IRAN GAINS FROM GEORGIAN CONFRONTATION
A look at how Iran is benefiting from Russo-American tensions.
"In the aftermath of the August Georgian-Russian confrontation, a new Caspian geopolitical reality is slowly emerging from the fog of war. The clash highlighted the vulnerability of Western-funded and built Caspian export pipelines, which, by transiting the Caucasus, avoided both Russian and Iranian territory. During the standoff, two days before the outbreak of hostilities, the 1,092-mile, $3.6 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, was crippled by a mysterious explosion. Azerbaijan, its major user, then saw its other Georgian export options stymied. The Baku-Suspa pipeline operator BP shut down the line as a precautionary measure, while Azeri railway oil exports to Poti's Kulevi oil export terminal were halted after the Russians bombed a railway bridge at Kaspi, which also interfered with Kazakh railway exports."
"In the aftermath of the August Georgian-Russian confrontation, a new Caspian geopolitical reality is slowly emerging from the fog of war. The clash highlighted the vulnerability of Western-funded and built Caspian export pipelines, which, by transiting the Caucasus, avoided both Russian and Iranian territory. During the standoff, two days before the outbreak of hostilities, the 1,092-mile, $3.6 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, was crippled by a mysterious explosion. Azerbaijan, its major user, then saw its other Georgian export options stymied. The Baku-Suspa pipeline operator BP shut down the line as a precautionary measure, while Azeri railway oil exports to Poti's Kulevi oil export terminal were halted after the Russians bombed a railway bridge at Kaspi, which also interfered with Kazakh railway exports."
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