Iran leader backs suggestion to block Gulf oil exports if own sales stopped

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



JULY 21, 2018 / 8:06 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Reuters Staff

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday backed President Hassan Rouhani’s suggestion that Iran may block Gulf oil exports if its own exports are stopped, according to his official website.

“(Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) said remarks by the president ... that ‘if Iran’s oil is not exported, no regional country’s oil will be exported,’ were important remarks that reflect the policy and the approach of (Iran’s) system,” Khamenei’s website said.

Rouhani’s apparent threat earlier this month to disrupt oil shipments from neighboring countries came in reaction to looming U.S. sanctions and efforts by Washington to force all countries to stop buying Iranian oil.

Iranian officials have in the past threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route, in retaliation for any hostile U.S. action.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-oil-khamenei/iran-leader-backs-suggestion-to-block-gulf-oil-exports-if-own-sales-stopped-idUSKBN1KB0EI?il=0

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. All this shit for no reason.

The world was fine before dt. Well, not perfect, but, not a general powder keg.

[Submariner]

3. Yes there was a reason. President Obama is Black and made Trump look like the flaming asshole

he is at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner. Trump feeds and exists off of revenge and hate.

It is his life blood to keep dismantling President Obama's legacy one piece at a time in his vain attempt to lure Barack into making one tiny little retort tweet, so Trump could go wild and turn it into the tweet storm of the decade. Hate is what Trump lives for, it's just too bad that feeling hasn't stopped his heart yet.

There's your reason.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

4. I saw that too,

when it happened. putin used him and his 'wreckless revenge' issues in life, to foster a president who would crash a country, to make Pres Obama eat his words. Over words said at a Roast.

[Jim__]

2. Everybody knows that Trump can't think strategically.

He hasn't gamed this out. This isn't some real estate deal where daddy's money gives him a big advantage.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

5. And

bc he's filled his "cabinet' with imbeciles and cronies, no one says no to him. They're all in it for themselves and to make money. This is why you don't put a corporate head in as a president. Govt isn't corporate for a reason. It's a system to PROTECT everybody, not just a few robber barons

[bitterross]

6. Bolton must be ecstatic. He's been looking for war w/Iran

Bolton probably had to clean the fluid from his undies when he heard this. He's been jonesing for war with Iran and this will be a big help in that dream.

On Edit:

This is the shameful truth:

“The word and even the signature of the Americans cannot be relied upon, so negotiations with America are of no avail,” Khamenei said.

It would be an “obvious mistake” to negotiate with the United States as Washington was unreliable, Khamenei added, according to his website.

[ChiTownDenny]

7. + 1

[keithbvadu2]

8. Remember the '80s when Iraq was firing missiles into oil tankers (and a Navy ship).

Remember the '80s when Iraq was firing missiles into oil tankers (and a Navy ship).

Another 'tough' republican president.