Tehran Says 'Impossible' to Halt Iran's Oil Exports, Warns US of Consequences

[Tokhme khar]

This is the third Iranian official warning that either all export freely from the Persian Gulf, or none will!

Tehran Says 'Impossible' to Halt Iran's Oil Exports, Warns US of Consequences
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The US is set to impose sanctions on Iran's oil trade in November, following a withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. Tehran has warned Washington against taking this step on multiple occasions, threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz in return.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned the US that its attempts to stop Iranian oil exports will ultimately fail, the daily newspaper Iran reported.

"They can't think that Iran won't export oil and others will," he said.

Zarif warned Washington against keeping the "simplistic and impossible idea" of halting Tehran's oil exports and reminded that otherwise the US will face "consequences." He didn't specify what consequences the country would face.

The foreign minister also scolded the US saying its constant "zig-zagging" made it an untrustworthy partner to hold negotiations with.

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Zarif added that perception of Iran has changed after the US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and that now most of the world supports Tehran.

"There is a big difference this time […] Before nobody supported Iran. But now, all the countries in the world are supporting Iran," he said.

On August 6 the US imposed sanctions on trade with Iran involving the Iranian currency, sovereign debt, cars, aircraft, gold and other metals. Washington plans on adding Iranian oil and gas to the sanctions in November this year.

Iran warned the US against blocking its oil trade, threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz, widely used by the regional states to export their oil and gas. US President Donald Trump responded by saying that Tehran shouldn't threaten the US otherwise it would face severe consequences.

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Trump has consistently been a harsh opponent of the Iran deal, calling it "defective at its core." He demanded to "fix" it, threatening to withdraw the US from the deal and to re-impose economic sanctions.

The re-imposed sanctions will affect any company doing business with Tehran, putting European firms at risk, as some have heavily invested in Iran and will likely be unwilling to break ties with the country.

READ MORE: Trump: Anyone Doing Business With Iran Won't Be Doing It With US

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, heads of two of the EU's leading countries, attempted to convince Trump to stick to the deal, but these efforts ultimately failed. On August 7, the EU put into effect a renewed Blocking Statute that aims to protect European businesses from US sanctions.

 

[war&peace]

The world should join hands and defy US sanctions.

 

[Vijyes Yechury]

The world should join hands and defy USA sanctions.

Tell me when Pakistan is starting to import Iranian petroleum?

 

[Tokhme khar]

With upwards of a 1000 missile and gunboats plus a dozen frigate class vessels of the Iran Navy, plus no fewer than a thousand Anti-Ship missiles deployed around just the mouth of the Hormuz, I'd like to see the USN try to unblock it. lol

The first thing Iran will do is tow dozens of these super tankers and detain them at IRGC bases. That move alone will sky rocket the price of oil to $200/ barrel overnight! Won't even have to fire a shot!

Iran's ports will be choke full of impounded ships within the first few days. Then the entire planet practically will get involved leaning on Trump to cut his bullshit.

 

[war&peace]

Tell me when Pakistan is starting to import Iranian petroleum?

soon

 

[Tokhme khar]

This is Iran's warning to Trump. Any funny moves with sanctions, and we are ready to crash and burn a lot of economies around the planet.

The world should join hands and defy US sanctions.

 

[war&peace]

This is Iran's warning to Trump. Any funny moves with sanctions, and we are ready to crash and burn a lot of economies around the planet.

Iran needs to win more friends through active and powerful diplomacy.

@Tokhme khar watch this video buddy

 

[Vijyes Yechury]

With upwards of a 1000 missile and gunboats plus a dozen frigate class vessels of the Iran Navy, plus no fewer than a thousand Anti-Ship missiles deployed around just the mouth of the Hormuz, I'd like to see the USN try to unblock it. lol

The first thing Iran will do is tow dozens of these super tankers and detain them at IRGC bases. That move alone will sky rocket the price of oil to $200/ barrel overnight! Won't even have to fire a shot!

Iran's ports will be choke full of impounded ships within the first few days. Then the entire planet practically will get involved leaning on Trump to cut his bullshit.

USA is not hitting Iran with any military attack. USA is only saying that anyone who does business with Iran will not be allowed to trade in US dollar. I don't see how Iran can retaliate with military strikes for such moves.

If Iran does attack, then there will be a bunch of countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman etc along with USA to destroy Iranian ports completely. There may even be an invasion like in Iraq. You are forgetting one big drawback of Iran - Iran does not have enough food to be self sufficient. If food supplies via imports are hit, Iran will be starving to death. There is no answer to this problem of Iran.

 

[Tokhme khar]

Iran is increasingly self sufficient in food production. You might have old news to go by, but we've had surplus livestock, poltry, seafood, wheat and rice production for years now! Same for gasoline. Iran now a largely insular economy:

https://financialtribune.com/articl...43/food-self-sufficiency-up-24-in-three-years

As for you claims about the US invading Iran.....lol......from where?

