Mulk-i Vasi' al-Fazā-yi īrān
After months of discussion with the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan and Sultanate of Oman, the servants of His Most Majesty the Shah present for official signing two new treaties of friendship, peace, and security.
In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Benevolent,
I: The High Contracting Parties proclaim the brotherhood and friendship of the Azeri and Persian people as part of the greater Iranian nation, siblings in the struggle to defend the rights of Shia Muslims, and declare their countries merely to be two parts of that indivisible whole.
II: Iran shall accordingly affirm the independence of Azerbaijan in all domestic matters and shall pledge to defend this independence from foreign aggression, while the High Contracting Parties shall set up a joint commission for coordinating a mutually-beneficial defense and foreign policy in the name of the security of Iranzamin, to be convened in all times of emergency.
IIa: In the case of military action that threatens the independence of the Azerbaijani people, Iran will be permitted to deploy military units for a period of up to six months in order to best assist the Azerbaijani government. Further military presence will be subject to the approval of the Azerbaijanji government.
III: Azerbaijan pledges to undertake no action, diplomatically or military, that would jeopardize the security of the Expansive State of Iran, and denounces unlawful and/or illegal groups that attempt to do so.
IV: The High Contracting Parties endeavor to abolish all non-minimal tariffs as regards imports and exports between them, and shall submit to their legislatures measures meant to allow greater freedom of movement between them.
IVa: A Mutual Finance Commission shall be created with representatives of both parties to ensure that the appropriate exchange of goods and services between the High Contracting Parties is compliant with both international law and the Iranian salafiyya movement.
V: The movement of religious pilgrims holding citizenship in either Contracting Party shall not be hindered.
IVa: Iran endeavors to create, in conjunction with the Azerbaijani government, a program that will Azerbaijani Muslims a chance to study at the Qom hawza, or in the case of women, the Salehiyya Madrasa.
IVb: Iran shall recommend unto its religious leadership in the Maraji, particularly the Grand Ayatollah, the selection of an Azerbaijani Ayatollah from among the Azerbaijani attendees at the Supreme Council of Qom Hawzas, which the Azerbaijani Ministry of Religion shall recognize as head of its national faith, with consideration to the fact that Iranian and Azerbaijani Shi'a overwhelmingly practice the same school of theology and jurisprudence.
IVc: The High Contracting Parties continue to confirm their policy of religious toleration for minorities in spite of the above, echoing the belief that there is no compulsion in Islam.
V: The High Contracting Parties consent, while acknowledging their inherent territorial integrity, to pursue a policy of mutually-mediated autonomy for related minorities within their borders, namely Kurds, the Armenians, and Iranian Azeris.
VI: The High Contracting Parties shall commit themselves to securing Azerbaijani control of the Baku oil fields through a policy of nationalization, under the Islamic Azerbaijani Oil Company. To this extent, the Imperial Iranian Oil Company shall purchase a 1/3 share in said new company to the sum of [20 credits] in order to link the Baku oil fields to existing pipelines and transport infrastructure, but contribute no less than [5 credits a turn] to the development of infrastructure within Azerbaijan.
VIa: The controlling share of the IAOC is not to be less than fifty-one percent forever more, and the Azerbaijani government shall have that share guaranteed by the Expansive State of Iran for the duration of this treaty.
VII: This treaty will be in effect from the time of ratification for a period of five years, after which it may be renegotiated by the foreign ministries of both High Contracting Parties.
Signed in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan
I: The High Contracting Parties, convening in friendship, announce a general policy of alliance and mutual security, entering a customs union and pledging to aid the other in the case of foreign aggression, and not to act against the interests of either Party without mutual consultation. Furthermore, the two parties confirm the legitimacy of all presently existing borders between them.
II: The High Contracting Parties will convene a Commission on the Strait of Hormuz in order to properly delineate territorial waters in a just and equal manner.
IIb: The Commission shall be entrusted with the responsibility of determining equitable tolls and customs for passage through the Strait, and is empowered to advise the trade ministries of both Parties on the raising and/or lowering of rates to nations found deserving.
III: Iran shall assume full responsibility for the security and patrolling of the Strait of Hormuz, including in Omani territorial waters, with the collection of customs and tolls likewise delegated to the Imperial Iranian Navy. These patrols, etc., will be done in accordance with internationally-accepted protocols regarding the law of the sea.
IIIa: Any dues, customs, tariffs, or other charges levied by the Imperial Iranian Navy shall be distributed between the High Contracting Parties equally.
IV: Oman consents to lease the sparsely-populated Musandam Peninsula north of the municipality of Al-Khasab for a period of fifty years before entering a renegotiation period, to the sum of a privately-negotiated amount. They will by no means object to the presence of up to [1 unit] of the Iranian navy and the construction of defenses on either side of the Strait of Hormuz.
V: The Strait of Hormuz shall remain open to all vessels of peaceful intent belonging to nations not currently considered combatants. The passage of lawful civilian ships will, in times of war, be treated peacefully.
Va: The Strait of Hormuz consisting in its entirety of Iranian and Omani waters, passage through the Strait shall remain unhindered unless by joint decision of the bi-national Commission, their navies, and foreign ministries.
VI: The High Contracting Parties agree to advise their religious leadership (the Iranian Maraji and the Imamate of Oman, respectively) to examine through fiqh means of acknowledging the opposing schools of thought as legitimate under Islamic law. Furthermore, both parties consent to submit policies of full religious toleration for the Ibadi school within Iran and the Usuli Shi'a school with Oman, and agree for full access to pilgrimage sites for nationals of all faiths.
VII: The Sultanate of Oman shall submit to its cabinet a proposal for the autonomy of the southern Musandam province, with regards to its Kumzari majority with separate socio-cultural traditions than the rest of Oman. Should this proposal be approved by the Sultan, the Expansive State of Iran pledges to donate no less than [20 credits] of development aid within six months to a new Governate of South Musandam, and will dispatch ministers internationally to secure support for further development.
Both of these treaties are significant accomplishments for the Islamic world and the cause of the Greater Iranian people. We humbly put them forth before the representatives of Oman and Azerbaijan and hope they join us on the international stage as brothers and partners.
