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Iran Warns Trump Not To Cut Off Oil Exports, Threatens “Mother Of All Wars”
Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani warned the US not to threaten the nation’s oil exports, called for improved relations with its neighbors including arch-nemesis Saudi Arabia, and cautioned the US that a conflict with Iran would be “the mother of all wars.”
“Don’t play with the lion’s tail, this would only lead to regret,” Iran’s leader said during a speech with Iranian diplomats on Sunday, the semi-official Iranian Students’ News agency reported. “The Americans must understand well that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars” he said, adding that Iranians will only be united by further threats from the US, and that the Islamic Republic “will certainly defeat America.”
The latest attack against president Trump by Rouhani came one day after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backed the idea of blocking all oil exports from the region by closing the Strait of Hormuz in the event of Iran’s exports being banned. He also said that “U.S. govt.’s words or even signatures cannot be relied on; thus negotiations with the U.S. are useless. The assumption that negotiations or establishing ties with the U.S. would solve country’s problems is an obvious error.”
I have previously pointed out that U.S. govt.’s words or even signatures cannot be relied on; thus negotiations with the U.S. are useless. The assumption that negotiations or establishing ties with the U.S. would solve country’s problems is an obvious error.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) July 21, 2018
While Iran’s belligerence toward the US (and vice versa) is nothing new, there was a surprising twist when Rouhani said that Iran would seek improved relations with its Arab neighbors in the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, according to Bloomberg. But he also said Saudi Arabia still needs to “change its actions, let go of obstinacy and be willing to have relations.”
Iran’s anger is the result of Trump’s recent decision to withdraw from Obama’s landmark nuclear deal, and Trump’s subsequent pressure on US allies to completely cut imports of Iranian crude in response to Tehran’s alleged malign activities. Those who fail to comply with America’s request would be targeted by secondary US sanctions. Following Trump’s withdrawal, Iran has been working with the EU to salvage the 2015 the accord.
And even though the other signatories to the deal officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), have condemned Trump’s decision, and have assured that they remain strongly committed to the agreement, there has been little progress in carving out a deal that excludes the US, especially with the threat of financial sanctions looming.
Apart from attempts to exert international pressure and re-impose sanctions on Iran, that were in force till the JCPOA, the US launched an online campaign to distort Iranian leadership, according to a recent Reuters report.
Rouhani also suggested that Iran has alternatives to shipping crude through Hormuz.
“No one who really understands politics would say they will block Iran’s oil exports, and we have many straits, the Strait of Hormuz is just one of those,” Rouhani said. He didn’t elaborate on the other “straits” Iran might have available for its exports.
“Mr Trump! We are the honest men who have throughout history guaranteed the safety of this region’s waterways,” Rouhani said. “Do not play with the lion’s tail, it will bring regret.”
In response to US escalations, Iran threatened to halt oil shipments through the strait if the U.S. stopped it from exporting, Esmail Kowsari, deputy commander of the Sarollah Revolutionary Guards base in Tehran. Such a move would likely provoke a conflict between Iran and the US, as the strait is the most important export waterway for most Arab oil.
Ironically, Iran has a point: the recent surge in the price of oil and gasoline, which has led to Trump’s repeated demands for OPEC and Saudi Arabia to pump more oil, and represents a threat to republicans ahead of the next midterm elections as Bloomberg calculated recently…
… would be gone instantly, if Trump were to ease off the pressure on Iran or at least suggest a more staggered implementation of the sanctions. For now, however, the US is stuck with gasoline prices at 4 years highs.
267 Comments on "Iran Warns Trump Not To Cut Off Oil Exports, Threatens “Mother Of All Wars”"
MASTERMIND on Mon, 23rd Jul 2018 11:32 pm
Clogg
The current #1 album on @Bandcamp is an anti-fascist raw black metal album called ‘White Nationalism is for Basement Dwelling Losers’
https://twitter.com/GrimKim/status/1021464984952467458
The kids are alright!
Makati1 on Mon, 23rd Jul 2018 11:35 pm
Greg, MM thinks survival is a “cult”. Is he delusional or what? He also seem to believe that humans cannot live without a modern “economy”. He doesn’t realize that a large part of the 7+ billion of us already live the same as those thousands of years ago.
Nothing will change for those who are already self-sufficient and independent of cash, banks, loans, etc. When you don’t even have electric or running water in your home, how can you miss it when it goes away for others?
I think many Americans are brain dead already. They don’t seem to understand that most of the world is not anything like the Us. MM is one of them.
Makati1 on Mon, 23rd Jul 2018 11:37 pm
‘White Nationalism is for Basement Dwelling Losers’
You fit the description perfectly, MM.
GregT on Mon, 23rd Jul 2018 11:39 pm
“Please stop trying to get me to “prepare”..i know you want to convert as many people as possible to your cult..because just like all cults you think the more people who do it the more reasonable it becomes..”
Please do not prepare MM, the less competition the better.
Makati1 on Mon, 23rd Jul 2018 11:40 pm
You are correct, Greg. Where else can you see a real American arrogant exceptionalist in its full delusional stupidity and immaturity than the bloody flag waving Davy? LOL
MASTERMIND on Mon, 23rd Jul 2018 11:43 pm
Madkat
when the nuke plants melt down and explode it wont matter who is self sufficient because they all have to breathe in the air..
You dumb moron..