USA is not hitting Iran with any military attack. USA is only saying that anyone who does business with Iran will not be allowed to trade in US dollar. I don't see how Iran can retaliate with military strikes for such moves.

If Iran does attack, then there will be a bunch of countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman etc along with USA to destroy Iranian ports completely. There may even be an invasion like in Iraq. You are forgetting one big drawback of Iran - Iran does not have enough food to be self sufficient. If food supplies via imports are hit, Iran will be starving to death. There is no answer to this problem of Iran.

 

[cocomo]

Is the US planning to physically block Iranian ports to halt petroleum exports? Or will they just try to coerce countries that are dependent on them like India into not buying Iranian oil?

 

[Tokhme khar]

The US don't have the balls to block anything physically. However they are busting balls of their toady's to quit buying Iranian oil. It won't fly once we 'physically start impounding tankers of other countries and holding them in our ports. lol

Let's see if the USN is big enough, or rather quick enough to escort thousands of ships in and out of the Persian Gulf, without Iran getting there first.

Is the US planning to physically block Iranian ports to halt petroleum exports? Or will they just try to coerce countries that are dependent on them like India into not buying Iranian oil?

 

[Vijyes Yechury]

The US don't have the balls to block anything physically. However they are busting balls of their toady's to quit buying Iranian oil. It won't fly once we 'physically start impounding tankers of other countries and holding them in our ports. lol

Let's see if the USN is big enough, or rather quick enough to escort thousands of ships in and out of the Persian Gulf, without Iran getting there first.

If USN attacks Iranian ports and ensures that Iran has no berthing docks available to refuel their ships and dock their navy, what will Iran do? Also, taking out about 400-500 small boats and corvettes of Iran is a rather easy task with aerial support. Iranian ships have no air defence to fight back.

 

[Tokhme khar]

Do you know what will happen to US bases in the region if the US even moves an inch towards Iran?.......Sounds like you don't know much do you?

Last time we caught US sailors they couldn't stop crying in our custody. We even had to feed them:

How many joker like this will actually fight?......lol.....They had all the weapons, but they didn't have the balls!

If USN attacks Iranian ports and ensures that Iran has no berthing docks available to refuel their ships and dock their navy, what will Iran do? Also, taking out about 400-500 small boats and corvettes of Iran is a rather easy task with aerial support. Iranian ships have no air defence to fight back.

before these USN jokers, Iran captured a bunch of UK naval marines too......lol

Some of them we beat the shit out of before returning them back:

You think these joker will fight Iran?

 

[Tokhme khar]

The funny thing is an Indian like you would be the most impacted by sanctioning Iran oil. You have already swindled a waiver from Trump, like a few others have. However if Iran actually blocks the Hormuz, you Indians will be the first to bitch about it to Trump. You import 80% of your hydrocarbons from the Persian Gulf.

So, in short, Iran has to do very little in terms of impounding/ blocking/ mining the Hormuz and the global pressure on Trump will increase to cut the bullshit with Iran.

 

[Vijyes Yechury]

The funny thing is an Indian like you would be the most impacted by sanctioning Iran oil. You have already swindled a waiver from Trump, like a few others have. However if Iran actually blocks the Hormuz, you Indians will be the first to bitch about it to Trump. You import 80% of your hydrocarbons from the Persian Gulf.

So, in short, Iran has to do very little in terms of impounding/ blocking/ mining the Hormuz and the global pressure on Trump will increase to cut the bullshit with Iran.

I never claimed that I wanted Iran to be hit or Hormuz to be blocked. I was just telling factually that it is very difficult for Iran to do anything as it has hostile neighbours and hostile west with almost no allies. Oil supply can be obtained by various means. Saudi Arabia has set up inventories and strategic reserves in Egypt and there are enough strategic reserves and spare inventory available to survive any outage of few days in Hormuz. That is all it takes to take down 400-500 ship by aerial means from nearby Qatar, UAE or Oman bases or an aircraft carrier.

The best way for Iran is to make deals with countries which are not in alliance with USA or excessively reliant on dollars like India, China, Russia, Myanmar etc. Direct confrontation is a very bad idea. But if Iran resorts to aggression, there is very little anyone can do to stop others from retaliating. India would not like Iran ports like Chabahar being hit. I don't see Iran as capable enough to fight back. I only see Iran not respecting their strengths and weakness but going head-first. Iran must understand that even all its naval neighbours are closer to KSA than Iran. Even countries who have not been explicit in opposing Iran till now like Pakistan will side with KSA if it comes to war.

The sanctions on Iran may appear like Trump's mania but in reality, it is backed by KSA. KSA has made it open and clear that it will provide any extra oil needed to cope with Iranian outage. So, Iran is not just fighting USA but KSa and its allies of GCC, Egypt, Pakistan etc.