Posted on 01/24/2006 5:58:58 AM PST by Esther Ruth
Last update - 09:26 24/01/2006
Iranian official: UN sanctions may lead us to seal off Persian Gulf
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent
A senior Iranian official threatened that Tehran may forcibly prevent oil export via the Straits of Hormuz if the UN imposed economic sanctions due to Iran's nuclear program, an Iranian news Web site said on Monday.
This is the first time an Iranian official makes military threats in a public statement on Tehran's recent disagreements with the West.
The news site, affiliated with the radical student movement in which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was once a member, quoted Mohammed-Nabi Rudaki, deputy chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.
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According to the report, Rudaki said that "if Europe does not act wisely with the Iranian nuclear portfolio and it is referred to the UN Security Council and economic or air travel restrictions are imposed unjustly, we have the power to halt oil supply to the last drop from the shores of the Persian Gulf via the Straits of Hormuz."
25% of the world's oil production passes through the Straits of Hormuz, which connect the Persian Gulf with the Indian Ocean. The meaning of Rudaki's threat is that not only will Tehran stop its oil production from reaching the West, it may also use force to prevent the other oil prodoucers in the region (the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait) from exporting to the West.
Raduki also warned that his country might quit from its membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
That is a laugh BUMP! We will decimate them when they try it.
"Tehran may forcibly prevent oil export via the Straits of Hormuz"
good to know they have a sense of humor :)
I've often thought that Iran doesn't really need a navy.
How long would it take us to destroy every Iranian Navy vessel and coastal facility?
Yeah thats a GREAT idea! ha ha
Submarine bait.
Our boys of the deep have probably been waiting for an opportunity to impact the ME conflict.
This would present a great opportunity.
Let's just say I like our chances.
I believe our military maps now show this to be called the
"Arabian Gulf"
not long at all
Mike
Don't forget their 'new' submarine......(grin)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1558420/posts
I'll give odds. 100 to 1 anyone ?
It would give us an opening - and justification.
That would be the problem. If Iran declares the waters of the Gulf to be a "war Zone" then all bets are off for insurers of commercial shipping. A de facto barricade as effective as a physical one.
seal off the Gulf and we'll seal off their wind pipes.
It won't get to that point. We will rip them to shreds quicker than an insurance company can cancel a policy. It would be like fish in a barrel in today's military world.
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