Aberdeen to Abadan
As oil prices plunge, Scotland's oil industry looks for new business horizons in Iran.
As global oil prices reach rock bottom, the profits of the Scottish oil industry are being squeezed as never before. So Scotland is looking to Iran for new business opportunities in anticipation of sanctions being lifted there. Could it mean the flowering of a new business partnership between the two countries? With Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and senior business figures from both Iran and Scotland. Presented by Pooneh Ghoddoosi.
(Photo: (left) A works op technician working at an oilfield technology company, in Aberdeen. Credit: AFP. (right) Iranian women walk in front of a portrait of supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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