Breaking News: Iranian boat fired missile at US drone prior to tanker attack, US official says

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According to this report Iran's oil export has halved to 1Mil barrels per day and by May 2019 they expect it to go down to about 200k to 600k BPD and will continue to decline.

7. Iran's oil production has also drastically decreased. Another chart for you
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If Iran's oil export is blocked, no other country in region will export oil either: Imam Khamenei

http://english.khamenei.ir/news/5817/If-Iran-s-oil-export-is-blocked-no-other-country-in-region-will

Khamenaist regime just doing what they promised to do.

 

[SubWater]

If Iran's oil export is blocked, no other country in region will export oil either: Imam Khamenei

http://english.khamenei.ir/news/5817/If-Iran-s-oil-export-is-blocked-no-other-country-in-region-will

Khamenaist regime just doing what they promised to do.

Khamenie is man of his words, but Iran did not attack tankers because we still selling oil.

 

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Khamenie is man of his words, but Iran did not attack tankers because we still selling oil.

Iran's oil sell collapsed recently. So Khamenai decided to act.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

Iran's oil sell collapsed recently. So Khamenai decided to act.

Israel has been very silent in the recent tanker incidents, and given the intensity that Netanyahu used to point the fingers at Iran, something is really fishy on why he is silent. Perhaps Mossad has a hand in this. What do you think?

 

[Caspian Parsi]

It is very simple.
Iran is in a shitty situation and they want the sanctions to go away.
Attacking vessels in the Hormuz straits will cause the oil price to go up giving them some leverage. It may cause the US to attack, but they expect that this will end up in a prolongued guerilla war, which will noone can win.

They are looking for a deal where they stop attacking vessels in return for lifting sanctions.
Obviously any deal have to be covert due to public opinion.

I ll be happy to hear if Iran was behind it , Thats one way of showing the Middle finger to the Arabs and their American Masters

Israel has been very silent in the recent tanker incidents, and given the intensity that Netanyahu used to point the fingers at Iran, something is really fishy on why he is silent. Perhaps Mossad has a hand in this. What do you think?

Sure thing , Israeli planing with Arab support

Iran's oil sell collapsed recently. So Khamenai decided to act.

Apac Lobbyist did their job this time by leashing Trump and take him for a spin where ever they want,You must be proud of that , I give Israel credit for the control thay have over the US Gov . but to face IRAN you need more than a oil embargo , Lets just say an all out war , ...and it will not end well for you !Shalom

 

[Hack-Hook]

Who benefits if no oil can be exported from the gulf unless they lift sanctions on Iran?
Does the US as a whole benefit if oil prices go up? I doubt that.

Nobody
the ones that matter benefit

MQ-9s have certainly proven vulnerable to relatively limited air defenses, though. CNN's source also offered confirmation that Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen had shot down a Reaper over or near the Red Sea last week.

Not with Manpad

Depending on the exact model of MANPADS, it's not clear whether it would be been able to hit a Reaper, which can fly above the engagement envelope of these short-range weapons. But the MQ-9 could well have been flying significantly within the threat range of such weapons in order to get a clearer view of what was happening below. The U.S. military flies other drones in the region that are smaller and less complex, too.

even if it was flying at 20000 feet or even 18000 feet instead of 50000 feet it was outside man-pad reach ,even if it was flying at 14000 feet it was outside the reach
Mithaq-2 has a range of 5km and flight ceiling of 4km
these factors aside the people on the boat had no way of being able to detect the presence of the drone unless they were looking at sky and were actively searching for the drone . so this id another BS usa story

There was already the possibility that the attackers might have employed multiple weapons in the attack, either to cause damage or simply to distract from the placement of the limpet mines. Iranian forces firing a MANPADS at an American drone could also help explain the reports from the crew of the Kokuka Courageous.

explain what , can you enlighten us on that , how a manpad that was fired several hours ago if true could distract the crew from cause of explosion ?

Separately, another unnamed U.S. official told ABC News that Iranian fast boats had been interfering with contract salvage teams attempting to begin work on recovering the Front Altair. The Iranians have reportedly insisted that they cannot move the tanker, which is international waters.

again another unnamed official , how convenient .

 

[Imad.Khan]

If Iran's oil export is blocked, no other country in region will export oil either: Imam Khamenei

http://english.khamenei.ir/news/5817/If-Iran-s-oil-export-is-blocked-no-other-country-in-region-will

Khamenaist regime just doing what they promised to do.

Isn't that very convenient for Israel. Just like how you guys tried to pin the USS Liberty attack of 1968 on the Egyptians.

 

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Isn't that very convenient for Israel. Just like how you guys tried to pin the USS Liberty attack of 1968 on the Egyptians.

Thats lie. Israel never tried to pin Liberty on the Egyptians.

Apac Lobbyist did their job this time by leashing Trump and take him for a spin where ever they want,You must be proud of that , I give Israel credit for the control thay have over the US Gov . but to face IRAN you need more than a oil embargo , Lets just say an all out war , ...and it will not end well for you !Shalom

Khamenai and Rouhani directly and openly threatened that if US harms Iran oil export they will block oil export of other countries from Persian Gulf.

US did harm Iran oil export in very sever way.

 

[Caspian Parsi]

Thats lie. Israel never tried to pin Liberty on the Egyptians.


Khamenai and Rouhani directly and openly threatened that if US harms Iran oil export they will block oil export of other countries from Persian Gulf.

US did harm Iran oil export in very sever way.

sure , sanction on oil works ,not denying it , but Iran still manages to sell few Hundred thousand barrels in other ways, So read carefully Iran said they will shut it down if US physically stop Iranian oil passing through ,which is not gonna happen, also read about 1988 Tankers war in the Persian Gulf ,

 

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the point is that what was the US drone doing around the oil tankers !!!

 

[aziqbal]

Firstly Iran did not do this

Secondly if US admits they did then it’s a US failure

US military strategy is “deterrence through strength” basically saying if we show our power no one will do anything naughty

Well according to them Iran just did so the US policy of “deterrence through strength” has failed then?

 

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sure , sanction on oil works ,not denying it , but Iran still manages to sell few Hundred thousand barrels in other ways, So read carefully Iran said they will shut it down if US physically stop Iranian oil passing through ,which is not gonna happen, also read about 1988 Tankers war in the Persian Gulf ,

Khamenai threatened that if Iranian oil export will be blocked then he will COMPLETELY block all other exports.

As result of sanctions US blocked over 80% of Iranian oil exports. So Khamenai decided to act.

 

[Caspian Parsi]

the point is that what was the US drone doing around the oil tankers !!!

Doing what CIA order it to do .sabotage

 

[Hack-Hook]

Khamenai and Rouhani directly and openly threatened that if US harms Iran oil export they will block oil export of other countries from Persian Gulf.

US did harm Iran oil export in very sever way.

what I hear is more line if we can't sell any oil

Khamenai threatened that if Iranian oil export will be blocked then he will COMPLETELY block all other exports.

As result of sanctions US blocked over 80% of Iranian oil exports. So Khamenai decided to act.

the problem for your theory is that the crew of the ships said it was a flying object that hit the ships not like what you guys and USA claim (limpet mine and torpedo)
and the best flying object in the aea that could made such damage was a Hellfire from that MQ-9

 

[Sineva]

Iran's oil sell collapsed recently. So Khamenai decided to act.

In that case then you would`ve seen a blockade of the hormuz strait,which not only would`ve at a stroke cut off well over half of the oil being exported from the region,but also would`ve caused real problems and disruption to all the imports that the gulf states need for their very survival.That would`ve been a far more effective act than small explosives planted on a couple of ships above the waterline.