I'm not blaming Iran for anything. Rather, this is what is happening in Iran. Even during the Shah era, Iran had the same problem. There were no sanctions then.
LOL. During the Shah era Iran was the 12th largest economy of the world by Nominal GDP. Do you realize what that means?
I'm believing what I see, and what I find out with my research. I was referring to refined oil.
LMAO. You're just an ignorant person, not a researcher.
I never denied that Iran exported gasoline. As I stated above, where I was referring to Abii, Iran's local demands of refined oil is not up to a standard that can imply that it is reaching a 'global power status' which Abii stated, and that is why I used that point.
Read my post again, not only Iran meets its local demand since 2009, but it exports gasoline too now. The only rumors that Iran is importing gasoline comes from the US media that claim Venezuela is helping Iran.
Why involve the words 'Pakistani friends' here? This has nothing to do with friends.
Because people like Longbrained, Aryan_B, Secur, and many many others on this forum our my friends and I don't want to say something against Pakistan because of them.
The economy of Pakistan is aside from the points I stated. What I stated had to do with Iran's massive oil reserves, and it's weakness in using them to it's complete standards.
We're exporting 2.1 million barrels of oil per day and our daily production is ~4.5 now. It's yet to reach the level of Iran's oil production before the revolution, but it's better for us. The less oil we sell the better it is for Iranian economy.
And, did you just honestly state that Iran is a regional power over Pakistan?
Sure. Everyone says that. No one talks about Pakistan when they talk about a regional power. What Pakistan has except atomic bombs that could never be used on another country? Tell me please. Iran, on the other hand, has been recognized as a regional power several times in studies done by the UK parliament and the US think-tanks.
Oh please, I myself can teach you the difference.
You yourself could only make me smile lol
The only countries Iran has power over in the region is Iraq, Afghanistan, and countries to the north. No one else. A regional Power: In international relations, a regional power is a state that has power within a geographic region. States which wield unrivaled power and influence within a region of the world possess regional hegemony.
Ignorance revealed. Well, add Lebanon, Syria, Bahrain, UAE and countries like Venezuela (in LA) and North Korea to that list. I won't even talk about Pakistan which is hardly struggling to fix its role in Afghanistan.
Look at the gulf states. They don't consider Iran to have 'unrivalled power', in fact the gulf states can equally rival Iran, they are more than enough to rival Iran.
LOL. That's the only thing I could say on this.
As for Turkey, Israel, and Pakistan; all these countries can destroy Iran in military. And Turkey has an even better economy than Iran without oil reserves.
Sorry to tear apart the balloon, but if we exclude Pakistani nukes for the reason that nukes can never be used in a war and if used the country that fired them will no longer be on the map, the conventional Pakistani army isn't that mighty. Pakistani nukes only work as a deterrent against India, they are good for nothing else. As for Turkey, they are a NATO member and I indeed agree that they are stronger than Iran in all fields, yet even Turkey doesn't like to mess with Iran. As for Israel, Israel knows Iran's capabilities better than any one else.
So once again, learn what you speak of.
Actually I know what I'm speaking of, but you don't have a clue of what you're talking about.
