[bananabreakfast]

Not strange at all when you consider the Iranians had absolutely no means of extracting it themselves.

They gave willing access to their natural resources in exchange for a relatively massive revenue windfall then seized the sizable British capital investments with no compensation.

[as300]

Right, so if BP drills for oil in South Texas that means that the Texas oil reserves should be under their control? This viewpoint reeks of racism and Anglo-Saxon exceptionalism.

[heavenlyblue]

Those investments were made in a country which was unstable so I don’t see how these companies are owed anything back.