International disputes:
-Iran protests Afghanistan's limiting flow of dammed Helmand River tributaries during drought;
-Iraq's lack of a maritime boundary with Iran prompts jurisdiction disputes beyond the mouth of the Shatt al Arab in the Persian Gulf;
-Iran and UAE dispute Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island;
-Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia ratified Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance, while Iran continues to insist on a one-fifth slice of the sea;
-Afghan and Iranian commissioners have discussed boundary monument densification and resurvey.
-5 + 1 countries (France, UK, German, Russia, China + US) negotiations the nuclear issues with Iran.
