Posted on 04/16/2022 4:13:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
Ever since the international community aimed to punish the Iranian regime for its illicit nuclear activities and its support of global terrorism and regional warmongering, Tehran has tried to find ways to sidestep the sanctions regime through money laundering, smuggling and hostage taking.
In March 2021, in his new year’s address and three months before installing Ebrahim Raisi as the new president, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei gave instructions about how to steer the regime away from being vulnerable to sanctions.
“Our emphatic advice to the officials of our country, whether those who are now in office or those who will come later - is not to tie our economy to the lifting of sanctions. Presume that the sanctions will remain. Plan the country's economy based on the continuation of sanctions,” Khamenei said, abruptly ordering the IRGC to find ways to circumvent sanctions, rather than hoping for the West to lift them.
As oil and gas have historically been the backbone of Iran’s GDP. Instead of going the extra mile to establish an oil-free economy and becoming immune to oil sanctions, the Iranian regime has tried to sell oil through smuggling or shipping it to clients under the flags of other countries. As these operations presented more risk to Tehran’s clients, the regime was forced to offer higher discounts and sell oil at ‘sanctions rates.’
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Since the prime motivation of Putin to invade Ukraine was to shut down their impending natural gas exploration so that Ukraine natural gas wouldn’t compete with Russian natural gas in European markets, I would expect that Iranian oil will not extinguish the fire in Ukraine, but add fuel to the fire.
Putin does not like competition.
At the rate that the oil price is increasing, Iran and other oil exporting countries are making a lot more money by leaving their oil in the ground than by pumping and selling it.
Every $10 dollar increase in the oil price increases the value of Iran’s oil reserves by about $1.6 trillion.
Plenty of frackable oil and gas in Europe outside Ukraine:
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4036239-european-shale-this-is-one-shale-revolution-wont-happen
scroll down for map.
No. Next!
Even the pistol-packin' racist leftist ass-kisser running in Pennsylvania supports fracking. The Demagogic Party must be destroyed.
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