Economic and political Reasons for Inoperation of Iran Northern Oil Fields

Northern oil fields of Iran has been one of the most complicated historical problems of the country, having wider implication for its international political relations. Despite, having over hundred years of oil explorations, in the country, the ambiguity surrounding northern oil fields regarding its operation, extent of oil reserves, the exact location of oil reserves and oil wells, the cost of operation and transportation, etc, still remained unresolved. Following a historical and analytical approach in this paper, we try to provide enough evidence to show that historically five factors have been responsible for the inactiveness of northern oil fields.