1、1In this report, Azerbaijan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan areconsidered as Central Asian states. Azerbaijan, Kazakstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Iranconstitute the Caspian Sea littoral states.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for Con
2、gressReceived through the CRS Web98-86 FUpdated July 23, 1998Iran: Relations With Key Central Asian States(name redacted) and James NicholForeign Affairs and National Defense DivisionSummaryIran sees the Central Asian region as an arena for reducing its own isolation. Hoping to make itself an attrac
3、tive economic and political partner to these states, Iranhas been cautious in supporting radical Islamic opposition movements in the region.Several Central Asian states are proceeding with or contemplating energy projects thattransit Iran. These projects present the Administration and Congress with
4、the dilemmaof how to keep Irans financial resources constrained while at the same time fosteringeconomic and political development in Central Asia. Provisions in S. 2334, coveringFY1999 foreign operations appropriations (S.Rept. 105-255), as well as in S. 1344, theSilk Road Strategy Act of 1997, app
