An attack on Iran remains a terrifying possibility, as a desperate flight forward by the Anglo-American coalition from an already hopeless situation in Iraq.
Posted by seumasach on February 12, 2012
9th February, 2012
India figured as Iran’s number one crude oil customer in January. That may be difficult to believe but it is indeed a statement of fact. Actually, India stepped up its imports of Iranian oil by 37.5 percent, which helped Iran offset a 50 percent cut in Chinese purchases resulting from a dispute in pricing. China now imports around 250000 barrels a day as against India’s 550000 barrels a day, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
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Posted by seumasach on February 9, 2012
It seems that in Europe, ad hoc policy such as France and England’s naval bandwagoning with the American armada in the Persian Gulf has replaced rational defense strategies that could entertain an Iranian-European security debate and even cooperation.
Exactly. Britain and France have effectively bounced Europe into another serious own-goal. Hopefully the defeat of Sarkozy in the coming elections will lead to Britain being finally frozen out of European security policy and the subsequent adoption of a saner and more constructive policy towards Iran.
Kaveh Afrasiabi
10th February, 2012
PALO ALTO – At last week’s Munich Security Conference, there was a conspicuous absence of any meaningful discussion of the “Iran crisis” threatening global peace and security.
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Posted by seumasach on February 4, 2012
4th February, 2012
Sweden has insisted that there is no deviation in Iran’s peaceful nuclear program and denounced any use of military force against Tehran as “stupidity.”
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Posted by seumasach on January 31, 2012
30th January, 2012
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has set at rest firmly and authoritatively all speculative reports that India might buckle under American pressure and fall in line passively with the spirit of the United States’ sanctions against Iran by quietly cutting back its oil imports from Iran. That FM made the categorical statement while on a visit to the US is of added significance.
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Posted by seumasach on January 30, 2012
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has reiterated that the European Union’s decision to impose an embargo on Iran’s oil sector will be “counterproductive.”
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Posted by seumasach on January 29, 2012
29th January, 2012
The coalition of left parties in Greece has denounced the European Union’s decision to ban oil imports from Iran as being in line with the US and Israeli warmongering policies in the Middle East.
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Posted by seumasach on January 26, 2012
26th January, 2012
The European Union embargo on Iranian oil will only come into effect in six months, but the leadership in Tehran wants to act first: Exports to Europe are set to be halted immediately. It is a move which could mean added difficulties for struggling economies in southern Europe.
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
24th January, 2012
Iran has spoken defiantly about the European Union decision to impose sanctions on oil purchase, but has left the door open for the upcoming negotiations with the “5+1″. In a judicious response, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast at his routine press briefing called it “psywar”. He said the move is “illogical and unfair” and “will not stop our nation from obtaining its rights. The European countries and those who are under American pressure should think about their own interests. Any country that deprives itself of Iran’s energy market will soon see that it has been replaced by others.”
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Posted by seumasach on January 25, 2012
Pepe Escobar
26th January, 2012
In his State of the Union address, United States President Barack Obama said, “Let there be no doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options off the table to achieve that goal.”
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