Iran denies oil threat interview to UAE newspaper

[maddezmom]

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's presidential office denied on Sunday the president had given an interview to a Gulf paper which quoted him as saying Tehran may hold back on oil sales if its nuclear program is referred to the U.N. Security Council.

The Khaleej Times from the United Arab Emirates on Saturday quoted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying OPEC's second biggest crude exporter could wield the oil weapon if Tehran's case was sent to the Security Council for possible sanctions.

"The presidential office has denied that Ahmadinejad had any interview with the Khaleej Times from the United Arab Emirates," said a statement from the presidential office.

A Khaleej Times statement said it had received the interview from a freelance journalist who expressed surprise at Ahmadinejad's denial. But it would not confirm or deny the content of the story.

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[Dover]

1. He must not have gotten the memo about Rummy's disinformation campaign.

So grab your decoder ring and repeat after me: "up is down, freedom fighters are terrorists, republicans are compassionate, the war in Iraq was due to the threat of WMD, Rove is straight, George doesn't drink...and btw he is the president".