Iran is planning to sue BP PLC (BP) in international courts over alleged pollution in the Caspian Sea, a top official of the Islamic Republic was quoted as saying this week, amid continued tensions between Tehran and the West.
Iran
is
planning to sue BP PLC (BP) in international courts over alleged pollution in
the
Caspian Sea
, a top official of the Islamic Republic was quoted
as saying this week, amid continued tensions between
Tehran
and
the West.
"Last year, southern coasts of the
Caspian Sea
were
covered with oily patches, and in the last such case, four months ago, 25 tons
were cleared from Iranian coasts," said Abdolreza Karbasi, the country's
deputy head of the Department of Environment in remarks carried by Iranian news
agencies.
BP operates oil and natural-gas fields in Azerbaijani waters in the Caspian, a
landlocked sea which is shared by
Azerbaijan
,
Russia
,
Turkmenistan
,
Kazakhstan
and
Russia
.
In an e-mailed statement, a BP spokesman said the company is a
"responsible operator" but referred to the Azerbaijani government for
further comment. In response to the
Iran
report, Azerbaijani state-oil company SOCAR denied any oil spill had taken
place recently.
Iran
remains at loggerheads with the West over its controversial program and its own
oil exports have been halved due to extensive sanctions implemented by the
international community last year.
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