaSellOut
(9)
And this statement by #Iran's President @HassanRouhani at the #CaspianSummit shows the last thing this regime cares about is the Iranian people.

And, @khamenei_ir approved this deal. If he denies it in the coming days, he's lying.

#CaspianSeaSellOut

ft.com/content/93c521…
(10)
Another humiliating aspect of the #CaspianSummit for #Iran:

“Russia has been the driving force between the recent progress . . . but it remains to be seen whether Moscow has actually given anything away...”

#CaspianSeaSellOut
ft.com/content/93c521…
(11)
I'm hearing heartbreaking numbers about the #CaspianSummit accord:

#Iran's control over the Caspian Sea decreases from 50% to less than 11%.

Iran now only has control over 1% of the Caspian Sea's oil reserves.

As an Iranian, I do NOT recognize this #CaspianSeaSellOut.
(12)
More on this disgraceful agreement that #Iran's regime has signed.
The Iranian people will be the one's paying the price.
#CaspianSeaSellOut
sbs.com.au/news/iran-gets…
(13)
An updated map of the #CaspianSeaSellOut by #Iran's regime.

Kazakhstan: around 30%
Turkmenistan: 21%
Russia: around 19%
Azerbaijan: around 19%
Iran: 11%

This goes to show how desperate the Iranian regime has become in the face of ongoing #IranProtests & U.S. sanctions.
(14)
This says it all about #Iran & the #CaspianSeaSellOut.
(15)
While an entire nation & even #Iran's own officials are outraged over the #CaspianSeaSellOut, two Iranian regime lobbyists/apologists, @SinaToossi & @tparsi are citing a post of the regime's own @asreiran outlet to actually legitimize this disgraceful accord.

#Shut_Up_NIAC
(16)
Let's hear it from #Iran's own state outlets:

"The main problem with this accord is that the Foreign Ministry has yet to make public the specific articles & doesn't provide experts the opportunity to present their feedback."
8tag.ir/news/147767709…
(17)
This simple cartoon by @ManaNeyestani describes the disgrace of the #CaspianSeaSellOut very vividly.
I wonder what #Iran regime apologists/lobbyists such as @SinaToossi & @tparsi have to say about this...
(18)
DW Persian:
"Russia intends to turn the Caspian Sea into the 'Putin Sea.' The media is talking about a 2nd "Turkmenchay" agreement & public opinion is describing Tehran succumbing to Moscow's demands. Will the Caspian Sea become Russia's backyard?"
dw.com/fa-ir/iran/a-4…
(19)
#BREAKING
Rasht, northern #Iran
First demonstration against the #CaspianSeaSellOut.
Protesters chanting:
"They gave the Caspian to the Russians"
#IranProtests

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2)
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reuters.com/article/us-ira…
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1)
#Iran's #FakeNews machine at work:

"It did not say where Zahedifar was arrested. In a video carried by state broadcaster IRIB, a blindfolded man who identified himself as Zahedifar denied he had fled Iran."
uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ira…
2)
Here's the video.

#Iran
#FakeNews
3)
What a coincidence (!), all of this developing just "a week after Tehran sentenced three people to death in a drive against economic crimes."

#Iran
#FakeNews
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