Iran: EU oil sanctions will have 'serious consequences'
Iran summons Danish ambassador over EU oil embargo; FM Avigdor Lieberman calls EU move a 'right step in the right direction'.
By DPA Tags: Iran Iran sanctions Iran nuclear Avigdor LiebermanIran on Tuesday warned that a wide-reaching oil embargo imposed on it by the European Union would have "serious consequences," while the Foreign Ministry summoned the
Danish ambassador.
"Iran condemns this EU move as illogical and unjustifiable and believes it will have serious consequences for Europeans," the Foreign Ministry said in its first official statement after Monday's sanctions. It did not clarify what the consequences would be.
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Iranian troops during training exercise, December 2011 |
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The ministry also summoned the Danish ambassador, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, and accused the EU of having adopted a "hostile stance" towards Iran, according to the Fars news agency.
EU foreign ministers approved the embargo on Monday as part of "unprecedented" sanctions meant to increase pressure on Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
"The Iranian nuclear programs are peaceful and solely for civil purposes," the foreign ministry statement continued, saying Tehran had been in "constant cooperation" with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
"Iran has no hesitation to further make all its nuclear programs transparent," the statement, carried by ISNA news agency, added.
The sanctions would not make Iran give up its nuclear rights, it added.
Meanwhile in Vienna, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said the sanctions were "right step in the right direction," but this step would not be enough.
Speaking at a conference on the future of Europe, Lieberman warned that Iran could gain influence in Iraq and in other oil-rich countries of the region in coming years, increasing the country's leverage in global energy markets.
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"If Iran (Israel) refuses to conform to the demands of the international community and refuses any serious cooperation, we stand ready to adopt, with other willing countries, sanctions on an unprecedented scale," Just replace Iran with Israel and what is the difference? Israel has been snubbing its nose at the international community about settlements for years!
and a western target is attacked, the west should pull of the gloves and cut off the head of global Islamic terror once and for all.
Everyone is sanctioningthe wrong party. Lieberman Nutt-yahu and Barak are the harbingers of fearmungering. And Israel is the neighborhood troublemaker. Sanction Israel! Why is everyone afraid to do anything to this criminal spoiled child?
Who ever sneezes without a hanky deserves the matter into his own hands.
It seems to me they are on deep facis S religious dictstur with the help or arms vill get the stention of the comon peple away from the economic disaster the prirsts pushed the country to
downfall of that wretched, irrational regime, and the liberation of iranian people being most important among them
seems to be a ME political strategy recently! I have a bad message for you, guys: It won't work like it did not work from Trukey in the case of Israel and not in the case of France!
The pic of 3 soldiers aiming their guns at an imaginary sea target is a scream! They aren't even sniper guns. Even if highly trained (which they clearly aren't) there is no way these jokers could hit anything further than perhaps 400 meters.
They are brave, skilled Iranian fighters who are trained to fire their guns, shout 'Death to America' and 'Allah Ahkbar'. What other country shows such bravery?
If you actually know the situation in Iran to smell different than the rosy picture painted by the Regime then get over your lies and come clean. The US President offered Iran an amazing chance to prosper with all the sanctions removed if only they only did one simple thing in return and that was to stop the enrichment of uranium. But that was asking too much it seems as that would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons and empower it to forcefully seek regional hegemony and beyond as the rebirth of the Persian Empire.
If Iran tries to close an International waterway I think they can expect to have any units involved sunk, blown up, and destroyed. These guys are so full of hot air and they keep making threats they can't back up. Give it your best shot, because I can guarantee you that not only America, but others will certainly give you their best shot.