[Hoplite]

During the Balkan wars Croatia was the most corrupt country in the Peninsula.

BS. One of the few redeeming characteristics of the Tudjman regime was that it wasn't as bad as the Milosevic regime - no other government was in such a close symbiotic relationship with their local mafia, and the Milosevic regime was just as happy to victimize Serbs as non-Serbs, as shown by the Jugoskandik and Dafiment Bank scandals.

[Bokababe]

Iran was actually the the 7th country to recognize Croatia's indepenedence, and Croatia got real cozy with Iran when Croatia was transporting arms for Iran to the Bosnian Muslims. They have stayed pretty tight ever since.

Iran to Export Gas to Europe Via Croatia

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's ambassador to Croatia said that his country's natural gas will be transferred to the European Union via Croatian borders.

"Iran offered a proposition to Croatia for transferring its gas to Europe," Mohammad Hassan Fada'i added according to Press TV.

According to this proposition, a gas terminal will be established and Iran's gas pipeline will be extended to Switzerland and Austria through Croatian borders.

"According to a signed contract, Iran will export more than 25bln dollars worth of natural gas to Austria," he said, adding that Iran will also export more than 30bln dollars worth of gas to Switzerland, based on another contract which will be signed in the near future.

The envoy also mentioned that Iran and Croatia would also exchange experience in areas of tourism, shipping, and fishing.

Croatia’s NATO membership will benefit Iran

TEHRAN, Sept. 3 (MNA) -– Croatia’s President Stjepan Mesic said on Wednesday his country’s decision to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will not jeopardize its relations with the Islamic Republic.

“In my opinion, Croatia’s membership in NATO or the European Union will not have any negative effect on Tehran-Zagreb relations,” Mesic said in a meeting with a group of Iranian journalists.

On the contrary, Iran will have the opportunity to develop closer relations with the EU through Croatia, he opined.

“Our decision to join NATO is due to some problems we have with some of our neighbors. For example a Serb party imagines that half of Croatia and Bosnia are part of Serbia’s territory. This shows that some groups have not yet given up their desire to extend territory.”

Mesic also said he plans to visit Iran in the near future.