MASTERMIND on Mon, 23rd Jul 2018 11:47 pm
Greg
If you want to waste your time and money living in fear in a cabin in the woods like the unabomber, go right ahead..And trust me you don’t have to worry about any competition because most people are bright enough to know in a total collapse situation, we all fall down..
Makati1 on Mon, 23rd Jul 2018 11:55 pm
Mm, your new fixation is nuke plants melting down? Not going to happen, just like your zombie, cannibals. You are living in a 12 year old’s sick fantasy land. Too many porn and Mad Max movies? Drugs? Or are you 12 AND on drugs. Seems like it to those who are reading your posts.
Gave up on your “peer reviewed” shit already? Did you finally realize that it only proved what the paycheck required? And, that most of it was old shit?
Your attempt at projecting yourself as very intelligent and educated fell flat on it’s face when you had to face real people of intelligence and education. Did you learn anything from that experience? I doubt it. Your arrogance still predominates and someday, it will get your teeth smashed in.
Respect is earned, not provided by a piece of paper from a money mill called college.
MASTERMIND on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 12:07 am
Madkat
Your claims that it wont happen are baseless..I have cited numerous science studies as evidence..none have been refuted..The facts are on my side not yours..You are the child using magical thinking and ignoring evidence..You are the one who is afraid..I am not..
https://imgur.com/a/pYxKa
GregT on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 12:08 am
“If you want to waste your time and money living in fear in a cabin in the woods like the unabomber, go right ahead..”
I’ve never been happier in my entire life MM, and I have no illusions that money will continue to be of any importance at some point in the not so distant future. I’ve invested enough for not only my own future, but the futures of my children, and my children’s children. The best things in life are free MM, things that money simply cannot buy.
“And trust me you don’t have to worry about any competition because most people are bright enough to know in a total collapse situation, we all fall down..”
Thanks for the advice MM, but I figured that one out a very long time ago, and as a matter of fact, I’m counting on those ‘most people who are bright enough’ to continue to be exactly that ‘bright’.
Bring it on. The sooner the better.
MASTERMIND on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 12:15 am
Humanity has a key failing – we tend to deny our problems. Humanity denies some things because they force us to ‘confront change’, others because they are just too painful, or make us afraid..
GregT on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 12:20 am
“Humanity denies some things because they force us to ‘confront change’, others because they are just too painful, or make us afraid..”
Confront change now, avoid being forced into it, and the pain, and the fear. Man up.
GregT on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 12:39 am
“You are the one who is afraid..I am not..”
People don’t generally spend all of their time focussing on things that they aren’t afraid of MM.
Makati1 on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 12:47 am
MM, you have proved nothing in the past. Using paid for opinions instead of your own intelligence is not proving that you or they are correct. They are just stating their “paid for” OPINION. It may or may not be realistic or fact. Usually, it is just selling something. It’s ALL about $$$. MM.
Try logic sometime. It may be new to you as you were taught to not think for yourself, but to let other “professionals” do it for you. THAT is what college does for you. It inhibits your learning, not enhances it. And you pay for that brainwashing. lol
The nuke plants will not melt down unless there is a nuclear war and there is no time to shut them down safely. Do you think the people who operate them are stupid? They know that running away means death to them and their families in a few weeks or years.
The collapse is already under way, MM. You will wake up some day and the world will have changed and left the Us behind. Wait and see.
Anonymouse1 on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 12:50 am
Who is this ‘we’ Cloggraham Kikenstein? Is the exceptionalturds mental breakdown getting in the way of your shilling for zion in some way?
There are plenty of other places for a shill like you on the world wide interwebs, go find (one) of them, and dont come back.
Problem…solved.
DerHundistLos on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 3:29 am
Boat-
If you would spend a little time reading and learning, you would not be so prone to sticking your foot into your mouth.
The Restoration of Jimmy Carter, Mother Earth News
“Maybe it’s because I, too, was born and raised in a small south Georgia town, but I found sitting down to talk to Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter as comfortable as lazing in a porch swing on a summer afternoon, sipping minty iced tea. Just such a swing overlooks a roaring mountain stream at the Garters’ log cabin retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Along with the cabin’s other furniture, the swing was designed and built by the former president, a master woodworker who selects and cuts the trees for such projects from his 160-acre farm. He strips off the bark (which he sometimes uses for caning) and shapes the wood into furniture and other items destined to become heirlooms.
“My daddy was a good man with tools,” he recalls, “so learning how to use them was as natural as breathing for us. If something broke, we had to fix it ourselves. You didn’t call somebody in to repair something or replace it with something new. We had these skills—all farmers did during the Depression years—and we had very well equipped shops, both for woodworking and blacksmithing.”
Over the years, Carter has made some 50 household items, about half of which he has given away as gifts. But some pieces still sit around the family’s Plains house and have been in use for over 30 years. His wife is quick to point out, however, that his skills improved as time went on. “When we came home from the Navy in 1953, he built a sofa and a lounge chair for the back porch. He used nails in them. Now he builds everything without nails. He’s studied woodworking and worked at it, and he’s made really beautiful furniture for our home—including a pencil post bed and tables by the side…..””
DerHundistLos on Tue, 24th Jul 2018 4:35 am
Hi Greg,
Yes, it’s a sad state of affairs. When your country represents just 5% of the global population while consuming 30% of the world’s resources, it’s ever so important to act in a morally responsible manner and give back to the world so all benefit. It appears the US is now sending a message to do things are way or suffer consequences. That goes for you Canadians as well. Either behave as a proper lackey or find yourselves annexed (just kidding of course).