Kuwaitis boycott Iran goods for supporting Syrian regime

[UmarJustice]

Several Kuwaiti supermarket chains have begun boycotting products from Iran for its support of the Syrian regime, while activists staged a demonstration against the involvement of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement in the conflict.
At least nine cooperative consumer societies out of 50 in the oil-rich Gulf state published announcements in the local media on Wednesday saying they have taken Iranian products off their shelves in protest at Tehran's backing of President Bashar al-Assad. Cooperative societies control a majority of the retail consumer market in Kuwait.
One of the announcements said that the next step in the campaign would be to dismiss Iranian labourers working at the societies and cancel their residency permits.
Around 50,000 Iranians work in Kuwait, mostly in low-paid jobs. Iranian exports to Kuwait are not huge and mainly comprise fish and food products.
Meanwhile, dozens of Islamist activists demonstrated outside the Lebanese embassy late Tuesday in protest at the military intervention of Shiite Hezbollah fighters on the side of Syrian regime forces against rebels.
Protesters burned posters of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
Sunni Muslims, who form more than 70 percent of the 1.2 million Kuwaitis, have been angered by the Syrian government onslaught on fellow Sunni rebels and the support Assad has received from Iran and Hezbollah.
Sunni clerics have launched fund-raising campaigns on the Internet and through mosques to aid the Syrian people as well as the rebellion.
Around a dozen well-known Kuwaiti Sunni clerics have launched an online campaign to raise funds enough to arm 12,000 fighters and send them to Syria. Each fighter is estimated to cost $2,500.
The Gulf Cooperation Council states said on Monday they will take measures against members of Hezbollah.
The measures will affect their "residency permits, and financial and commercial transactions," said a GCC statement, citing a ministerial council decision.
The GCC includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Kuwaitis boycott Iran goods for supporting Syrian regime

 

[DV RULES]

What could be expect from terrorist supporting countries.

 

[Hussein]

scary : it is the end of Iran .

 

[Ayush]

So???? Will it effect them much??

 

[Serpentine]

Crocodile tears: Only let our countries to send arms and mercenaries to Syria, Iran doesn't have any right to support its ally.
PS: I didn't know we have exports to Kuwait. Please tell them not to do such horrible things to us.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Its like when Australia banned exporting of Kangaroo to Iran

 

[iranigirl2]

oh no.........

 

[flamer84]

Seems like the iranians are taking it pretty hard...I fear next time they're going to resort to a classical terror tactic they use:gather in a public square and burn flags

 

[Aslan]

Damn I better run to the biggest and only Farmers market to stack up on all of my fruits and veg needs, why, well obviously it is run by the Iranians. The only thing that we have heard or have read in the papers here is that the Gov is planing on targeting any known associates, and sources of funding to the hiziz. And apart from the Syrian conflict, they have their own very valid reasons for doing that. I doubt that the above news is actually based on facts. A trader here or there might have taken that step. Dont forget that Kuwait is 30% shia, and have a very large section of their population that is Lebanese and Iranians. Also they just pulled off an Imam from the friday sermon who was delivering anti shia sermon on friday.

Also you cant just go on a fund raising spree here at all, the gov has organizations that collect any kinds of donations, and distribute them under the supervision of the authorized organizations. And if u go raising money on your own, and if are caught u are royally fooked.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Seems like the iranians are taking it pretty hard...I fear next time they're going to resort to a classical terror tactic they use:gather in a public square and burn flags

You don't get it , our export to Kuwait is fruit and such , if some shops don't want our quality product we sell them to the merchants who want them . here only two - three store that banned our foods get harmed because they loose their customers to the competition .

The Observatory | What does Iran export to Kuwait? (2010)

 

[flamer84]

You don't get it , our export to Kuwait is fruit and such , if some shops don't want our quality product we sell them to the merchants who want them . here only two - three store that banned our foods get harmed because they loose their customers to the competition .

I was sarcastic my good man

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Seems like the iranians are taking it pretty hard...I fear next time they're going to resort to a classical terror tactic they use:gather in a public square and burn flags

Rouge states will always find a way out to carry their evil deeds.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

You don't get it , our export to Kuwait is fruit and such , if some shops don't want our quality product we sell them to the merchants who want them . here only two - three store that banned our foods get harmed because they loose their customers to the competition .

The Observatory | What does Iran export to Kuwait? (2010)

Iran isn't the only country that can exclusively trade with Kuwait. And your bilateral trade with them exceeds $420 million, which is a lot because Iran economy is on the brink of collapse.